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This, um, “volunteer” just looks so welcoming…
This, um, “volunteer” just looks so welcoming…
Yvonne Fry’s Florida House campaign received a major boost Monday with the endorsement of Dan Raulerson, the former lawmaker she
It’s getting a bit heated in the Republican primary for the House District 58 seat between Plant City businesswoman Yvonne
Michael Steinberg, a Tampa lawyer and former Democratic political candidate, says he’s volunteered to be campaign treasurer for Jose Vazquez
On Tuesday, Febrauary 16, the city will host a community forum to hear from the Pier Advisory Task Force and to gather input on alternatives for a new Pier as the city continues discussion about future possibilities for The Pier and surrounding property. The forum will be held Tuesday, February 16 at 7 p.m. at J. W. Cate Center, 5801 22nd Avenue N.W. With news that St. Petersburg’s Pier approach is deteriorating and will need to be replaced, and that…
Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts — FloridaPolitics.com — I knew that one
Mail ballots are heading out to St. Petersburg voters for the Nov. 7 general election, which will decide the city’s
How awful are mayoral candidate Rick Baker‘s new television ads? They’re so awful that the Rick Kriseman campaign is paying
These are awe-inspiring aerial videos taken by Dorian Photography. Some great on-the-ground video: Here is video from Commissioner of Agriculture candidate Scott Maddox:
The TradeWinds Resort may have hit another snag in its proposed 116-foot tall, 12-story complex on the former Coral Reef
State Sen. Jeff Brandes is going mobile. The St. Petersburg Republican announced Friday he will be holding mobile office hours
Seven of the top 10 beaches ranked as the best in the nation by a travel-ratings website are in Florida.
The chairman of the group researching a possible new Rays stadium location sent a letter to city leaders, urging them to re-consider a meeting. Two weeks ago, Mayor Bill Foster and City Council chair Leslie Curran said they would not meet with the ABC Coalition after it put the finishing touches on its final report. The Coalition was commissioned in 2008 to researching the long-term feasibility of baseball in Tampa Bay. But after it started including areas of Hillsborough County…
I always suspected Joe Maddon, a smart man, wanted the chance to say out loud that the Tampa Bay Rays
Justin Bean isn’t exactly certain who he’ll be competing against in the St. Petersburg City Council District 6 race, but
An eight-person field has narrowed to Justin Bean and Gina Driscoll in the St. Petersburg City Council District 6 race. They will face off
From Mitch Perry: Early voting begins today in the House District 58 special election taking place in West Tampa, Seminole Heights, and northwest parts of Hillsborough County. The election is between Democrat Janet Cruz and Republican Hunter Chamberlin, with the winner replacing Democrat Mike Scionti, who stepped down from his seat back in December to take a job with the Obama administration in the Defense Department. Despite the fact that it’s a national holiday, don’t expect a stampede of voters…
Early voting started Friday and will continue through Oct. 7 for a pair of special elections in Hillsborough County, one
Tampa City Councilwoman Yolie Capin will not run for the Hillsborough County District 1 seat in 2018.
First-time candidate Aakash Patel has already proved one thing during his bid to win a seat on the Hillsborough County Commission:
An elderly, possibly homeless man was struck and killed as he crossed West Columbus Drive on Friday night, Tampa police say. According to a report, the man was crossing in the middle of the 2900 block about 8:30 p.m. when he stepped in front of a 2006 Ford Escape driven by Christopher Cano, 26. Cano was unable to stop in time. The man was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he died. He had no identification on him, and investigators…
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King responded to the Las Vegas massacre by lashing out at “Florida’s one-party government” for not
Enterprise Florida CEO Pete Antonacci said Thursday that pursuit of a new east coast headquarters planned by Amazon is his organization’s
The news that Tampa and St. Petersburg will work together to attract the much-sought new Amazon headquarters is exactly what
Fresh from a ride on Air Force One, two-term U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor pays her first visit to the Tiger’s Den. We just heard from Bill Young, and Kathy Castor is Pinellas’ other representative in Congress, with a district that includes most of south St. Petersburg as well as all of Tampa and a slice of Manatee County. With control of the presidency and big majorities in both houses of Congress, Democrats figured to be running up the score in…
Saying, “they are for killing,” Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson sponsored a bill Wednesday to ban so-called “bump stocks”
Early voting started Friday and will continue through Oct. 7 for a pair of special elections in Hillsborough County, one
While Florida’s senators expressed outrage at the Cuban government Friday, Tampa area Democratic Representative Kathy Castor is offering a noticeably less punitive