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Florida Senate denounces Obama overture to Cuba

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President Obama‘s diplomatic breakthrough with Cuba last December has been met mostly with approval in the Tampa Bay area among political and business leaders. A delegation from Pinellas County visited the communist island for the first time in January, while the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce is planning another visit in May. And Hillsborough County area U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor will soon be hosting a summit on Cuba in Tampa. But that excitement is not shared across the state — and certainly…

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1,278 people have voted today in Tampa City Council District 6 race (as of 3 p.m.)

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There was 5,049 people who voted either by absentee ballot or in the seven days of early voting in the Tampa District 6 City Council runoff. And today, Election Day, where lately there have been fewer people voting? As of 3 p.m. 1,078 people have gone old school and gone to the polls today. That makes for a total of 6,327 voters all told. That’s 12.8 percent of the eligible voters in the District 6 race. There’s a total of…

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Jeb Bush loses some momentum in Florida in new PPP survey

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A new poll shows that a majority of Floridians would prefer that neither Jeb Bush nor Marco Rubio should run for president next year. Only 37 percent of Florida voters think Bush should run for president, to 52 percent who say they think he shouldn’t, according to the survey published today by Public Policy Polling. The numbers for Marco Rubio on that front are almost identical — 35 percent say he should run, to 51 percent who believe he should sit it out. PPP…

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North Florida Land Trust howls over Amendment 1 funding

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Add Jacksonville’s North Florida Land Trust to the chorus of outrage over the Legislature’s proposal for the Amendment 1 budget. Amendment 1 passed overwhelmingly last November. The measure is designed to dedicate 33 percent of revenue from excise taxes to protect the state’s land and water resources. But now environmental groups like the NFLT are furious that the Senate is proposing to spend $714.2 million on Amendment 1, which is about $58 million less than the House proposed and $43 million…

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Florida Senate passes concealed carry bill during emergencies

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Last year, a proposal in Tallahassee that would allow people to carry a concealed weapon without a license while evacuating an emergency was met with resistance from law enforcement, and didn’t come to pass. But after bill sponsor Jeff Brandes made some tweaks this year, the Florida Sheriffs Association endorsed it, and that seemed to be the difference at it cleared the Senate this morning on a 29-10 vote. The biggest change that Brandes made was limiting the time that…

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Heads up Parrotheads! Jimmy Buffett to appear at Capitol for Everglades Day on April 7

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Heads up Parrotheads! Margaritaville meets Florida politics next week in Tallahassee at the historic Capitol. Jimmy Buffett, accompanied Mac McAnally and Robert Greenidge, will play a short acoustic music set during an Everglades Day Rally on April 7, event organizers say. Buffett, who has developed a legion of “Parrothead” followers, is no stranger to Tallahassee even though it’s far off the path of his beloved Florida Highway A1A along the Atlantic beaches. He campaigned in Tallahassee in October for Democrat Gwen Graham during…

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Bill Day’s latest: the ‘Cruzzard’ takes flight

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At Virginia’s Liberty University, Ted Cruz made it official. The Texas senator declared his long-awaited White House bid on Monday with a passionate 30-minute speech, calling to “reignite the promise of America.” Cruz, a Tea Party firebrand, became the first in a soon-to-be-very-crowded Republican field with an event at the bastion of Christian conservatism; an irony not lost on either side of the aisle, including editorial cartoonist Bill Day. Cruz’s campaign – most certainly a long shot – seeks to mold…

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