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No Florida Senate bid for Dwight Dudley as he bears down on being re-elected in HD 68

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St. Petersburg based House Democrat Dwight Dudley confirmed recently what has been common knowledge over the past month or so – that he has no intention of challenging Jeff Brandes in the state Senate District 22 seat later this year. Dudley says that if last year’s redistricting of the senate districts had turned out differently, he may have chosen to run for the Senate, but that simply didn’t happen. “If there was a seriously useful well drawn seat, but it didn’t turn out that…

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Planned Parenthood calls latest Florida anti-abortion bill extremely dangerous to women

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Gov. Rick Scott signed the omnibus anti-abortion bill HB 1411 Friday, enacting a new law that denies public resources to women’s health clinics that provide abortion services. The measure doesn’t eliminate state funding of abortion, a tactic that’s been illegal for decades. It does, however, now block money for preventive medical care at the same facilities where privately funded abortions occur. The bill also requires doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The same requirement is now being reviewed by the U.S.…

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Pinellas lawmakers talk 2016 Session, advice for Rick Scott, and who they think will be president

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With the 2016 Florida legislative session now in their rear view mirrors, the entire Pinellas County delegation – sans HD 65 Republican Chris Sprowls – discussed various aspects of what just went on in Tallahassee on Wednesday before a robust Suncoast Tiger Bay Club audience at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. The delegation skews heavily Republican, with only Dwight Dudley and Darryl Rouson the lone Democrats on the panel. Dudley is a committed progressive, and he disrupted the relative bonhomie when arguing about the hot button issues of abortion and school choice…

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Mitch Perry Report for 3.25.16 – Obama in a time of terrorism

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As you might have heard, President Barack Obama has been severely criticized in some quarters this week for his reaction to the latest terrorist attacks in Brussels. Some objected to the president choosing to hang with Raul Castro while watching that historical baseball game in Havana between the Rays and the Cuban national team. They note that he devoted less than a minute to Brussels in his 34-minute speech on Tuesday morning. Some thought it in poor taste when he…

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Dwight Dudley to appear at solar fair at USF on Saturday

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Although advocates of solar power in Florida took a blow when a proposed constitutional amendment to expand solar power rights for consumers and businesses failed to qualify for the ballot this year, there’s still much to be hopeful for. That’s what Michael Brune, the executive director of the Sierra Club, told a crowd in St. Petersburg this week. “There are more than 70 percent of Americans who want to see stronger investments in energy efficiency, which has bipartisan support, for…

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Darden Rice will not challenge Jeff Brandes in SD 24

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Despite the wooing of state Democrats, St. Petersburg City Council member Darden Rice says she will not leave her seat to challenge Republican Jeff Brandes in the state Senate District 24 race this fall. “I really like what I’m doing right now, and I really don’t have any interest in the job,” Rice said on Tuesday. After two previously unsuccessful attempts to serve in public office, Rice broke through to win the District 4 council seat in the fall of…

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Citizens gets OK to shed another 71,500 policies in March

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Citizens Property Insurance Corp. — Florida’s state-backed “insurer of last resort” — received approval Monday to shed another 71,500 home insurance policies from its rolls amid an ongoing effort to reduce the state’s liabilities. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced two private carriers have been approved to take over the policies, which cover properties private insurers previously deemed untenable for coverage. Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Co. is set to assume 55,000 personal residential policies (35,000 personal line policies and…

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