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Hillsborough County Dems add 44 new committee members at January meeting

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For Democrats, Donald Trump might be making life a hell on earth. But the president is successful in one thing — uniting them in a way missing throughout the 2016 campaign. Take the Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee, for instance. On Monday night, the local party added 44 new members to its organization at its monthly meeting at the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County in Ybor City. It was the third consecutive standing room only meeting for the local party,…

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After his first day on the job, Andrew Warren celebrates his victory as State Attorney with well wishers

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While the efforts at criminal justice reform remain stalled in Washington D.C., the voting public showed up at the polls last year and indicated that they certainly want change at the local level. In Harris County, Texas (which encompasses Houston), Democrat Kim Ogg defeated Republican Devon Anderson by promising to overhaul drug prosecutions. In Jefferson County, Alabama, Charles Todd Henderson defeated GOP incumbent Brandon Falls in part by campaigning against the “mass incarceration of those with drug addictions and mental illness,” and by…

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Activists cheer Andrew Warren’s swearing in as new Hillsborough County State Attorney

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As Andrew Warren was being sworn in as the new Hillsborough County State Attorney early Tuesday morning, approximately a dozen activists stood outside the at the George E. Edgecomb Courthouse to cheer his ascension. “Our purpose this morning is to welcome change into this Hillsborough County criminal business system!” declared Life Malcolm through a megaphone. In what was considered a major upset in Hillsborough politics, Warren defeated 16-year Republican incumbent Mark Ober by less than one percentage point (50.44 percent vs.…

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As 2016 closes, Hillsborough’s transportation problems still mostly unsolved

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Another year of our lives is about to become history, and that means another year where little tangible was accomplished in terms of addressing the transportation needs of the citizenry in Hillsborough County. But a whole lot of people did get angry with each other over the process, anyway. At this time a year ago, the biggest concern was: What would come out of the Hillsborough County Sheriff Department’s investigation into Go Hillsborough, the two-years-in-the-making transportation plan that called for a 30-year,…

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Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts — FloridaPolitics.com — I knew that one

Rick Scott hands Pam Bondi complaint to new prosecutor

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Gov. Rick Scott has assigned a complaint filed against Attorney General Pam Bondi to a prosecutor in southwest Florida. The complaint stems from scrutiny this year over a $25,000 campaign contribution Bondi received from President-elect Donald Trump in 2013. Bondi asked for the donation around the same time her office was being asked about a New York investigation of alleged fraud at Trump University. A Massachusetts attorney filed numerous complaints against Bondi, including one that asked State Attorney Mark Ober…

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Police launch investigation into ‘suspicious’ death at Moffitt Cancer

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After a medical examiner ruled the death of a cancer patient as “suspicious,” local police have opened an investigation of the death. Mark Ober, State Attorney of Hillsborough County’s 13th Judicial District, has filed a motion to disclose medical records of Hermon Biddines, 65, who died Nov. 4. The motion comes after the University of South Florida Police Department opened a criminal investigation into Biddines death. The motion outlines the grounds for the disclosure. Biddines was a patient at the…

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Andrew Warren to hold “listening tour” before he takes over as Hillsborough State Atty

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Newly elected Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren announced on Tuesday that he will be conducting a ‘listening tour’ with various stakeholders in the criminal justice community as he prepares to take office next month. The 40-year-old Democrat topped 16-year GOP incumbent Mark Ober last month. In a statement, Warren says he intends to hold scheduled meetings with law enforcement officials, members of the legal defense bar, community leaders, and third party agencies who work with the State Attorney’s Office to…

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