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WTSP’s Mike Deeson takes home 2015 Sunshine State Journalist of the Year award

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WTSP reporter Mike Deeson has been named the 2015 Sunshine State Journalist of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists, Florida Pro Chapter. Deeson also nabbed several other awards for his work uncovering deception within the ranks of the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority. Deeson’s series of investigative reports about a Department of Homeland Security grant that was misused by PSTA earned him several other awards as well, including the First Amendment Foundation’s Freedom of Information Award, the Government Coverage Award, Continuing Coverage Award…

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Hillsborough County officials say there are no irregularities in union contract with firefighters

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Responding to an investigative report that revealed that the Hillsborough County Firefighters Union’s members exceeded the budget for union leave over he past five years, County Administrator Mike Merrill told county commissioners this morning that there are no irregularities in the county’s contract with the union. 10 News reporter Mike Deeson recently reported that the $668,000 budgeted for union leave over the past five years actually cost taxpayers almost $850,000. He has also reported that union members were allowed under their contract…

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Mike Deeson raw at Tiger Bay

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There were a lot of laughs when veteran local investigative TV reporter Mike Deeson took to the dais at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club meeting at Jackson Bistro on Harbor Island on Friday, but also a few bits of news. On former and probable future House District 64 Republican Jamie Grant, Deeson said that though no criminal charges were called for in a recent Hardee County grand jury report on Grant’s acceptance of millions of dollars of taxpayer funds for…

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Former state Rep. Jamie Grant slammed in grand jury report

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A Hardee County Grand Jury has blasted former Tampa state Rep. Jamie Grant and other officials for their involvement in a medical start-up technology company that received millions of dollars in public money with little to show for it. Although the report was completed in January, its contents weren’t revealed until this weekend by WTSP-Channel 10 reporter Mike Deeson. The case revolves around financial grants that help fund Grant’s company, LifeSync Technologies, which eventually produced CareSync, a Web and mobile application…

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Must-read story: Judge Thomas Freeman, Double-Dipper

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10 Connects Mike Deeson exposes Judge Thomas Freeman’s re-election payment D.R.O.P.  plan Meet Pinellas County Judge Thomas B. Freeman, who has been sitting on the bench for 29 years. In 2006 he signed the Florida Deferred Options Retirement Plan called D.R.O.P.  saying his resignation date would be September 20, 2011. Freeman says at the time it was the best thing for his family. But a loophole in the law allows elected officials to keep on working. That means if Freeman is…

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Beth Reinhard, Brendan Farrington win Sunshine State Awards for coverage of race for US Senate

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Congratulations to Beth Reinhard and Brendan Farrington for their Sunshine State Awards recognizing their work covering the race for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat. About Reinhard, the judges wrote: Reinhard’s tale of Gov. Charlie Crist’s nonstop U.S. Senate campaign gives readers a sense of what it is that makes the formidable Florida politician tick. Using a series of well-sourced, exquisitely detailed anecdotes, this compelling story imparts a sense of the urgency that fuels Crist’s 24-7 drive to raise money and influence voters through a personal,…

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