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Bill Rufty: A political rarity in HD 41 ā€“ Republican, Democrat agree

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Republicans and Democrats agreeing on a major issue ā€“ It seldom (if ever) happens lately in national politics. But on a state level, Republican Sam Killebrew and Democrat Bob Doyel, competing for Florida House District 41, agreed on the critical issue of education in the state of Florida. There are too many tests and perhaps not geared to finding childrenā€™s progress so much as to grade teachers or schools, they said in front of a Polk County Tiger Bay luncheon…

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Sinkhole leaks fertilizer plant’s water into Florida aquifer

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A phosphate company says more than 200 million gallons of contaminated waste water from a fertilizer plant in central Florida leaked into one of the state’s main underground sources of drinking water after a massive sinkhole opened up beneath a storage pond. Mosaic, the world’s largest supplier of phosphate, said the hole opened up beneath a pile of waste material called a “gypsum stack.” The 215-million gallon storage pond sat atop the waste mineral pile. The company said the sinkhole…

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Bill Rufty: Polk becoming a two-Party county?

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Polk County will likely never return to the Democratic bastion that was home toĀ four U.S. senators, three governors, and four presidents of the Florida Senate. But from Tuesdayā€™s primaries and the fielding of candidates for the Nov. 8 general elections, Polk Democrats are slowly learning to make the now-GOP bastion a two-party county again. There was a big Democratic Primary in eastern Polk County for Floridaā€™s 9th Congressional District, but not one of the four candidates were from Polk. However,…

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Kelli Stargel draws Polk County Democrat challenger in SD 22 race

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A Polk County Democrat announced this week that she will run against Lakeland Republican Sen. Kelli Stargel in the newly redrawn Senate District 22. Former Polk County School Board member Debra Wright made the announcement Monday during the Open House of the Democratic Headquarters in Haines City and during the same meeting earned the support of Polk County Democratic State Committeewoman Ruth Ann Eaddy. ā€œMs. Stargelā€™s record has shown a disregard for what is best for her constituents by writing…

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Democrats becoming challengers on I-4 again?

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David Charles Poulin, a Lakeland Democrat, recently opened a campaign account for Florida House District 56, occupied by Wauchula Republican Ben Albritton, who is seeking his fourth two-year term to the seat. Poulinā€™s entry means all five House seats in or including parts of Polk County now have Democrats running in them. That hasnā€™t happened in years and there hasnā€™t been a Democrat from Polk County in the Florida House since 2000. Four of the five seats are held by…

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I-4 heavy with traffic … of presidential candidates

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Motorists nearly always complain about the traffic on Interstate 4, but in the last two days with the Democratic and Republican primaries Tuesday, many on the crowded highway have been presidential candidates. On the Democratic side, both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders worked Orlando, Kissimmee and Tampa Wednesday and Thursday. Sanders had planned a stop at Fat Jackā€™s Deli in Lakeland Thursday — ā€œneed family oriented eatery and donā€™t contact the press.ā€ But his afternoon…

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Florida reports 1st case of sexually transmitted Zika virus

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Florida health officials say they’ve confirmed the first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus in the state. Secretary of Health Dr. John Armstrong‘s office announced Wednesday that two new cases of Zika had been confirmed in Polk County. Officials say one instance was travel-related and, in the other case, the virus was sexually transmitted from an individual who had been traveling outside the country. Zika is mainly transmitted through bites from the mosquito species that also spreads dengue and chikungunya.…

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