August 12, 2013 - 6:00pm
Chris Latvala Runs for Pinellas County House Seat With Ed Hooper's Support
August 12, 2013 - 6:00pm
Bill Gunter Gets Support of GOP House Leadership
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 13, 2013 - 3:00pm
The Republican leadership in the Florida House came out in full support of Bill Gunters bid to replace former Rep. Mike Fasano in Tallahassee. House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, incoming House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, R-Wesley Chapel, and Rep. Jose Olivia, R-Miami Lakes, announced they were backing Gunter. Rep. Richard Corcoran, R-Trinity, who is scheduled to be House speaker after the 2016 elections has been an early Gunter supporter.
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Just a Minute, Mr. Morgan
August 12, 2013 - 6:00pm
Tampa superlawyer John Morgan has pledged to put a constitutional amendment on the 2014 ballot that would let doctors prescribe marijuana to patients who might derive some medicinal benefits from it.
Rick Scott Announces Supreme Court Battle Against Georgia on Water Consumption
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 13, 2013 - 2:47pm
On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott announced Florida was going to the U.S. Supreme Court to sue Georgias water consumption. Scott said Georgias water use was hurting fisheries around Apalachicola Bay which he and other political leaders, including U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., toured on Tuesday.
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Navy Veteran Brings Petitions with Thousands of Signatures to Capitol Protest
Submitted by Anonymous on August 13, 2013 - 2:38pm
Navy veteran James Williams headed to Tallahassee Tuesday to present the Dream Defenders with 67,000 signed petitions, 40,000 of which called for the pardon of Marissa Alexander, a Jacksonville woman who was sentenced to 20 years for firing a warning shot in a heated argument with her abusive husband. Alexander attempted to use Florida's Stand Your Ground law as her defense, but was found guilty.
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Ron Paul Group Launches TV Ad to Audit the Fed
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 13, 2013 - 2:25pm
The Campaign for Liberty, chaired by former Congressman Ron Paul, is planning to run a new television ad encouraging politicians in Washington to support a bill auditing the Federal Reserve.
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Pasco's Star Rises in Tallahassee With Weatherford, Corcoran, Maybe One More
August 12, 2013 - 6:00pm
Black Youth Project: George Zimmerman 'Consumed by White Supremacy'
Submitted by Anonymous on August 13, 2013 - 1:22pm
BYP 100, ayoung black activist group convened by the Black Youth Project to "mobilize communities of color beyond electoral politics" has created a "Justice for Trayvon Toolkit" booklet that covers a wide range of issues from white supremacy, the Marissa Alexander case and "stop and frisk" laws in new York.
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Allen West Bashes Health Care Law Delay, Rips Obama's 'Socialist Agenda'
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 13, 2013 - 12:07pm
Former Congressman Allen West, a favorite of the tea party movement, ripped into the Obama administration on Tuesday after news broke that the White House was planning to delay implementing its federal health care law again.
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