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DeSantis fears port strike could hinder Helene recovery in Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking in Madeira Beach on Oct. 2, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/ Florida Phoenix)While dockworkers in 14 major U.S. ports, including Port Tampa Bay, PortMiami, and Port Everglades,...
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Sen. Darryl Rouson helps those in recovery avoid relapse after Hurricane Helene
Sen. Darryl Rouson . (Screenshot/Florida Channel)When Gov. Ron DeSantis gave an update on the latest recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene Wednesday in Madeira Beach, he was joined by a coterie of...
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Barack Obama endorses Debbie Mucarsel-Powell for U.S. Senate in Florida
Screenshot of video of Barack Obama endorsing Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in new ad.Former U.S. President Barack Obama is endorsing Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in Florida’s race for U.S. Senate....
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Mucarsel-Powell calls Rick Scott’s reluctance to debate a ‘dereliction of duty’
Pharmacist (and registered Republican) Tarzina Khondaker speaks with Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in St. Petersburg on Oct. 3, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida...
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DeSantis allows voting changes after hurricane, but voting & civil rights...
(Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)A day after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order allowing supervisors of elections in 13 counties affected by Hurricane Helene to make changes to voting...
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Pinellas storm surge from Milton could ‘nearly double’ the size of Helene’s
Map from the National Hurricane Center of Hurricane Milton as of 2 p.m. on Oct. 6, 2024.Update: This story has been updated to reflect the NHC’s 4 p.m. Milton update. Officials in Pinellas County said...
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Tampa mayor fears Milton could be worst storm to hit the city in more than a...
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor on Oct. 7, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)As Hurricane Milton strengthened to a Category 5 storm Monday morning, public officials in Hillsborough County had a...
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Officials debunk rumors that FEMA won’t have the resources to respond to Milton
U.S. Coast Guard crew members search the flooded Big Bend of Florida area for survivors of Hurricane Helene, via Coast Guard.Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday that the Biden administration has given...
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Voting rights group unhappy that registration deadline isn’t extended with...
Pinellas County residents go to cast their voting ballots at the Coliseum polling precinct on Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images)Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday that he had no intention...
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Tampa Mayor Jane Castor addresses rumors as Hurricane Milton makes its way...
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor addressing reporters in Tampa on Oct. 7, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)With Hurricane Milton expected to expand in size while it approaches Florida’s Gulf Coast,...
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U.S. judge rejects emergency litigation to reopen voter registration
Voting sign in the Gray Memorial United Methodist Church polling location in Tallahassee, Florida, on March 19, 2024. (Photo by Jackie Llanos/Florida Phoenix)Update: A federal judge refused to extend...
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Rick Scott speaks up for FEMA as flooding takes place in eastern Hillsborough...
Florida U.S. Republican Sen. Rick Scott taking a ride on an airboat with Hillsborough County officials on Oct. 11, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)Florida GOP U.S. Sen. Rick Scott said...
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New Debbie Mucarsel-Powell/DSCC ad depicts Rick Scott as a snake
Still photo from new Debbie Mucarsel-Powell/DSCC adThere are just three weeks to go before Election Day, and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell’s window to make her case that Floridians should vote for her and...
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Florida election supervisors affected by Hurricane Milton want new voting...
A banner advertising voting hangs outside the Leon County Courthouse on Aug. 12, 2024. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)Supervisors of elections beset by damaged roads, communication networks,...
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Activists call out DeSantis, saying he has ignored the climate crisis
Tampa Bay Area Democratic state Rep. Michele Rayner in St. Petersburg on Oct. 15, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)Amid the property destruction that individuals and families face following...
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Catholics for Choice places Spanish language radio ads in two FL markets in...
Aisha Biyo of Clarksburg, Maryland, traveled with the group Catholics for Choice to protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, March 26, 2024, as justices heard oral arguments over access to...
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In St. Petersburg, Democrats discuss property insurance, climate change, FEMA
Democratic state Rep. Lindsay Cross, Tampa Bay Area Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, and Ken Williams with Teamsters Local 79 in St....
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Wilton Simpson says Milton delivered a $2 billion+ hit to Florida agriculture
Florida U.S. GOP Sen. Rick Scott with state Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson (right) in Dover on Oct. 17, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton...
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Florida Democrats make pitch for NPA voters in new social media ad
Screenshot of Gov. Ron DeSantis in Florida Democratic Party ad.With Republicans holding a more than 1 million voter-registration lead going into next month’s election, the Florida Democratic Party is...
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Debate over recreational cannabis amendment gets contentious in Tampa
(From left to right) Democratic state Sen. Darryl Rouson, Jessica Spencer, director of advocacy for Vote NO on 3, Ellen Snelling from the Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance, and Sarasota Republican...
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Rick Scott votes early in Naples and urges all Republicans to do so as well
Rick Scott speaks to the press in Naples after casting his vote at an early voting location, with former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich, on Oct. 21, 2024. (Photo from Rick Scott's Senate campaign)On...
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Anna Paulina Luna’s campaign dismisses new poll showing a tie with Whitney...
Republican Anna Paulina Luna (left) is defending her CD-13 seat against Democrat Whitney Fox. (Photos from the Luna and Fox campaigns).A new public opinion survey of the race in Florida’s 13th...
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Pros and cons on Florida’s Amendment 2: Preserving the right to hunt and fish
Gov. Millard Caldwell (on the far left) with friends after turkey hunting in Wakulla County, 1948. (State Archives of Florida)Among the less publicized constitutional amendments Florida voters will...
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Whitney Fox campaign critical of Club for Growth poll showing Luna up by 6 in...
Republican Anna Paulina Luna (left) is defending her CD-13 seat against Democrat Whitney Fox. (Photos from the Luna and Fox campaigns).A day after a poll showed the race in Florida’s 13th Congressional...
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Trulieve’s Kim Rivers goes on the road to ‘set the record straight’ on...
Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers demonstrates how cannabis products are packaged at a Truileve dispensary in Tampa on Oct. 22, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)A new television ad by the campaign to...
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Can an ‘election integrity’ skeptic upend a Democratic supervisor of...
Republican SOE challenger Billy Christensen and Democratic incumbent SOE Craig Latimer at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club on Sept. 20, 2024. (Photo by Don Kruse for the Florida Phoenix)Many of the Republican...
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Emerson Florida poll shows Trump up by 8, Scott up by 4 as early voting...
Then-President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott. (WESH photo)An Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey published Wednesday finds Republicans Donald Trump and Rick Scott maintaining single-digit...
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DeSantis announces financial aid for Big Bend fishing industries affected by...
Screenshot of Gov. Ron DeSantis in Steinhatchee on Oct. 23, 2024. Gov. Ron DeSantis returned to Taylor County in North Florida’s Big Bend Wednesday to announce that the state will contribute $1 million...
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Concerned about cannabis measure, DeSantis lobs charges vs Amendment 3
Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking in Cape Coral on Oct. 24, 2024. (Screenshot/Florida Channel)With Floridians now actively voting on the proposed constitutional amendment to legalize recreational cannabis for...
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Rick Scott mentions recent storms when asked why he opted not to debate his...
Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott speaking at the Jan S. Platt Library in Tampa on Oct. 24, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)With just 12 days until Election Day and early voting in...
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Bipartisan group blasts DeSantis for using taxpayer money to fight Amendment 3
Screenshot of press call organized by Smart & Safe Florida. Clockwise from top left: Morgan Hill from Smart & Safe Florida; John Morgan; Sen. Jason Pizzo, and Sen. Joe Gruters on Oct. 25, 2024....
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Rick Scott to appear on Laura Loomer’s podcast Tuesday night
Screenshot from Laura Loomer's X page promoting a Tuesday night interview with Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott.Rick Scott is scheduled to appear on a podcast on Tuesday night hosted by Laura Loomer,...
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Florida Democrats make their ‘closing argument’ a week before Election Day
Central Florida Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto speaking via Zoom on Oct. 29, 2024. (Screenshot)Since taking over as chair of the Florida Democratic Party in early 2023, Nikki Fried has kept up a...
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Tony Dungy joins DeSantis in Clearwater to advocate against Amendment 4
Tony Dungy in Clearwater on Oct. 29, 2024. (Screenshot/DeSantis Facebook)Gov. Ron DeSantis resumed his statewide campaign against bringing recreational cannabis and abortion rights into the Florida...
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Latest FAU poll shows Amendment 3 at 60%; Amendment 4 at 58%
(Getty Images)A new public opinion survey of more than 900 registered voters in Florida shows the proposed constitutional amendment to legalize recreational adult use of cannabis drawing the 60%...
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Donald Trump & Kamala Harris featured in new ad touting Amendment 3 in Florida
Screenshot of new ad from Smart & Sense Florida of Kamala Harris and Donald TrumpSmart & Safe Florida, the group behind the effort to pass the adult use of marijuana initiative next week, is...
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Commissioner questions DeSantis’ use of opioid settlement $ to fight Amendment 3
Screenshot of Seminole County Commissioner Lee Constantine during a Statewide Council on Opioid Abatement meeting on Oct. 30, 2024. (Screenshot) At a meeting of the statewide council overseeing opioid...
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Hillary Clinton to campaign in Tampa on Saturday to help GOTV for Dems in...
Screenshot of Hillary Clinton in video released on Oct. 23, 202, speaking about why she supports Kamala Harris for president.Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will appear at a campaign rally...
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Panel of cannabis advocates discuss how Amendment 3 could be implemented
Former GOP state Sen. Jeff Brandes, attorney Michael Minardi, Roz McCarthy from Minorities for Medical Marijuana, and attorney Joshua Monteiro speaking in Tampa on Oct. 30, 2024. (Photo by Mitch...
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Democrats call on Orange County for ‘additional support’ to deal with long...
(Photo by Issac Morgan/Florida Phoenix)A group of Central Florida Democrats asked Orange County Supervisor of Elections Glen Gilzean Friday to add “substantial additional support” at six early voting...
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Rick Scott plans to return to Washington next week. Democrats want to send...
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, a Republican, will face Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in November. (Photo of Scott via Getty images; photo of Mucarsel-Powell from her U.S. Senate campaign)Speaking in front of...
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In Tampa, Hillary Clinton tells Democrats Harris must win the popular vote &...
Hillary Clinton in Tampa on Nov. 2, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)With Florida falling out of favor as one of the elite battleground states where presidential elections are fought,...
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Florida’s Anna Paulina Luna claims Trump is going to have a ‘big win’ on Tuesday
Pinellas County U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna speaking in Clearwater on Nov. 4, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)Pinellas County Republican U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a close ally of Donald...
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Scott, Mucarsel-Powell make their final pitch to voters before the polls close
Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott talking to reporters and supporters outside La Teresita restaurant in Tampa on Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)Rick Scott has never won a...
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Amendment 4 fails to get 60% required for passage
Abortion rights activists rally in protest against six-week abortion bill at the old Florida Historic Capitol on March 29, 2023. (Photo by Briana Michel/Florida Phoenix)Florida voters declined to...
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Rick Scott wins re-election to the U.S. Senate
Republican U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, and U.S. Rep. Laurel Lee in St. Pete Beach on May 27, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)In the race for U.S. Senate, Republican...
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Andrew Warren loses bid for state attorney; Monique Worrell wins back her job
Andrew Warren, suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis, holds a news conference in Tallahassee on Aug. 17, 2022. Flanking him is his attorney, J Cabou. Credit: Michael MolineIn one of the most closely observed...
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Amendment 3 comes up short of the 60% required for passage
(Photo by Carol Yepes/Getty Images)Fueled by efforts by Gov. Ron DeSantis that included using taxpayer funds to combat the proposal, Florida voters have rejected Amendment 3, the proposed...
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Republican Anna Paulina Luna wins re-election, defeats Democratic challenger...
Republican Anna Paulina Luna (left) defended her CD-13 seat against Democrat Whitney Fox. (Photos from the Luna and Fox campaigns).Anna Paulina Luna, the conservative Republican incumbent in Florida’s...
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Florida lawmakers recall what led to 60% threshold to pass constitutional...
A public-interest alliance in 2018 urged Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto legislation making it harder for citizens to reach Supreme Court review of constitutional amendments. (Photo: CD...
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