22+ min ago  (400+ words) Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings are supporting former state Sen. Annette Taddeo in her campaign for Chief Financial Officer. Demings praised Taddeo for challenging powerful interests and standing up for working families. “Floridians…...

42+ min ago  (605+ words) I have written before about the Florida Building Commission’s troubling habit of discarding the recommendations of its own technical experts. That wasn’t a one-off. The same pattern is now blocking Florida from adopting nationally accepted standards for mass timber construction. During…...

1+ hour, 2+ min ago  (401+ words) U.S. Rep. Greg Steube wants a former staffer to carry the America First banner into the Florida House. The Sarasota Republican is endorsing Kelly Ann Walker in the four-way Republican Primary for House District 74, the open Sarasota County seat that has…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago  (350+ words) Attorney General James Uthmeier’s Office is charging four people in connection to an interstate cocaine trafficking ring. Uthmeier announced the arrests of the suspects who are accused of running the drug from El Paso, Texas, to the Tampa area. The…...

1+ hour, 43+ min ago  (365+ words) U.S. Rep. Mike Haridopolos tallied more than $680,000 in fundraising in the second quarter. That brings the freshman Congressman’s total fundraising to more than $2.3 million. “I’m incredibly grateful for the confidence our supporters continue to show in this campaign,” said Haridopolos, an…...

2+ hour, 4+ min ago  (432+ words) If money tells the tale, Republicans are well-positioned in this year’s Special Election that will determine who replaces Terrance Freeman on the Jacksonville City Council. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Commander Deborah Wesley is dominating her two qualified opponents in the chase…...

2+ hour, 24+ min ago  (318+ words) Democratic congressional candidate Kelly Kirschner reported raising almost $224,000 in his first quarter running to flip Florida’s 16th Congressional District. The Pinellas Democrat in comments to Florida Politics directly contrasted his tally with that of Sydney Gruters, the Republican front-runner for the…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago  (434+ words) After spending much of the past decade working alongside Florida’s most influential statewide elected officials and helping build political operations with grassroots organizations, I’ve had a front-row seat to what creates real momentum, what merely creates the appearance of momentum,…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago  (413+ words) For most candidates, a teachers union endorsement is a nice feather in the cap. For Nancy Velardi, it’s a homecoming. The Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association (PCTA) and the Pinellas Educational Support Professionals Association (PESPA) — which together represent thousands of Pinellas…...

3+ hour, 23+ min ago  (689+ words) Jennifer Winkler is gaining ground in the money race for House District 74 in Sarasota County, but Venice Mayor Nick Pachota still enters the final stretch before the Republican Primary with the most cash on hand. Winkler, founder of The Peeples…...