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August 11, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – Democratic Presidental candidate, Joe Biden, announced Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday. Biden committed earlier this year to select a woman as his running mate for the 2020 Presidential bid. “I have the great honor…
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August 4, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – Vice President Pence will be making a visit to Tampa on Wednesday, following President Trump’s visit to Tampa last Friday. V.P. Pence is scheduled to visit a women’s healthcare clinic and participate in a roundtable to…
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August 3, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – Election season is here and early voting in Hillsborough County has begun. The Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections Website says, “As long as you’re registered to vote in Hillsborough County, you can vote in any Early Voting…
Read More Hillsborough County Early Voting Now Open Until Aug 16th
August 3, 2020 By: Staff Report LAKELAND, Fla.- Early voting in Polk County started this morning and any voter, registered in Polk County, may stop in at any voting location to vote in person prior to Election Day. The Polk County Supervisor of Elections website says “To eliminate…
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July 31, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano PINELLAS COUNTY – James McLynas, a Democratic candidate for Pinellas County sheriff, found a unique way to spread his message: power washing his campaign brand onto sidewalks and other public right of ways throughout the county. He began pressure…
Read More “I could use the publicity” Pinellas Sheriff Candidate’s Power Washed Campaign
July 30, 2020 By: Staff Report WASHINGTON, D.C.- Nothing was accomplished today for millions of Americans who are struggling financially. “It makes it the pending business for next week,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told reporters on Thursday. “And we can keep talking and hopefully making…
Read More ‘We’re nowhere close to a deal’ Republicans and Democrats Play Ping-Pong While Americans Struggle
July 30, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Pasco Board of County Commissioners (BCC) Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. in the Historic Pasco County Courthouse Boardroom in Dade City, will be held…
Read More Pasco BCC Meeting will be Held in Hybrid Virtual Format Aug 4th
July 30, 2020 By: Staff Report, PCSO LAKELAND, Fla.- On Wednesday, Polk County Sheriff detectives arrested 56-year-old Martin William Grenfell, candidate for the office of Polk County Commissioner, District 1. On February 22, 2013, Grenfell was convicted in federal court of felony Trafficking in Counterfeit…
Read More Candidate for Polk County Commissioner ArrestedJuly 29. 2020 By: Chris Ingram HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Knowing for whom to vote in judicial races is one of the most difficult things to do in Florida because of the judicial canons which regulate what those candidates can and cannot say about themselves,…
Read More Hillsborough Judicial Candidate Recommendations
July 28, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla.- President Trump will be in Tampa for a fundraiser this Friday the 31st according to the GOP website, at the State Fairgrounds in Tampa, where guests can spend up to $100,000 for direct access to the President.…
Read More Trump In Tampa Friday, ‘Wall Of Moms’ and Protests Planned