Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne TV market ranked number one in the entire nation in ad spending for the presidential race, with $8.1 million in ads from campaigns and PACs.here
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Tampa-St. Pete-Sarasota market with $7.6 million in ads.
Four Republicans have quite noticeably stayed on the sidelines as Norman seeks the party nomination for a return to the county commission: His would-be colleagues.
Commissioners Ken Hagan, Al Higginbotham, Sandy Murman and Stacy White won’t make an endorsement in Norman’s race against Tampa businessman Tim Schock for the open District 6 seat.here
Tourist Beware! The streets of Miami and Fort Lauderdale flood on a distressingly regular basis; the drinking water in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties is getting salty; mosquitoes infect you with Zika; toxic algae in our rivers, lakes and seas will give you a hideous rash, attack your nervous system, and impair your liver.here ---------- Nature has declared war on Florida. Thanks,Rick Scott.
Less than two months after a massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando left 49 people dead, Donald Trump will be visiting the city to take part in a private conference featuring some of the most outspokenly homophobic anti-LGBTQ activists in the country.Marco Rubiowill also be there.here
Florida GOP Joe Negron like to collect his payoffs in style. He jets around the country, stays at ritzy hotels and eats at fancy restaurants while engaging in far-flung fundraising missions for himself, the Republican party and other GOP candidates.here
As the Zika virus continues to spread in her own backyard, State Sen. Anitere Flores is nowhere to be found. Flores sits on the Senate Health Policy committee and has refused to address Miami’s public health crisis. Add your name here
All Aboard! I have been working since day one for a High Speed Ferry Service in Tampa Bay and now it's here. We'll start service between St. Petersburg and Tampa beginning in November.here
Fighting the Zika virus has become a top priority for Gov. Rick Scott, but the state’s refusal to expand Medicaid coupled with his record of cutting money for county health departments, health clinics and programs for special-needs Floridians has started to complicate his message that the federal government is failing the state in addressing the potential crisis.here
Florida GOP Marco Rubio is scheduled to speak alongside anti-LGBT extremists at the “Rediscovering God in America Renewal Project” event in Orlando. So far, the top 10 Florida newspapers have largely given Rubio a pass on his scheduled appearance, with only one original report and one wire report about Rubio headlining the event.here
In a surprise move, Corporate DemocratPatrick Murphyreneged on a scheduled debate next week against fellow U.S. Rep.Alan Grayson and rejected his primary opponents' pleas for more debates ahead of the Aug. 30 election.here
Hillsborough County Commissioner Stacy White has an unusual request for next year's budget: He wants the county to pay for improvements to a state road that runs through his district.here
Patrick Murphy opposes fracking, but has voted to expedite liquefied natural gas exports, which critics say will lead to more fracking. Two votes in particular benefited a company whose CEO donated $100,000 to Murphy's U.S. Senate bid seven months after the last vote.here
Developer and U.S. Senate candidate Carlos Beruff wants to open a wetlands mitigation bank unlike any other in Florida. He wants to cut back 40 acres of native mangroves now growing on the property. Why? "For the obvious reason," he told theTampa Bay Times in July. "The view!"here ACTION ALERT: The deadline to comment on the mitigation bank to the Army Corp of Engineers in August 13. Sierra Club has been fighting this development and needs your help. It is critical to let the Corps know it should not approve and request a public hearing before proceeding. Comments do not have to be long, even just a sentence or two, but there have to be many. Send your comments to: Ms. Amy Thompson : Amy.D.Thompson@usace.army.mil, Fax 904-232-1904, Phonet 904-232-3974 Address: DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS P. O. BOX 4970 JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32232-0019
Rick Scott was among the first to endorse Donald Trump and this week recommitted his support for the Donald, saying he is the jobs candidate, but Scott dodged a question about Trump's efforts to hire foreign nationals to work in Florida.here
Florida is the first state to have confirmed cases of locally acquired Zika—meaning the mosquitoes that carry it are now in the state. That's enough for the CDC to issue a travel warning advising pregnant women to avoid the area of Miami where the mosquitoes have been found. So women who are pregnant or who might be pregnant are advised not to go there, but the women who live there are stuck. And The Florida GOP is more concerned with shutting down the clinics that provide what health care they do get than preventing this looming crisis.here