I'm proud to have stood throughout my career with Equality Florida, Hillsborough County LGBTQ Democratic Caucus, and the Florida LGBTQ Democratic Caucus – which was formed in 2005 in direct response to the Hillsborough County Commission's vote to ban pride events in our county.
We here at The Stogie are very happy you did that!
Our latest update finds that if the election were held today, Donald Trump would have a 56 percent chance of defeating Joe Biden. (Note: This does not yet reflect a substantive sample of polling after Trump’s conviction in Manhattan.) In 100 hypothetical elections, Trump would win 56 times. Republicans are also favored to flip the Senate with a 77 percent probability and keep their majority in the House with a 62 percent probability.....Read More
It only took Hillsborough County’s top police officer about seven years to land in the coveted No. one spot on this list. For Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, as far as this particular accolade is concerned, there’s only one thing left to do: stay here.....Read More
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor has slipped one spot from her perch at the top last year, to No. 2 on the list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians for 2024. While Castor ceded the top spot, she remains near the pinnacle of the region’s political scene, running the region’s largest and most populous city and forging forward with a blue agenda in a red state.....Read More
Five U.S. House members directly serve Tampa Bay in Congress, and four are part of the GOP majority. Yet, members of Florida Politics’ panel of political insiders chose U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor as the most powerful federal official in the region.....Read More
The family identified the teen as Zy’kiria Bell. Bell died at Lake Academy on May 29, and her family said they still don’t know how it happened. And no matter how she died, her family believes the state failed her.....Read More
School is out for summer, but sometimes, that's the place students get most of their meals during the day, so local school districts are doing what they can to keep kids fed all summer long.