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Monday, July 3, 2023
TOLD YOU! Hillsborough County Commissioners prepare to pitch plan to move Rays to Ybor
The bid for the Tampa Bay Rays continues, according to Hillsborough County Commissioners, who said they're getting ready to pitch their plan to bring the team to Ybor.
"We finally have a financial model and framework that we will be in position to present to the Rays here very, very soon," Chairman, Ken Hagan, said.
"I'm still extremely confident that end of the day that the Rays will play baseball in Ybor City for generations to come," Hagan added.
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Federal judge issues preliminary injunction against Florida voter registration changes
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction targeting aspects of changes to election law passed by the Legislature this year, after a hearing last week in which plaintiffs made their case against changes that they said violated the Constitution by stopping third party voter registration organizations from doing their work.....MORE
“Slate of Hate” spurs statewide rallies by Florida For All
Florida For All rally at St. Pete City Hall. By: Josh Holton (7/1/23)
A coalition of progressive organizations marched on Saturday in cities across the state of Florida to shine a light on some of the 200 new laws that went into effect that day. A march in Pinellas County had about 100 in attendance. They aimed to shine light on policies they say attack Floridians’ freedoms just days before Independence Day.....MORE
MILITARIZATION: DeSantis establishes Florida State Guard as local army
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Florida now has its own army. This isn’t the National Guard, this is Florida’s Army, and, in case you aren’t afraid enough, this army has the power to arrest people and just graduated its first class of 120 enlistees.....MORE
One year after Dobbs, Democratic momentum on abortion continues
It’s been one year since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the widely unpopular Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health ruling, which ended the constitutional right to abortion, upending 50 years of precedent. Over the last 12 months, the American public’s already strong support for abortion rights has become even more entrenched, and the draconian bans imposed in Republican-controlled states have triggered a seismic shift in the political landscape — one that is advantageous to Democrats — surrounding the issue.....MORE
Sunday, July 2, 2023
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Biden Admin’s New Student Loan Plan To Include Zero-Dollar Payments For Millions
The Biden administration is planning to use a generous income-driven repayment plan as its main method of easing student loan debt following the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that blocked the administration’s plan to grant student loan forgiveness to nearly 40 million Americans.....MORE
SUBPOENAS: AOC knows how to reign in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court proved once again this week that its conservative majority has been compromised by outside interests funded by billionaires. And Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is leading the calls for immediate accountability after SCOTUS made some supremely awful decisions this week.....MORE
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