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William March - Times Correspondent

Times Correspondent

William March is a Times correspondent who writes about politics.

  1. Teachers' unions across Tampa Bay face deadlines for action if they hope to stay in business in the face of new rules passed by state lawmakers.
  2. Candidates are lining up to replace St. Petersburg Council member Ed Montanari, who must leave the post due to term limits and is seeking a state House seat.
  3. State Rep. Mike Beltran filed legislation to kill the half-cent sales tax but his bill appears to be dead.
  4. Mike Harting, CEO of Three Daughters Brewing, has filed to seek the St. Petersburg City Council seat being vacated by Ed Montanari due to term limits.
  5. Tampa City Council chairperson Guido Maniscalco listens to speakers during a meeting that took place at a quieter time last year.
  6. Clearwater businessman Leo Govoni, center, is accused by a St. Petersburg nonprofit that administers trust funds for the medically needy, of taking $100 million in an unauthorized loan.
  7. Carmen Edmonds is the new chairperson of the Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee.
  8. Former state Sen. John Legg is using money left over from an abandoned legislative campaign to run for Pasco County schools superintendent.
  9. City Council member Bill Carlson got into a heated exchange recently with fellow council member Luis Viera over fire station funding. Could this be a sign of things to come in anticipation of the 2027 Tampa mayoral campaign?
  10. Former New College trustee Eddie Speir has loaned his campaign for Congress $500,000 in his primary bid to pick off incumbent Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key.
  11. State Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill, is one of the sponsors of legislation that would abolish civilian police review boards. Both St. Petersburg and Tampa have them and would be affected.
  12. Former state Sen. Jim Sebesta, R-St. Petersburg, has died.
  13. Republican Rico Smith, left, has abandoned a bid for Hillsborough County Commission in favor of challenging incumbent Democrat Fentrice Driskell for a state House seat.
  14. Whitney Fox, a Democrat, is running for Florida's 13th Congressional District in an attempt to unseat Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna. She has announced bringing in $200,000 in her first quarter of fundraising.
  15. Sean Shaw (left), a Democrat, and Republican Christine Miller have announced their intentions to run for an open countywide Hillsborough Commission seat in 2024.
  16. Pinellas County Republican Party chairperson Adam Ross says he plans to run for tax collector in 2024.
  17. Former Hillsborough County Commissioner Mariella Smith, a Democrat, announced Friday that she is abandoning a bid to return to the board following an unexpected medical diagnosis for her husband.
  18. Neelam  Taneja Perry, who has announced plans to challenge Democratic congresswoman Kathy Castor, aces felony drug trafficking charges that she says she is fighting.
  19. Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer has attracted his first challenger in the past three election cycles.
  20. Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister and his wife Nikki DeBartolo at a recent charity event.
  21. Republican Anna Paulina Luna is among the members of Florida's congressional delegation blocking the renaming of a post office put forward by Democrats.
  22. Circuit Court Judge Nancy L. Jacobs, facing a complaint before the Judicial Qualifications Commission for her conduct during her successful 2022 campaign and while she has been a judge, sought to remove one of the panelists considering her case. He has since removed himself from the six-member panel hearing the complaint.
  23. John Liccione of Gulfport has filed paperwork to run as a Democrat for the Pinellas congressional seat held by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna but the local party has declined to recognize his candidacy.