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A Tampa police officer's body-worn camera captured the Aug. 18 arrest of Romona Oliver on charges of voter fraud for voting illegally in 2020. Oliver, 55, spent 18 years in prison on a second-degree murder charge, making her ineligible to vote.
Tampa woman takes plea deal in DeSantis voter fraud case
Romona Oliver was facing two felonies. She pleaded no contest to one, and the other was dropped.
Florida Supreme Court Justice Grosshans recuses self in appeals court judge cases
Judge Jamie Grosshans in Tallahassee as Gov. Ron DeSantis looks on.
The eligibility of some of the candidates nominated to Florida’s courts of appeal in the 5th and 6th districts are being challenged.
DeSantis initially ‘not particularly enthusiastic’ about ousting Andrew Warren, deposition says
Florida Gov Ron DeSantis announces the suspension of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren at an August news conference.
Court records detail the road to the suspension of Hillsborough State Attorney Warren, who’s suing to get the job back.
Judge stops enforcement of Stop WOKE Act at Florida colleges, universities
Adriana Novoa, a USF professor, and Sam Rechek, an undergraduate student filed a lawsuit calling for an end to Florida's Stop WOKE Act. A judge has granted a preliminary injunction against the law at Florida colleges and universities.
The new law is “positively dystopian,” U.S. District Judge Mark Walker said.

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  1. Tampa woman takes plea deal in DeSantis voter fraud case
    Yesterday• Politics
    A Tampa police officer's body-worn camera captured the Aug. 18 arrest of Romona Oliver on charges of voter fraud for voting illegally in 2020. Oliver, 55, spent 18 years in prison on a second-degree murder charge, making her ineligible to vote.
  2. Florida Supreme Court Justice Grosshans recuses self in appeals court judge cases
    Yesterday• Politics
    Judge Jamie Grosshans in Tallahassee as Gov. Ron DeSantis looks on.
  3. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor makes it official, filing for reelection
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, a Democrat, told the Tampa Bay Times in January that she planned to a run for a second term.
  5. Who would The Villages back in a Trump-DeSantis clash?
    Yesterday• Politics
    Golf carts line the streets near the Brownwood Paddock Square area pictured on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022 in The Villages.
  6. Trump draws heat for Mar-a-Lago dinner with white nationalist, rapper Ye
    Nov. 27• News
    Far-right activist Nick Fuentes holds a rally at the Lansing Capitol in Lansing, Mich. on Nov. 11, 2020. Former President Donald Trump had dinner Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, at his Mar-a-Lago club with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who is now known as Ye, as well as Fuentes, who has used his online platform to spew antisemitic and white supremacist rhetoric.
  7. County political chief seats in play on both sides of bay
    Nov. 26• Politics
    Jim Waurishuk, chairman of the Hillsborough County Republican Party. [Times (2016)]
  8. Voter fraud units pushed by GOP leaders are finding few cases to investigate
    Nov. 26• Latest News
    Ron DeSantis speaks at a news conference in Fort Lauderdale on Aug. 18, 2022, when he announced voter fraud arrests across the state.
  9. Could these antiviral pills treat long COVID?
    Nov. 25• Health
    Could Paxlovid solve one of the pandemic’s biggest puzzles? A new study at Stanford University aims to find out.
  10. Herschel Walker backs efforts that further his goal of banning abortion
    Nov. 24• Politics
    Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., left, finished slightly ahead of Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker in the Nov. 8 midterm election, but with just less than 50% of the vote, forcing a runoff.
  11. No, the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs was not a false flag
    Nov. 24• Politics
    Mourners stand along the makeshift memorial to the victims of a weekend mass shooting at a nearby gay nightclub on Tuesday in Colorado Springs, Colo.
  12. Seel, Pinellas commissioner who led U.S. 19 fixes, retires after 23 years
    Nov. 23• Pinellas
    Pinellas County Commissioner Karen Seel, left reminisces on a stack of newspaper articles with her assistant, Jan Tracy, right, while recalling memories of her tenure as a public official on Wednesday, Oct 12, 2022, in her office at the Pinellas County Courthouse in Clearwater. Seel retired in November, after more than 25 years, including more than two decades on the Pinellas County Commission.
  13. Reinsurance hikes after Ian to push homeowner costs even higher, report says
    Nov. 23• Business
    A home in Fort Myers is inundated with flood waters on Sept. 29, 2022, after Hurricane Ian. A report out on Wednesday predicted higher reinsurance rates as insured claims of up to $55 billion will make the storm "one of the costliest natural catastrophe events ever.”
  14. Florida Democrats, badly outnumbered in Tallahassee, look to slowly rebuild
    Nov. 22• Politics
    House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell, seen here at a Democratic Party event in July, said Tuesday that "change starts right here and right now" if the party is to recover.
  15. Supreme Court OKs handover of Trump tax returns to Congress
    Nov. 22• Nation & World
    The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the imminent handover of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee after a three-year legal fight.
  16. Florida’s incoming legislative leaders talk priorities, affordability
    Nov. 22• Politics
    House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, left, and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, discussed the rising cost of living for Floridians, housing and Hurricane Ian.
  17. Prosecutors drop charges against DeSantis’ voter fraud suspect
    Nov. 22• Politics
    Tony Patterson, a registered sex offender, when told by a Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent that he was being arrested for voting illegally in 2020.
  18. Florida health care chief Simone Marstiller stepping down
    Nov. 21• Politics
    Simone Marstiller had been appointed as the agency’s secretary in February 2021.
  19. St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch officially appoints Doyle Walsh to chief of staff
    Nov. 21• St. Petersburg
    Jordan "Doyle" Walsh was officially named St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch's chief of staff on Monday, Nov. 21.
  20. Elon Musk restores Trump’s Twitter account after online poll
    Nov. 20• News
    Former President Donald Trump announced he's running for the Republican nomination again in 2024 from his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach on Nov. 15.
  21. Rick Scott didn’t flip the Senate for Republicans, then he lost to McConnell. Now what?
    Nov. 19• Politics
    Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., who led the Senate Republican campaign arm in the midterm elections, is surrounded by reporters as he walks to the historic Old Senate Chamber where he failed in a longshot bid to unseat Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.
  22. Appeals court nominations for Rep. Beltran, Judge Smith challenged
    Nov. 18• Politics
    Rep. Geraldine Thompson, D-Windermere, debates a bill during session in Tallahassee in 2019. Thompson is challenging the nominations of three people up for judgeships in Florida's 6th District Court of Appeal.
  23. Over $1.4 million so far unaccounted for in Florida’s migrant flights program
    Nov. 18• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is mulling a bid for president after his overwhelming reelection, attracted national attention with the September migrant flights, saying he was highlighting the crisis at the southern border.
  24. Kimberly Overman says Tampa City Council seat not in plans
    Nov. 18• Tampa
    “I’ve been very clear, I’m not done,” Hillsborough County Commissioner Kimberly Overman told the Tampa Bay Times on Friday morning. “But my next cycle is 2024 or 2026.”
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