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Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., is going to run for the U.S. Senate against Marco Rubio, according to a Politico story.
Florida’s Val Demings considering run against Rubio for Senate
The Democratic U.S. representative from Orlando is expected to make an announcement in June, according to an adviser.
Florida lawmakers may kill fantasy sports regulation bills
FanDuels and DraftKings are the fantasy sports industry's dominant players.
The demise of the bills in both chambers came a day after DraftKings and FanDuel, the two largest fantasy sports companies in the country, publicly opposed proposed regulations in both the House and...
Florida lawmakers ready to approve gambling laws but legal challenges await
Guests play slot machines. The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood.
If a court strikes down the provision opening the state to legalized sports betting, the Tribe has agreed to keep paying the state in order to continue its other new games — such as roulette and...
Pete Buttigieg talks Florida’s deadly roads and Biden’s transportation plans
Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The Tampa Bay Times spoke with the transportation secretary about high speed rail, pedestrian deaths and Republican criticisms of the proposal.

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  1. Some Florida conservatives don’t like gambling. Are they being heard?
    3 hours ago• Politics
    Pastor Kevin Baird speaks to a crowd protesting gambling at the Florida Capitol during a special session centered around passing gambling legislation, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Tallahassee.
  2. Florida lawmakers ready to approve gambling laws but legal challenges await
    5 hours ago• Politics
    Guests play slot machines. The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood.
  3. Clearwater council member can’t engage advisory boards solo, colleagues say
    Yesterday• Clearwater
    Clearwater City Council member Kathleen Beckman (right) and Mayor Frank Hibbard (left) during a break in a Clearwater City Council meeting Monday, April 12, 2021 at the Clearwater Main Library.
  5. Florida renters, landlords can now apply to state for rental assistance
    Yesterday• Real Estate
    A final notice of eviction, delivered by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, remains on the door of a Tarpon Springs apartment earlier this year.
  6. Who’s regulating Florida’s new gambling landscape?
    Yesterday• Politics
    The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, on Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 5223 Orient Rd, in Tampa.
  7. Environmentalists plan to sue state, port and property owner over Piney Point
    Yesterday• Environment
    A drone image shows the Piney Point site last month.
  8. Florida lawmakers may kill fantasy sports regulation bills
    Yesterday• Politics
    FanDuels and DraftKings are the fantasy sports industry's dominant players.
  9. Marco Rubio wants you to know what the military knows about UFOs
    Yesterday• Politics
    Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing on June 10, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  10. Florida’s Val Demings considering run against Rubio for Senate
    Yesterday• Politics
    Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., is going to run for the U.S. Senate against Marco Rubio, according to a Politico story.
  11. Angst over Florida’s expansion of mobile betting brings changes to gaming compact
    Yesterday• Politics
    The Hard Rock's guitar-shaped hotel in Hollywood after sunset on April 8, 2020.
  12. Florida races toward mobile sports betting, but where are data privacy safeguards?
    Yesterday• Politics
    The Florida Legislature is contemplating more than a dozen bills that would ultimately allow some forms of betting from mobile devices.
  13. Child tax credit update: 39 million families to get payments starting in July
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    President Joe Biden arrives at the White House after spending the weekend at his Delaware home on Monday.
  14. Gaetz associate pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges
    Yesterday• Politics
    Former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg talks to the Orlando Sentinel in September 2019, during an interview at his office in Lake Mary.
  15. Supreme Court to weigh rollback of abortion rights
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a major rollback of abortion rights, saying it will decide whether states can ban abortions before a fetus can survive outside the womb.
  16. Richard Corcoran out of FSU presidential search; three academics move on
    May 16• Education
    Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran speaks during an August 2020 roundtable discussion at Winthrop College Prep Academy. Corcoran's candidacy to become the next president of Florida State University ended on Saturday when he was not selected as one of the three finalists.
  17. Ralph Turlington, former education commissioner, House speaker, dies at 100
    May 15• Politics
    Ralph Turlington, shown here in 1967, served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1951 to 1974. From 1974 until 1987, he served as Florida's commissioner of education.
  18. ‘Impending disaster.’ Worsening algae bloom on Florida’s Lake Okeechobee threatens coasts again
    May 15• Politics
    An algae bloom in the Pahokee Marina on Lake Okeechobee on April 26, 2021.
  19. California recall election reshaped by Gov. Newsom’s spending binge
    May 15• Politics
    FILE - In this Tuesday, May 11, 2021, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom joins a cleanup effort in Los Angeles. Newsom on Tuesday proposed $12 billion in new funding to get more people experiencing homelessness in the state into housing and to "functionally end family homelessness" within five years. A fading coronavirus crisis and an astounding windfall of tax dollars have reshuffled California's emerging recall election, allowing Democratic Gov. Newsom to talk of a mask-free future and propose billions in new spending for schools and businesses as he looks to fend off Republicans who depict him as a foppish failure.
  20. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s behavior could spark ethics review
    May 15• Politics
    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, with Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., back left, and former OMB Director and President of Citizens for Renewing America Russ Vought, as they express their opposition to "critical race theory," during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  21. Fantasy Sports, live racing and Bingo: Florida lawmakers to consider new gaming rules
    May 14• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis and Marcellus Osceola, Jr., chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, pose for a photo at a signing ceremony on Friday, April 23, 2021.
  22. Joel Greenberg to plead guilty, cooperate with investigators in plea agreement
    May 14• Politics
    Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg talks to the Orlando Sentinel in a September 2019 interview at his office in Lake Mary.
  23. St. Petersburg candidates: Next mayor should decide on Trop redevelopment
    May 14• St. Petersburg
    An aerial view of Tropicana Field and the surrounding area looking east towards downtown, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 in St. Petersburg.
  24. House panel agrees on bipartisan commission to examine Jan. 6 riot
    May 14• Nation & World
    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday.
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