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Voter guide.
Tampa Bay Times 2022 Primary Voter Guide: 100+ local candidates on the issues
Here’s who is on the primary ballot in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties and where they stand on guns, abortion, housing and more.
Florida lawmakers could defy DeSantis in Andrew Warren case. They likely won’t.
Ron DeSantis announces the removal of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren during a news conference at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office administration building in Tampa.
A Times analysis shows Warren’s suspension is likely to stick if it reaches the state Senate.
Florida’s latest homeowners insurance crisis is a mess decades in the making
Aerial of a mobile home community in the Homestead area, destroyed by Hurricane Andrew.
Florida relies heavily on one insurance ratings company. Why?
Grim Reaper, Ayala among Democrats running for Florida attorney general
From left to right: Jim Lewis, Aramis Ayala and Daniel Uhlfelder are all vying in the Democratic primary race for Florida attorney general.
Whoever wins the primary will face Republican incumbent Ashley Moody in the general election.

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  1. In Tampa Bay, Florida Republican Rick Scott unveils bill to fight opioid epidemic
    2 hours ago• Pinellas
    Sen. Rick Scott and other law enforcement leaders from in and around Tampa Bay spoke to media Tuesday about a bill aimed at curbing the opioid epidemic.
  2. Term limits for Pinellas commissioners won’t make fall ballot
    6 hours ago• Pinellas
    Last October, Pinellas County Commissioner Dave Eggers unsuccessfully pushed his colleagues to initiate a referendum limiting commissioners to three terms, or 12 years. Eggers’ effort failed again in December and February. The board is pictured at its Feb. 8 meeting.
  3. DeSantis wants cops, other first responders to help fill teaching vacancies
    Yesterday• Politics
    Ron DeSantis on May 16, 2022.
  5. Florida lawmakers could defy DeSantis in Andrew Warren case. They likely won’t.
    Yesterday• Politics
    Ron DeSantis announces the removal of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren during a news conference at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office administration building in Tampa.
  6. Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild’ symptoms
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    The Bidens have been vacationing in South Carolina since Aug. 10. First lady Jill Biden began experiencing symptoms on Monday and has tested positive for COVID.
  7. 5 candidates compete to represent Pinellas’ District 58 in Florida House
    Yesterday• Elections
    During the primary election on Aug. 23, voters in Pinellas County's District 58 will help decide who will represent them in the House for the next two years by narrowing the candidate field ahead of the general election in November.
  8. The race to challenge Kathy Castor features three first-timers
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Sam Nashagh, James Judge and Jerry Torres are competing in the Republican primary for the rights to take on Democrat Kathy Castor in the U.S. House District 14 race.
  9. Kathy Castor hasn’t been in a primary in 12 years. That changed this year.
    Yesterday• Tampa
    U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor faces her first primary opponent since being elected in 2006 in Christopher Bradley, a first-time candidate and cybersecurity expert.
  10. Feds oppose unsealing affidavit for Mar-a-Lago search warrant
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    An aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen Wednesday in Palm Beach. Court papers show that the FBI recovered documents labeled “top secret” from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
  11. Florida to ban Medicaid coverage for transgender health care
    Yesterday• Health
    Kaleb Hobson-Garcia, a transgender man, drove from Tallahassee to speak in front of the Marriott Fort Lauderdale Airport as the Florida Board of Medicine met Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, to discuss proposed rules by the DeSantis administration to ban doctors from performing gender-confirming surgeries or providing puberty blockers to kids diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
  12. Grim Reaper, Ayala among Democrats running for Florida attorney general
    Yesterday• Elections
    From left to right: Jim Lewis, Aramis Ayala and Daniel Uhlfelder are all vying in the Democratic primary race for Florida attorney general.
  13. In Pasco County’s House District 56, three Republicans compete for an open seat
    Yesterday• Elections
    From left, the candidates for the House District 56 race are Republicans Jayden Cocuzza, Scott Moore and Brad Yeager.
  14. Pinellas commission races are an all-Republican affair for the primary
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    Pinellas County Commission District 2 Republican primary candidates Debbie Buschman, left, and Brian Scott.
  15. Three Republicans running in contentious House District 59 primary
    Aug. 13• Elections
    Jennifer Wilson, Berny Jacques and Dipak Nadkarni are the Republican candidates for House District 59.
  16. Armed gunman in FBI Cincinnati attack has ties to Tampa Bay
    Aug. 13• Breaking News
    In this image taken from FOX19 Cincinnati video, FBI officials gather outside the FBI building in Cincinnati, Thursday. An armed man decked out in body armor tried to breach a security screening area at the FBI field office.
  17. If you donate to this Tampa state Senate candidate, beware the checked box
    Aug. 13• Elections
    An email fundraising campaign by Tampa Republican state Senate hopeful Jay Collins comes with a prechecked box that makes donations recurring.
  18. DeSantis press secretary Christina Pushaw moves to join his campaign staff
    Aug. 12• Politics
    Christina Pushaw listens during a news conference on Aug. 18, 2021, in Pembroke Pines.
  19. FBI seized ‘top secret’ documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home
    Aug. 12• Nation & World
    The notice filed by the Justice Department to the U.S. District Court South District of Florida informing the judge that lawyers for former President Donald Trump did not object to the government's motion to unseal the search warrant for Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, is photographed Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
  20. Seminole Tribe of Florida gives $1 million to DeSantis political committee
    Aug. 12• 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.
  21. For a redrawn St. Petersburg, East Hillsborough House seat, a Democratic melee
    Aug. 12• Elections
    Rep. Michele Rayner (D - St. Petersburg), her Florida House District 70 predecessor Wengay Newton (top right) and political newcomer Jesse Philippe are in the Aug. 23 Democratic primary for the redrawn House District 62 seat that spans from south St. Petersburg to East Tampa, Gibsonton and Riverview.
  22. Hillsborough’s sheriff and state attorney seemed in sync. What happened?
    Aug. 12• Hillsborough
    Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister, left, and Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren have worked toward criminal justice reform, supported each other's campaigns and called each other friends, but Chronister said he has long had concerns about Warren's philosophy and prosecutorial decisions, which the sheriff said prompted him to support Gov. Ron DeSantis' decision to remove Warren from office.
  23. How to cast your ballot early for Tampa Bay’s primary elections
    Aug. 12• Politics
    Owen, 13, Braelyn, 9, and Lori Kerrigan, 44, hold signs outside Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library during early voting on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in Tampa.
  24. The hits keep coming in Hillsborough County judicial race
    Aug. 12• Elections
    Hillsborough County Circuit Court Judge Jared Smith (left) is facing a challenge from Nancy Jacobs.
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