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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.

Latest

  1. Biden administration says Florida, Seminole Tribe gambling deal should get OK
    Yesterday• 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.
  2. Judge orders Justice Dept. to prepare Trump affidavit redactions, leaning toward disclosure
    Yesterday• Politics
    An aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen Aug. 10 in Palm Beach.
  3. DeSantis announces 20 voter fraud arrests of Floridians, calls it an ‘opening salvo’
    Yesterday• Elections
    Gov. Ron DeSantis, shown on Aug. 19, 2021.
  5. Federal judge blocks Florida ‘Stop WOKE’ act pushed by DeSantis
    Yesterday• Education
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reacts after publicly signing HB7, alternately dubbed the "individual freedom" law or the "stop woke" bill, during a news conference at Mater Academy Charter Middle/High School in Hialeah Gardens, Fla., on Friday, April 22, 2022. Three federal lawsuits, the latest filed Thursday, are challenging the law.
  6. Florida backs Tampa’s Cambridge Christian School in pregame prayer case
    Yesterday• Education
    Players from Cambridge Christian and Indian Rocks Christian pray after a football game in 2014. The Florida Department of Education is supporting Cambridge Christian in its ongoing court fight against the Florida High School Activities Association for not allowing the school to use the stadium's public address system for a prayer before the 2015 state championship game.
  7. Trump supporters’ threats to Florida judge spur democracy concerns
    Yesterday• Politics
    An aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen on Aug. 10 in Palm Beach.
  8. Florida wants to review school districts’ LGBTQ support documents
    Yesterday• Politics
    State Board of Education member Ryan Petty said he has “grave concerns” about some LGBTQ support guides provided to Florida students, teachers and school staff members.
  9. USA Gymnastics: Abortion laws to play role in site selection
    Yesterday• Sports
    USA Gymnastics president Li Li Leung, pictured in 2021, said Wednesday there is “no question” abortion laws will play a factor in whether a state is chosen to host events like the U.S. championships.
  10. Investigation with Florida ties focuses on separatist group Black Hammer
    Yesterday• Crime
    Xavier Rushin, a member of the Black Hammer Party, listens in Fayette County Magistrate Court on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. He and another member of the group are charged with multiple felonies stemming from an alleged kidnapping and sexual assault at the group's communal home in Fayetteville. Rushin is known within the group as Keno.
  11. Florida university leaders weigh two candidates for state chancellor post
    Yesterday• Education
    Century Tower is a major landmark at the University of Florida, the State University System's flagship school. The state Board of Governors is looking closely at two candidates as it works to select a new chancellor to oversee the system.
  12. DeSantis sued by ousted Tampa state attorney who wants job back
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    Suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, left, speaks during a news conference Wednesday with his attorney, Jean-Jacques Cabou, right, in Tallahassee.
  13. Security costs to protect Gov. DeSantis and his family increase
    Yesterday• Politics
    The Florida's governor's mansion.
  14. Who’s funding the Democratic candidates for governor? Here are 4 takeaways.
    Yesterday• Politics
    Campaign reports for Nikki Fried and Charlie Crist, who are seeking the Democratic nomination for Florida's governor, may not be as straightforward as they appear.
  15. In Tampa Bay, Florida Republican Rick Scott unveils bill to fight opioid epidemic
    Aug. 16• 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.
  16. Term limits for Pinellas commissioners won’t make fall ballot
    Aug. 16• 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.
  17. DeSantis wants cops, other first responders to help fill teaching vacancies
    Aug. 16• Politics
    Ron DeSantis on May 16, 2022.
  18. Florida lawmakers could defy DeSantis in Andrew Warren case. They likely won’t.
    Aug. 16• 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.
  19. Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild’ symptoms
    Aug. 16• 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.
  20. 5 candidates compete to represent Pinellas’ District 58 in Florida House
    Aug. 16• 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.
  21. Kathy Castor hasn’t been in a primary in 12 years. That changed this year.
    Aug. 16• 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.
  22. The race to challenge Kathy Castor features three first-timers
    Aug. 16• 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.
  23. Feds oppose unsealing affidavit for Mar-a-Lago search warrant
    Aug. 15• 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.
  24. Florida to ban Medicaid coverage for transgender health care
    Aug. 15• 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.
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