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State Senate minority leader Lauren Book speaks on stage during the Leadership Blue Gala for the Florida Democratic Party on Saturday, July 16, 2022, in Tampa.
In Tampa, 2 events — and 2 visions for Florida — collide as Democrats, Moms for Liberty meet
Politics converge on one block of downtown Tampa.
National interest in DeSantis surges, sparking new round of presidential buzz
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attends a media event for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge, an annual hunting event, on June 16 in Miami.
So far, DeSantis has said he’s just focused on his reelection as governor.
Crist, Fried each make their case to be governor as Democrats meet in Tampa
Charlie Crist arrives with his fiancé, Chelsea Grimes, before the start of the Leadership Blue Gala for the Florida Democratic Party on Saturday in Tampa.
Tensions were rising between the campaigns of the two top Democratic candidates vying to run against Gov. DeSantis.
A mystery group pushed for $3M in state funding for new UF academic center
In this aerial view, Century Tower rises from the center of the University of Florida campus in Gainesville.
The state’s flagship university didn’t ask for the money for the new Hamilton Center for Classic and Civics Education.

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  1. Val Demings announces she has COVID following Democrats’ conference in Tampa
    Yesterday• Politics
    Congresswoman Val Demings speaks on stage during the Leadership Blue Gala for the Florida Democratic Party on Saturday, July 16, 2022, in Tampa.
  2. Florida Republican wins state House seat after opponent booted off of ballot
    Yesterday• Politics
    Adam Anderson of Palm Harbor will secure the House District 57 seat in north Pinellas after his only opponent was disqualified from the ballot on Sunday.
  3. Pinellas School Board member Lisa Cane faces challenges from right and left
    Yesterday• Education
    From left, Brad DeCorte, incumbent Lisa Cane and Bronson Oudshoff are competing to represent District 2 on the Pinellas County School Board.
  5. No major voting problems with ballot drop boxes in 2020, AP finds
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    A voter submits a ballot in an official drop box during early voting in Athens, Ga. on Oct. 19, 2020. The widespread use of absentee ballot drop boxes during the 2020 election was largely trouble-free, the Associated Press found through a survey of state election officials.
  6. Crist, Fried each make their case to be governor as Democrats meet in Tampa
    Jul. 17• Politics
    Charlie Crist arrives with his fiancé, Chelsea Grimes, before the start of the Leadership Blue Gala for the Florida Democratic Party on Saturday in Tampa.
  7. In Tampa, 2 events — and 2 visions for Florida — collide as Democrats, Moms for Liberty meet
    Jul. 17• Politics
    State Senate minority leader Lauren Book speaks on stage during the Leadership Blue Gala for the Florida Democratic Party on Saturday, July 16, 2022, in Tampa.
  8. Abortion on a ship in the Gulf of Mexico? Advocates get creative to protect access
    Jul. 16• Health
    FILE - An abortion-rights supporter protests at the Mississippi Capitol on June 28, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. A California doctor is proposing a floating abortion clinic in the Gulf of Mexico as a way to maintain access for people in southern states where abortion bans have been enacted.
  9. Judge shields Corcoran in ‘intellectual freedom’ case
    Jul. 15• Politics
    Florida Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran, left, motions back to Gov. Ron DeSantis, as they address the audience during a news conference at St. Petersburg Collegiate High School, 6605 Fifth Ave., on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in St. Petersburg.
  10. House votes to restore abortion rights, Senate odds dim
    Jul. 15• Nation & World
    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, accompanied by female House Democrats, speaks at an event ahead of a House vote on the Women's Health Protection Act and the Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act at the Capitol in Washington, Friday.
  11. State lotteries increasingly cede control to huge firms
    Jul. 15• Politics
    A Mega Millions playslip for those players preferring to choose the numbers they want to play is among the stacks of other lottery game playslips displayed at a Smoker Friendly store in Cranberry Township, Pa., Friday, Jan. 22, 2021.
  12. At Moms for Liberty event in Tampa, a push to win school board elections
    Jul. 15• Education
    Gov. DeSantis is presented with "The Liberty Sword" during the Moms for Liberty National Summit on Friday, July 15, 2022 in Tampa.
  13. National interest in DeSantis surges, sparking new round of presidential buzz
    Jul. 15• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attends a media event for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge, an annual hunting event, on June 16 in Miami.
  14. Pinellas congressional hopeful Anna Paulina Luna sued over dog bite
    Jul. 15• Elections
    Republican congressional hopeful Anna Paulina Luna.
  15. 538 gives Democrats slim odds to win new Florida congressional district
    Jul. 15• Politics
    Republican Jackie Toledo and Democrat Alan Cohn are competing for the new District 15 congressional seat.
  16. Kamala Harris highlights Biden’s Middle East trip, abortion rights battle during Florida visit
    Jul. 14• Politics
    Vice President Kamala Harris is seen with U.S. Special Operations Command Commander General Richard Clarke, right, and U.S. Central Command Commander General Michael Kurilla, left, after a meeting during her visit to U.S. Central Command and the Joint Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base Thursday in Tampa.
  17. Florida report on transgender care flawed, politically motivated, Yale experts say
    Jul. 14• Politics
    Jeanette Jennings, mother of transgender advocate Jazz Jennings, speaks in 2020 at a news conference in the Florida Capitol against a bill that would have made it a felony for doctors to provide minors with hormone therapy or to perform sex reassignment surgery. The bill did not pass but Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration is proposing a rule that would prevent the state’s Medicaid program from reimbursing providers for a series of therapies meant to treat gender dysphoria.
  18. 988 suicide crisis line is about to launch. Is Tampa Bay ready?
    Jul. 14• Health
    Thomas Young, right, takes a call from someone in need of counseling at the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay in 2019. The crisis center is now preparing for a flood of calls to the 988 suicide crisis line.
  19. Juneteenth isn’t a Tampa city holiday. Should it be?
    Jul. 14• Tampa
    Tampa City Council member Orlando Gudes is seen during a council meeting Thursday, March 31, 2022 in Tampa.
  20. Which Florida Democrat hoping to replace DeSantis is raising more money off abortion?
    Jul. 14• Health
    Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Nikki Fried, left, who’s seeking the Democratic nomination for governor, has sought to paint her opponent Charlie Crist as anti-abortion.
  21. How strong are HIPAA protections in a post-Roe world?
    Jul. 14• Politics
    A clinic security officer, center, attempts to keep anti-abortion activist Doug Lane, left, from a physical confrontation with sign-carrying abortion rights supporters, who are using noisemakers to drown out Lane's bullhorn outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 6. The clinic is the only facility that performs abortions in the state.
  22. Gaetz friend faces December sentencing as he helps in multiple federal probes
    Jul. 13• Crime
    A banner reading "Tick Tock Matt Gaetz" is flown above the federal courthouse during a hearing for Joel Greenberg, on May 17, 2021, in Orlando. Sentencing for the former Florida tax collector whose arrest led to a probe of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz has been set for December 2022, as his lawyer indicated that his client continues to cooperate with federal investigators in Florida, the District of Columbia and other jurisdictions.
  23. A mystery group pushed for $3M in state funding for new UF academic center
    Jul. 13• Politics
    In this aerial view, Century Tower rises from the center of the University of Florida campus in Gainesville.
  24. Vice President Kamala Harris is coming to Tampa. Here are the details.
    Jul. 13• Politics
    Vice President Kamala Harris walks on to the stage to speak during the American Rescue Plan Workforce Summit held in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, July 13, 2022.
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