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kathy castor
Tampa area Dems want Rubio and Senate to vote on SCOTUS nominee
Illinois Senator Mark Kirk is breaking with leaders of his Republican Party and meeting Tuesday with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. Most Republican leaders say they won’t hold hearings or vote on Garland but Kirk is...
Dozens from Tampa Bay going to Cuba for Obama, Rays
President Obama is heading to Cuba this weekend and he’s not alone; many Tampa Bay area residents, government officials and even the region’s Major League Baseball team are going as well. St. Petersburg Mayor Rick...
David Jolly urges Bay area politicians to join his effort to stop wasting time raising money
David Jolly makes a plea across the aisle to get elected officials to stop begging for money and get back to work. The republican US representative from Florida is pushing for more of his colleagues...
Tampa Bay gets grant to fight human trafficking
Victims of human trafficking in Tampa Bay will have more access to legal help thanks to a $600,000 U.S. Department of Justice grant announced Friday in St. Petersburg; during a press conference outside the Pinellas County...
Crist running for Congress; Jolly calls him huckster
Charlie Crist is running for Congress; the former Republican governor of Florida announced Tuesday morning in St. Petersburg he will run in the Pinellas County district that is likely to be redrawn to include Clearwater and...
Kathy Castor will announce position on Iran deal in week or two
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa) says she has not yet announced her position on the Iran nuclear agreement. At an unrelated event Wednesday morning at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Castor answered questions...
Florida League of Woman Voters “thrilled” with congressional redistricting
Yesterday the Florida Supreme Court determined that 8 congressional districts had been unfairly drawn to favor the GOP in 2012 and ordered that they be redrawn by state legislatures within 100 days . The Court...
Florida historian says confederate inspired state flag needs to go
Florida Historian says confederate inspired state flag needs to go
Bill Clinton urges Democrats to vote as he stumps for Charlie Crist in Tampa
Bill Clinton urges Tampa to the vote out and vote for Charlie Crist for governor.
Greenlight Pinellas transit proposal gains supporters
A transit plan for Pinellas County is gaining momentum. On Thursday, Congress member Kathy Castor endorsed the Yes to Greenlight initiative during a media conference in midtown Saint Petersburg.
Congress member Castor says women and doctors should make healthcare choices not a few older white men
Max Blumenthal criticizes U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) for inaction on Tampa teenager beat up by Israeli police
