News Channel 8 Click Here to Read Online No Medicaid recipient should ever miss a doctor appointment because they can’t get a ride. But Medicaid patients are complaining to 8 On Your Side that transportation companies, paid with public money, are routinely late in getting them to their medical …
Florida Politics Click Here to Read Online After two days of wall-to-wall speakers from high-tech companies, finance experts and land use planners, the 2018 Florida Autonomous Vehicle Summit wrapped up in Tampa this week with an array of geek-out-worthy autonomous vehicle demonstrations. The Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority hosted the summit both this year and …
Florida Politics Click Here to Read Online Reported crimes and arrests are down and Florida has held fewer people behind bars in recent years. But forecasters working for the state aren’t expecting prison populations to continue to wane. Economists for the Criminal Justice Estimating Conference cited an uptick in …
Tampa Bay Times Click Here to Read Online With all precincts reporting, Republican Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg) defeated Democrat challenger Lindsay Cross 54 percent to 46 percent. Democrats failed to snag a key state Senate seat, with voters sending Brandes back to Tallahassee. “For the next four years, you …
Florida Politics Click Here to Read Online State Senator Jeff Brandes will revive an amendment he filed during the 2019 Legislative Session that would expand medical marijuana access and allow patients to smoke their medicine, he said during a dispensary opening in St. Petersburg Thursday. Brandes’ 2017 amendment would have shifted Florida’s medical …
Florida Politics Click Here to Read Online State Senator Jeff Brandes continues to grow his fundraising lead over his Democratic challenger Lindsay Cross, making the already steep climb even more treacherous. Between his campaign and an affiliated political committee, Brandes has raised more than $2 million to keep his seat. Cross has raised just $156,000 and does not have …
Florida Politics Click Here to Read Online St. Pete Republican Sen. Jeff Brandes is sitting pretty a month out from Election Day according to a new poll of his contest against Democratic nominee Lindsay Cross. A new St. Pete Polls survey, commissioned by Florida Politics, found the longtime lawmaker with an 11-point …
Florida Politics Click Here to Read Online St. Petersburg Republican Sen. Jeff Brandes has released a new ad for his re-election campaign highlighting his roots in Senate District 24 and promising to hold “bureaucrats and politicians” accountable. The 30-second ad features shots of Brandes walking with and talking to employees …
Florida Politics Click Here to Read Online St. Petersburg Republican Sen. Jeff Brandes released a new ad Thursday touting his successful legislative effort to give patients more options in to fight terminal diseases. The new ad, titled “Right to Try,” features St. Petersburg osteopathic physician Rob Proiettospeaking about Brandes’ role in passing …
Click Here to Read Online The story unfolding in South Florida is as ugly and gritty as anything you’d read in a novel about corrupt cops in a small town. The feds say the case is clear: When officers in the village of Biscayne Park, just north of Miami, …
