Incumbents running for re-election to either the Manatee County Commission or the Manatee County School Board continue to hold large-fund-raising leads over their respective challengers, accordin...
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From U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. on Thursday: > The U.S. Senate today approved rate-hike relief for millions of > homeowners covered by the government’s flood insurance p...
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The Manatee County Supervisor of Elections has certified 14,746 of the 21,595 petitions it received in support of medical marijuana amendment, Supervisor Mike Bennett said Thursday. The measure...
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U.S. REP. VERN BUCHANAN, R-SARASOTA, on Wednesday voted for the new 5-year farm bill , touting the money it includes for research on citrus greening , a disease threatening Florida's most valuab...
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Marc Caputo of the Miami Herald reports on the latest poll on the race for Florida governor: > GOV. RICK SCOTT is gaining ground on FORMER GOV. CHARLIE CRIST in > the latest surv...
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U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan is recovering after undergoing surgery Monday to repair a herniated disc in his back. "The operation was successful and the congressman is expected to make a full and s...
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The 60Plus Association, a national seniors advocacy group, has hit the airwaves to rally support for Blake Medical Center in Bradenton and other Florida hospitals fighting an effort to force th...
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U.S. REP. VERN BUCHANAN, R-Sarasota, in 2012 slipped from fifth place to sixth in the latest look at the wealth of members of the U.S. House. Determining a lawmaker's exact wealth is difficult ...
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Here's the news release from the Florida Republican Party: > TALLAHASSEE, FL - Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush today released > the following statement regarding the 2014 Flo...
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Upset with how they voted to end the federal government shutdown, a Tea Party-affiliated group is targeting REP. VERN BUCHANAN and other Republican "traitors" for defeat in next year's elections....
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U.S. VERN BUCHANAN on Thursday signed on as a co-sponsor of the USA Freedom Act , legislation that he says would end the National Security Agency's "indiscriminate collection" of Americans' pers...
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Democratic candidate Mitch Mallett of Bradenton promises a hearty challenge of U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan in next year's election, presuming he wins his party's nomination. But already, he faces ...
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Here is the news release: > U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-FL, today called on congressional leaders > to take immediate action to reform the National Security Agency’s > (NSA...
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Via the Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau: > Democrat ALLIE BRASWELL, a political unknown and Urban League > official, dropped out of the race against Republican Chief Financia...
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U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, will hold a "listening session" on jobs, spending and the economy in Lakewood Ranch on Saturday. The event is scheduled for 11 a.m. at Lakewood Ranch Town H...
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From Bay News 9, the governor today in Tampa: Charles Schelle of the Bradenton Herald filed this after Scott appeared at a business roundtable at Mixon Fruit Farm in Bradenton: > Before an...
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Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday will hold a business roundtable with business leaders from Manatee and Sarasota counties at Mixon Fruit Farms. About 60-70 people representing the counties' chambers...
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Follow the money, and you just might figure out who paid for the campaign that last month helped defeat a proposed sales tax increase to pay for health care programs in Manatee County. The answ...
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From a news release: > WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-FL, announced today that > he has introduced bipartisan legislation condemning the grisly > practice of sh...
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A variety of political committees have taken the lead in promoting their respective messages about two referendum questions on the June 18 special election ballot in Manatee County. Here's a ru...
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Update below. The Manatee County Democratic Party is endorsing the proposed increase in the sales tax rate to pay for county government's health care programs, including spending for the indige...
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The Manatee County NAACP is endorsing a proposed increase in the sales tax to pay for indigent health, complete with an invocation of Jesus' name. Here's the press release, issued late Thursday...
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Here's the news release from his office: > U.S. Rep Vern Buchanan, R-FL, joined forces today with Democratic > colleagues Ted Deutch and Peter Welch by introducing the“Senio...
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Former state Sen. Nan Rich, so far the only major Democrat running for governor , on Monday took to Twitter to express her support for parents, children and others rallying at Manatee County Sch...
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For update, see below. The House Ways and Means Committee, according to U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, will continue to pursue what went wrong at IRS. "I don't think we got all the ans...
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