U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and Rep. Charlie Crist are calling on the Department of Justice to investigate the shooting death of Markeis McGlockton. In a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Assistant Attorney General John Gore, three senators and two members of Congress requested the department's Civil Rights Division open the investigation. McGlockton, 28, was shot July 19 at a convenient store near Clearwater in what authorities have so far deemed a "stand your ground" shooting. Along with...
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Millions of Floridians could soon find themselves without crucial flood insurance in the middle of hurricane season. Senate lawmakers have until Tuesday to extend the National Flood Insurance program. Lawmakers in the House approved an extension earlier this week. A lapse would not be unprecedented. The federal program, which provides flood insurance for more than 5 million homeowners, went without authorization for a month in summer 2010. During that time, an estimated 1,400 home-sales closings...
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This week, a congressman from Florida helped get a bill having the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) install on-site medical waste treatment systems in its facilities through the U.S. House. At the end of May, U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., unveiled the “Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety Enhancements Act” (VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act) with U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., as the main cos...
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The zipping and whirling of a 3D printer welcomed U.S. Representative Charlie Crist to the Clearwater (Fla.) Public Library’s Maker Studios in mid-July. The bright blue plastic filament was steadily building the 700th print job submitted by patrons at the Innovation Studio – one of five makerspaces at the Main Library. During Rep. Crist’s visit, the Clearwater Maker Studios showcased some of the ways libraries around the country are adapting to the growing technology, business, and creative need...
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Last Friday, in response to demands from St. Pete City Council chair Lisa Wheeler Bowman, Congressman Charlie Crist penned a letter to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, sharing the community’s concerns and asking for HUD intervention. The letter comes after Bowman, who represents Jordan Park in District 7, organized a press conference that same day to address the St. Petersburg Housing Authority (SPHA) and its plans for the redevelopment of Jordan Park. Bow...
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[Washington, D.C.] Today U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) honored Ruthie Berman and the late Connie Kurtz for their tireless activism in the LGBT community. In addition to acknowledging their efforts, Bonamici, along with her colleagues Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Charlie Christ (FL-13), advocated for the passage of the Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act, a bill introduced in 2017 to better serve LGBT elders, who face higher rates of poverty, pronounced social isolation, and less ...
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Peter Nolan, a combat-wounded Marine veteran from St. Petersburg, was reading a Navy memo last week about his ongoing battle for benefits and his eyes filled with tears. The five-page memo concluded that Nolan, 39, was the victim of an "injustice" when he was kicked out of the Marines last year with no retirement benefits despite more than 18 years of service and a history of injuries during his time in uniform. The Navy’s Board for Correction of Military Records ordered Nolan moved from his sta...
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Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist has signed on to bipartisan bill that would send the Trump Administration’s new tariffs on newsprint into the shredder. In a Friday statement Crist made clear that he wasn’t lining up behind the PRINT Act simply to take a jab at the White House, but because the tariff is already costing jobs within his Pinellas County district. “An unnecessary trade war with some of our closest partners is already having real, negative consequences for our economy and the newsp...
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WASHINGTON – While the Trump administration ratchets up a trade war, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is fighting tariffs imposed against newsprint, an issue affecting the publishing industry. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg, and Rep. Kristi Noem, a Republican from South Dakota, have introduced the Protecting Rational Incentives in Newsprint Trade Act, which has gained bipartisan support, including Rep. Gus Bilirakis of Palm Harbor. "An unnecessary trade war with some of our closest partner...
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The award-winning Gulfport Public Library’s LGBTQ Resource Center and 2018 ArtOut show was the focus for U.S. Representative Charlie Crist’s visit to the city on Monday, June 4. “We invited him to come down for the LGBTQ flag raising” that was held on the evening of Thursday, May 31 to locally kick off June as national Gay Pride Month, but “he wasn’t available so he sent a representative,” said Gulfport Mayor Sam Henderson. Then, “we invited him to visit on Monday so he could see the resource ce...
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