Susan Valdes

“I’m tired of being the party of protesting when I got into politics to be part of the party of progress,” Susan Valdes said.

Listen:   Candidates for four Tampa district state house seats debated at a political forum in Ybor City Friday.  For the most part, candidates stayed on their expected party lines while discussing issues like gun...

A Florida bill would supplement middle school science, technology, engineering and math education with “music-based” learning materials.

Listen: During the last legislative session, state lawmakers passed legislation some believe disproportionately affects Florida Latinos. Two Tampa state representatives addressed these issues and others at a conference in the State Capitol on October 18th....

Listen: State legislators that represent Hillsborough County and beyond met Tuesday to hear from the public about a wide range of issues prior to the start of the next legislative session. The meeting took place...

Hundreds of protesters rallied in Tampa, Bradenton, and other Florida cities today in opposition to Florida’s new immigration law. Many fear the law will make criminals out of Tampa residents as they strive to provide...

The Florida Legislature wrapped up its regular session this month -- we look back at bills that passed and bills that didn’t.

Rep. Susan Valdes, D-Tampa, has drawn a Republican challenger, Tampa Republican Michael William Saul.

Since Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico dozens of students have moved to Florida from the American commonwealth and enrolled in public schools here; Pinellas County Schools says as of Tuesday, it had “27 students who registered...