Scott PowersJanuary 16, 2019
3min342
With a seat on the House Intelligence Committee Val Demings will help oversee Russia probe.
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Scott PowersJanuary 16, 2019Scott PowersJanuary 16, 2019
2min236
Darren Soto said no, while Stephanie Murphy's office indicated she wasn't invited this time.
Scott PowersJanuary 15, 2019
6min297
The town hall focused in part on strategies to renew funding cut from state arts programs.
Scott PowersJanuary 15, 2019
3min538
She sends the White House regrets on border wall talk due to a schedule conflict.
Scott PowersJanuary 11, 2019
7min414
A former Navy intelligence official with a background in national security analysis who also is studious of economic theory, running on a generally moderate Democratic platform, seeking to flip a long-held Republican seat against a well-established opponent in increasingly purple Seminole County. No, not Stephanie Murphy. Meet Justin Miller. Thursday night Miller introduced himself to Seminole […]
Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2019
3min628
Kissimmee’s U.S. Rep. Darren Soto has been appointed to a seat on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Soto’s appointment puts him on the committee with a wide range of authority over areas ranging from health care to environmental protection. “This appointment will give us a greater voice on behalf of our constituents to promote […]
Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2019
2min258
Winter Park’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy just got a seat at the grown-ups table in the House of Representatives, joining the House Ways and Means Committee. Murphy, just starting her second term, announced late Wednesday that she had been appointed to the chief tax-writing committee, with oversight on federal programs such as Medicare, Social Security […]
Scott PowersJanuary 9, 2019
3min363
Seminole County Commissioner and former State Sen. Lee Constantine may be in line to take over the Seminole County Supervisor of Elections post after Mike Ertel became Florida Secretary of State Tuesday. Constantine, a Republican, said Wednesday evening that he was contacted by the transition team of Gov. Ron DeSantis to see whether he might […]
Scott PowersJanuary 7, 2019
2min1663
Dominoes are setting up for the 2020 elections in Osceola County, as Kissimmee Mayor Jose Alvarez, term-limited there, has filed to battle Osceola County Commissioner Peggy Choudhry for her seat. Choudhry is a first-term commissioner, elected in 2016, who announced Monday she is seeking re-election. She and Alvarez both are Democrats, meaning the Mayor would […]
Scott PowersJanuary 4, 2019
11min518
On Friday, Florida’s Supreme Court upheld an Orange County charter amendment to make the county’s constitutional officers nonpartisan, a decision that could open partisan and nonpartisan debates in other counties. By a 4-3 vote, the court quashed a lower-court ruling that had kept Orange County’s elections partisan for the constitutional offices of sheriff, tax collector, […]