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Associated PressJuly 31, 2015

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Orlando City Soccer officials said Friday that their new downtown stadium is expected to be completed by the end of the 2016 season. As they unveiled the new design for the 25,500-seat stadium, team officials said the privately funded, $155 million facility should be finished within the next 12 to 14 months. That coincides with […]

Associated PressJuly 31, 2015

A Florida legislator wants a criminal investigation into Planned Parenthood, but the organization calls the request “politically motivated.” Rep. Charles McBurney, a Jacksonville Republican, asked for investigation in a letter Thursday to the head of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Gretl Plessinger, a spokeswoman for the agency, said FDLE would begin a preliminary review […]

Associated PressJuly 30, 2015

The Florida Lottery is considering selling lottery tickets online or alongside ATMs to combat relatively flat sales of some of the more well-known games. Lottery officials have asked companies seeking a contract worth at least $300 million to prove that they can sell tickets on the Internet or at ATMs and gas pumps. The lottery […]

Associated PressJuly 30, 2015

Following his own advice, Jeb Bush is taking his presidential campaign to the neighborhoods and churches where Hispanics and African-Americans live and worship in an effort to broaden his appeal among minority voters. The former Florida governor was in the central part of the state earlier this week, speaking to a diverse group of 150 […]

Associated PressJuly 29, 2015

A dozen million-dollar contributors account for at least 10 percent of Jeb Bush‘s record-setting presidential fundraising haul. The big-money boosters propelled Right to Rise, a super PAC dedicated to helping Bush win the Republican nomination, to its $103 million total in the first six month of the year. Separately, Bush’s official campaign, limited to contributions […]

Associated PressJuly 29, 2015

Psssst … Need a phony ID? A fraudulent tax refund? Insurance money from a sham car crash? Florida may have just what you’re looking for. Since the first settlers hacked their way into the mangrove tangles and drained much of the swampland, sunny South Florida has been virtually synonymous with shady deals and scams. Over […]

Associated PressJuly 27, 2015

Jeb Bush told clergymen Monday that he is not an “angry” conservative but a “committed conservative” who, if elected president, would build a robust economy to lift people out of poverty, give children a good education and encourage families to stay together. As conservatives, “if we act with our heart, people will rise,” Bush told […]

Associated PressJuly 27, 2015

Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida seem headed for a showdown about the operation of the tribe’s successful casinos. A deal authorizing blackjack and other types of card games at casinos such as the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa expires Friday. The state’s top gambling regulator wrote a letter to the […]

Associated PressJuly 25, 2015

Renewed hunts for oil in sensitive Florida ecosystems have environmental groups raising questions about the state’s regulation of the oil and gas industry. A Miami company, Kanter Real Estate LLC, has submitted a permit application to drill an exploratory oil well on the eastern edge of the Everglades. Meanwhile, federal approval is pending for a […]

Associated PressJuly 25, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott is asking for answers from those who received money in the state’s more than $78 billion budget. The head of Scott’s budget office is sending out more than 300 letters to groups and local governments that received money for projects in this year’s budget. Those letters ask the organizations to provide detailed […]

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State Rep. Angie Nixon (center) leads a protest against immigration policies Saturday outside the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville. Image via Drew Dixon of Florida Politics.

Soccer team says Orlando stadium to be completed in 12 to 14 months

Florida legislator wants investigation of Planned Parenthood

Lottery exploring ticket sales online and at bank machines

Jeb Bush calls courtship of minority voters integral to campaign

Million-dollar donors lift Jeb Bush’s presidential ambitions

By nearly any measure, sunny South Florida is tops in fraud

In Central Florida, Jeb Bush says he’s not an “angry” conservative

State to tribe: Prepare to end blackjack games at casinos

New hunt for oil in Florida raises environmental concerns

Gov. Scott wants answers from groups getting state money