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Scott PowersNovember 13, 2018

It might be from fraying, old, nylon boat ropes. It might be from clothing. It might be from straws and plastic grocery bags. Whatever the sources, a University of Central Florida research team is investigating an alarming – record – level of pastics discovered in oysters in the northern end of the Indian River Lagoon. […]

Scott PowersNovember 13, 2018

After Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and his team suggested there may be good reasons to extend recount deadlines if counties need more time to sort the U.S. Senate election, Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s team said not-so-fast. Speaking for Scott, Republican U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney insisted Tuesday that the recounts must proceed by law, a […]

Scott PowersNovember 13, 2018

The most dramatic power change Orange County has seen in a generation in county government began Tuesday with jokes, gifts, and tributes to the three outgoing members of the Board of Commissioners and only a slightly uncomfortable air of wonder of what Mayor-elect Jerry Demings and his Democratic-controlled board will bring next month. In their […]

Scott PowersNovember 13, 2018

Saying there’s no practical reason for the statutory deadlines that counties face to complete machine and hand recounts of last week’s election, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson’s lead vote-recount attorney said Monday he believes they should be given the time they need even beyond the deadlines. Marc Elias told reporters that Florida’s law was not created […]

Scott PowersNovember 12, 2018

Railing against what they call a Republican effort to discredit recounts through legal intimidation and allegations of fraud, Democrats state Sen. Linda Stewart, Reps. Carlos Guillermo Smith and state Rep.-elect Anna Eskamani insisted Monday the process just needs to proceed now in calm and confidence. “Calm down,” Stewart said Monday on the front steps of the […]

Scott PowersNovember 12, 2018

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson doesn’t want his opponent Republican Gov. Rick Scott to have anything to do with the recount of their election. On Monday Nelson called on Scott to recuse himself from “any role” in Florida’s recount process as the supervisors of elections across the state begin a mandatory machine recount of more than […]

Scott PowersNovember 12, 2018

The Orlando Sentinel has moved former publisher Nancy Meyer back as publisher of the newspaper and also of the Sun Sentinel, and named Julie Anderson as editor-in-chief, ending the run of Avido Khahaifa in both positions, Tribune Publishing announced Monday morning. Meyer has been serving as general manager of the South Florida Sun Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale. […]

Scott PowersNovember 9, 2018

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio came to the aid of his fellow Republican Gov. Rick Scott Friday declaring that the vote-counting and transparancy problems at the Broward County Supervisor of Elections office is putting the integrity of Florida’s U.S. Senate election on the line. Rubio insisted that his concerns were “not about an effort to prevent […]

Scott PowersNovember 9, 2018

Making his first appearance since the election – and doing so only by video-download, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson accused his opponent Republican Gov. Rick Scott of abusing power to stop votes from being counted, and Nelson vowed to not let that happen. In a video statement downloaded via satellite or through YouTube, Nelson charged […]

Scott PowersNovember 9, 2018

Although Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday evening both in a news conference and on Fox News that he has asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate voter fraud in Broward County, no such investigation is underway. A spokesman for the department said Friday it is working with the Florida Department of State, standing […]

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Plastics in Indian River Lagoon oysters have UCF researchers looking closer

Rick Scott’s team has no interest in seeing recount deadlines extended

Orange County Commission transition begins

Bill Nelson’s attorney calls on counties to get time needed on recounts

Linda Stewart: Calm down and let the elections officers do their work

Bill Nelson calls on Rick Scott to recuse himself from any recount role

Orlando Sentinel shakes up top: Nancy Meyer, Julie Anderson in; Avido Khahaifa out

Marco Rubio says Broward County put election integrity on line

Bill Nelson accuses Rick Scott of abusing power to stop votes from being counted

No FDLE investigations into voter fraud, yet