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Scott PowersSeptember 24, 2018

Vacation rental home business is surging even in Florida’s rural counties, according to a new report from the vacation rental-home marketing firm Airbnb, which showed its business growth had more than doubled in the past year in small counties across the state. Released Monday morning, the report states that Airbnb’s business in the Sunshine State’s […]

Scott PowersSeptember 24, 2018

Democratic Florida House nominee Anna Eskamani‘s campaign announced Monday that her campaign and political committee now have topped $420,000 in fundraising, an astonishing total for a first-time candidate. Yet her declaration comes amid indications that fundraising is coming alive for the campaign of her Republican opponent in House District 47, Stockton Reeves. Eskamani’s announcement Monday includes […]

Scott PowersSeptember 20, 2018

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On the one-year mark of Hurricane Maria’s devastating landfall on Puerto Rico, Florida Democrats are charging that Republicans in Washington and Tallahassee neglected the island while Republicans are countering with statements on efforts they undertook. The bottom line may be the still-hobbled island, parts of which went months without adequate power, drinking water, and health care, […]

Scott PowersSeptember 20, 2018

Republican state Rep. Robert “Bobby O” Olszewski has been endorsed by the Florida Association of Veteran-Owned Businesses for his re-election in Florida House District 44, his campaign announced. The group representing military veterans seeks to promote and unite established and start-up companies owned by veterans and disabled veterans throughout the state of Florida, a pool […]

Scott PowersSeptember 20, 2018

Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles is calling out as flawed an ACLU-produced study that found county elections offices’ had high rejections of mail-in ballots, especially in some counties like Orange. Cowles office released a statement late Wednesday charging that his office had determined before the study’s release that it was using 2016 election […]

Scott PowersSeptember 19, 2018

Democratic Florida House candidate Tracy Kagan has gotten the backing of the first two labor union groups, the Florida AFL-CIO and the Seminole UniServe PAC, weighing in on this year’s House District 29 election, her campaign announced Wednesday. “Labor unions aren’t just important—they’re a matter of survival for the middle class,” Kagan stated in a […]

Scott PowersSeptember 19, 2018

The Republican Party of Florida has sent out a mailer in the House District 47 contest citing potty-mouth language attributed to Democratic nominee Anna Eskamani in speeches and declaring “she’s everything wrong with politics today.” Eskamani reacted Wednesday by charging the Republican Party is attacking her character because “you can’t win on the issues,” and […]

Scott PowersSeptember 19, 2018

The union organizing an effort to raise wages and benefits for thousands of contract workers at the Orlando International Airport is becoming a symbol of Democrats’ living wage push in Florida. On Tuesday, several dozen workers, some making as little as $5.23 an hour working for airport contractors, declared the airport to be a sweatshop. […]

Scott PowersSeptember 19, 2018

With reports that his political benefactor President Donald Trump considers him disloyal because of their differences on Puerto Rico death tolls, Ron DeSantis insisted Wednesday that nothing has changed between the two. “I don’t think anything has changed. I think we’re good,” the Republican nominee for Governor said when asked for comment on reports Trump was upset […]

Scott PowersSeptember 19, 2018

Republican state Rep. Mike Miller‘s campaign is challenging claims by his congressional opponent — Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy — that she is a moderate, bipartisan-seeking representative, charging she was hand-picked by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, taking tens of thousands of campaign dollars from Pelosi-related groups. The charges come after Murphy launched a television commercial […]

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Airbnb report: Vacation rental home activity surges in rural Florida

Anna Eskamani touts $420K raised, Stockton Reeves’ fundraising comes alive

Democrats push Hurricane Maria response as campaign issue; Republicans cite efforts

Veterans’ businesses group endorses Bobby Olszewski in HD 44

Bill Cowles contends ACLU rejected-votes study used ‘incorrect data’

First two unions weigh in with Tracey Kagan in HD 29

Republican mailer highlights potty-mouth words from Anna Eskamani

Orlando airport contract workers get Democratic support

Ron DeSantis says nothing has changed with Donald Trump

Mike Miller campaign calling Stephanie Murphy hand-picked by Nancy Pelosi