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Scott PowersMarch 22, 2018

Democratic state Sen. Linda Stewart will be joining the crowds of students and others calling for gun safety in Saturday’s March For Our Lives demonstration in Washington, D.C. Stewart, of Orlando, will be bringing her teenage granddaughter. “I will be joining our youth as they lead the way to march for common-sense gun safety legislation,” […]

Scott PowersMarch 22, 2018

Republican congressional candidate Mike Miller has earned the endorsement of Seminole County Commission Chairman John Horan, Miller’s campaign announced Thursday. Miller, the state representative from Winter Park, is running for Congress in Florida’s 7th Congressional District, covering Seminole County and north-central Orange County. He’s in a Republican primary battle with Scott Sturgill, Patrick Weingart, and […]

Scott PowersMarch 22, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy has found a maneuver that may get Congress to enact her repeal of the federal ban on funding gun violence research, with amendment language inserted into the latest budget bill coming together. For a year now the freshman from Winter Park has been pushing a bipartisan bill, The Gun Violence […]

Scott PowersMarch 21, 2018

If Republican Gov. Rick Scott hears the clock ticking on his decision of whether to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, it will have to wait until after he gets through the stack of bills the Florida Legislature put on his desk. At least that’s what he suggested Wednesday when asked, during a stop in […]

Scott PowersMarch 21, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott condemned the boycott-Israel movement as anti-Semitism as he signed House Bill 545 in Orlando Wednesday, outlawing Florida governments from doing business with any entities boycotting Israel. Scott’s bill-signing ceremony Wednesday at the Orlando Torah Academy, a Jewish day school, also served to allow him to tout the $2 million that was included in the state […]

Scott PowersMarch 21, 2018

The election for the open seat in Florida House District 81 has become a contest with the entry of a new Democrat, Mindy Koch, and Democratic candidate Tina Polsky announced she has picked up a couple of potentially influential endorsements. Koch, of Boca Raton, is president of the Democratic Club of Boca Raton and Delray […]

Scott PowersMarch 20, 2018

Three fathers of murdered students, three sheriffs, and state Sen. Lauren Book are among the appointees to the newly created Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission established to investigate the Feb. 14 massacre and identify and address what could have been done differently. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri will chair the commission established through […]

Scott PowersMarch 20, 2018

The Republican gubernatorial campaign for U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis is touting new poll results from Gravis Marketing Tuesday morning that show he has taken the lead. The same poll also is being cited by the Democratic gubernatorial campaign of Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum as it shows him moving up into second place on the Democrats’ […]

Scott PowersMarch 20, 2018

The gubernatorial campaign of Democrat Philip Levine has hired Adrienne Bogen to be its statewide field director. Bogen most recently managed the field program for St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman’s successful re-election campaign last year. She previously has led organizing efforts for U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist‘s 2014 gubernatorial race, Hillary Clinton‘s 2016 presidential bid, and […]

Scott PowersMarch 20, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham announced Tuesday that if she’s elected Governor she would support local governments such as Weston and Coral Gables that seek to defy the state’s 2011 law forbidding local gun ordinances. Such a position could put Graham at odds with the Florida Legislature and also potentially with the Attorney General over […]

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Linda Stewart to attend Washington march with granddaughter

Mike Miller picks up Seminole County Chair John Horan’s backing in CD 7 race

Stephanie Murphy gets gun violence research language into budget bill

Rick Scott: Decision on U.S. Senate race to wait behind stack of bills

Rick Scott condemns Israel boycotts as anti-Semitism

As HD 81 becomes Democratic contest, Tina Polsky announces new backer

Sheriff Bob Gualtieri to lead Douglas High commission with Lauren Book, three fathers

Ron DeSantis’ campaign touts poll showing him on top

Philip Levine’s gubernatorial campaign brings in Adrienne Bogen as field director

Gwen Graham says she’d support local governments defying 2011 gun laws preemption