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Scott PowersAugust 1, 2017

Republican congressional candidate Wayne Liebnitzky criticized the rent U.S. Rep. Darren Soto is paying for his Kissimmee office as “unusually extravagant expense of peoples’ money,” while the congressman defended the office Tuesday for its convenience and service to the district. Soto is spending $4,638 a month for his primary district office, plus $866 a month […]

Scott PowersAugust 1, 2017

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More than 2,000 absentee ballots already have been returned in the upcoming special Republican primary election for House District 44 in west Orange County. The office of Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles reported Tuesday afternoon that 7,175 absentee ballots have been requested and mailed out for the contest, and 2,063 already have been […]

Scott PowersAugust 1, 2017

Following the Tampa Bay Times story questioning Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam‘s past visibility on gun rights issues, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is calling him “a recent convert” and questioning his commitments on details. “Now that people have started to catch on that Commissioner Adam Putnam’s a recent convert to the gun rights movement, […]

Scott PowersJuly 31, 2017

The House District 44 Republican primary is boiling, as John Newstreet responded to a shadow group’s attack ads with a Facebook Live video decrying them as “not true” and his campaign blamed rival Bobby Olszewski, who denied involvement and disavowed such politics. The ruckus is over mailers and an internet site sponsored by a new […]

Scott PowersJuly 31, 2017

Two well-connected west Orange County suburban mayors have withdrawn their support for Bobby Olszewski in the upcoming Republican special election primary for House District 44, over his support for term limits for local elections. Windermere Mayor Gary Bruhn and Ocoee Mayor Rusty Johnson announced in an open letter this morning that they are withdrawing their […]

Scott PowersJuly 24, 2017

Are Osceola County and eastern Polk County ready for a determined, old-school feminist representing them in the Florida House of Representatives? Democrat Barbara Cady, 59, of Kissimmee, filed last week to run against Republican incumbent state Rep. Mike LaRosa in House District 42. She’s bringing a wealth of Democratic Party and feminist-leadership connections to run […]

Scott PowersJuly 23, 2017

Florida International University has been dropped from a controversial research contract proposed by the American Hotel & Lodging Association that had been criticized as potentially unethical by the national watchdog group Checks & Balances Project. A spokeswoman for the university advised FloridaPolitics.com that it has been notified that it is not receiving the AH&LA $68,209 […]

Scott PowersJuly 23, 2017

Extensive Enterprises Media and its media, including FloridaPolitics.com, won three statewide journalism awards Saturday night from the the Society of Professional Journalists Florida Pro Chapter, during ceremonies held in Coral Gables. EEM’s magazine INFLUENCE took second-place for best magazine single issue, for the Winter 2016 edition. That category was won by City & Shore Magazine, […]

Scott PowersJuly 22, 2017

Orlando has lost its boldest conscience and Florida’s LGBTQ community its most passionate and omnipresent voice with the passing of Billy Manes. Manes, 45, most recently editor of Watermark, the state’s leading LGBTQ newspaper, and before that a longtime columnist for Orlando Weekly, the city’s leading alternative journalism medium, died Friday. He was with his husband, Anthony […]

Scott PowersJuly 21, 2017

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer declared Friday that the state of the city is united, and that that unity, drawn from Orlando’s darkest day, is needed as the city confronts its future with challenges of transit, homelessness, housing and a development of a high-tech economy. “Two words,” Dyer concluded in his annual State of the City […]

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Anheuser-Busch has a longstanding tradition of providing emergency drinking water and supplies for disaster relief efforts.

Wayne Liebnitzky criticizes the $4,600 a month in rent Darren Soto pays for Kissimmee office

HD 44 Republican primary votes coming in

Andrew Gillum calls Adam Putnam ‘recent convert’ to gun rights movement

John Newstreet’s campaign blames Bobby Olszewski for ‘liberal Newstreet’ attack ads; Olszewski denies involvement

Two west Orange County mayors yank support for Bobby Olszewski in HD 44 race

Barbara Cady bringing Democratic, feminist connections to HD 42 run

FIU out of anti-Airbnb, hotel association research project

Extensive Enterprises wins three awards in Florida journalists’ ceremony

Florida LGBTQ journalist, Orlando institution, Billy Manes passes

Buddy Dyer urges united Orlando to go forward