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Scott PowersJuly 20, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King declared Thursday that Florida can fight climate change and spur the economy, while he recounted forecasters’ worst fears for Florida if sea levels and temperatures rise as scientists project. In a lengthy statement placed as a blog post on his campaign website, King outlined his concerns for weather, sea level rise, […]

Scott PowersJuly 20, 2017

Democrat Anna Eskamani‘s House District 47 campaign announced Thursday it will be holding an August fundraiser with co-chairs including Alan Grayson, Alex Sink, Bob Poe, and Steve Schale. The August 15 fundraiser will be held at The Abbey, a popular downtown Orlando watering hole, especially for Democrats. Eskamani, a Planned Parenthood director of external affairs […]

Scott PowersJuly 20, 2017

Members of Florida’s congressional delegation vulnerable because of their balanced districts each raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in the second quarter of 2017, new reports show. The latest campaign finance reports posted this week, covering money raised and spent in April, May and June, shows that Republican U.S. Reps. Brian Mast of Palm City […]

Scott PowersJuly 20, 2017

A watchdog group called the Checks & Balances Project is charging that the leading hotel industry association may be paying Florida International University to produce research for the industry’s lobbying against Airbnb and other home-sharing marketing companies. “The hotel industry’s hotel industry’s lobbying arm, the American Hotel & Lobbying Association, has an aggressive pay-to-play academic […]

Scott PowersJuly 19, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham described a private meeting a patient asked to have with her while she was performing one of her “workday” events at an Orlando free clinic Wednesday night, and said it reminded her that state budget priorities need to be reworked to be more caring. The patient had been struggling to […]

Scott PowersJuly 19, 2017

Republican Sanford businessman Scott Sturgill announced Wednesday he is running for Congress in Florida’s 7th Congressional District, setting up a primary showdown with state Rep. Mike Miller of Winter Park. Sturgill, owner of a company that produces work safety equipment such as hard hats, made his announcement at the Sanford Regional Chamber of Commerce surrounded […]

Scott PowersJuly 19, 2017

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Sierra-Nevada Corp. has caught a flight to space for its space plane, Dream Chaser, which will be the first spacecraft available to NASA and the the commercial sector since the space shuttle that can fly and land like an airplane. The company picked United Launch Alliance to provide the rockets to lift the Dream Chaser […]

Scott PowersJuly 19, 2017

Democrat Nancy Soderberg kicked off her campaign for Florida’s 6th Congressional District that historically has been based in Florida’s First Coast by heading to and appealing to its new center of gravity, Volusia County. In her campaign roll-0ut Wednesday in DeLand, Soderberg delivered a standard, moderate-Democrat pitch that was heavy on her party’s usual positions […]

Scott PowersJuly 19, 2017

The Stand Up Republic campaign run by two former Republican insiders has come out with another internet video ad blistering President Donald Trump‘s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, an ad produced by Florida Republican operative Rick Wilson. The ad begins with unflattering pictures of Putin and Trump with the declaration, “When America is under […]

Scott PowersJuly 18, 2017

The rapidly-growing Venezuelan community in Central Florida sent a message home and to Florida and American politicians with a vote Sunday they said drew more than 28,000 people who waited hours in line at six poling places to vote overwhelmingly to condemn the government and policy of that country’s dictator Nicolás Maduro. Led by radio show […]

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

Chris King issues bold, forward-thinking statement on climate change

Anna Eskamani announces star-studded fundraiser for HD 47 candidacy

Money pouring in for Florida’s Congress members in tough districts

Watchdog group claims hotel industry, FIU, teaming for anti-Airbnb research

Gwen Graham turns free clinic ‘workday’ into push for a budget that cares

Republican Scott Sturgill announces for CD 7

Sierra-Nevada’s space plane ‘Dream Chaser’ to launch atop Atlas V

Democrat Nancy Soderberg opens CD 6 campaign in DeLand

Republican anti-Donald Trump group launches new Vladimir Putin ad

More than 28,000 Venezuelans in Central Florida vote to oppose Nicolás Maduro in straw poll