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Scott PowersJune 6, 2017

The Florida Constitution Revision Commission now has a set of rules for how it might go about writing major changes to Florida’s Constitution. Those rules — addressing such matters as who will appoint committees, how proposals will move through committees, whether Florida’s Sunshine laws will cover everything — emerged from a sometimes chaotic debate in Orlando […]

Scott PowersJune 5, 2017

The man authorities say killed five former co-workers and then himself early Monday morning in an Orlando business came in knowing who he wanted to kill and let at least one woman not on that list get away. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said John Robert Neumann Jr., 45, whose hometown has not yet been […]

Scott PowersJune 5, 2017

Joe Wendt, a Tampa janitor who has been active in Florida Libertarian Politics since 2010, announced Monday he is filing to run for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat. Wendt, 32, has claim to fame in the Libertarian Party of Florida, having finished second with 43 percent of the vote in a 2012 Soil and Water Conservation […]

Scott PowersJune 5, 2017

Five people plus the apparent shooter are dead in an early morning mass killing at the Fiamma company in east Orange County Monday morning. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said a man he described as an apparent disgruntled former employee killed four men and a woman Monday morning and then killed himself, in a camper […]

Scott PowersJune 5, 2017

Accused cop-killer Markeith Loyd has been cited for two more offenses; but unlike the murder charges he faces, if he challenges the new charges he likely would beat them: red light running tickets. The tickets, issued because of evidence gathered by red-light cameras in Orlando, were both for dates when Loyd already was in jail, […]

Scott PowersJune 2, 2017

Brevard County is officially joining the Central Florida Expressway Authority. The toll road agency that serves Orange, Osceola, Lake and Seminole counties by building, maintaining, and running tolled expressways has no immediate plans to push any of those highways into Brevard County, or build any in the Space Coast area. But that is likely to […]

Scott PowersJune 2, 2017

A coalition of labor, faith and immigrant rights groups will be rallying in Orlando Saturday to push for an ordinance that would codify what city police already is doing – denying federal requests to hold immigrants in police custody beyond what normally is allowed. The coalition has been working with Orlando City Commissioner Tony Ortiz […]

Scott PowersJune 2, 2017

For the third-straight year, Orlando has been denied local anti-terrorism money for not being a significant enough target under federal guidelines, exasperating Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings who has pushed federal officials to reconsider their decision-making process. Demings, as have other current and former members of Congress from Orlando, has been pushing U.S. Homeland Security […]

Scott PowersJune 2, 2017

Retired Air Force officer and current high school teacher Jeff Ramsey announced his Republican bid for Brevard County’s House District 51 Thursday. Ramsey, who defines himself as a conservative, joins a crowded primary field seeking to succeed Republican state Rep. Tom Goodson in a district safe for Republicans. Gibson is term-limited. Ramsey, of Merritt Island, […]

Scott PowersJune 1, 2017

Republican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis criticized President Donald Trump‘s announcement Thursday that he would not immediately be ordering the relocation of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. DeSantis is one of more than 100 members of Congress who had sent a letter to Trump early this year urging him to keep to a campaign promise and immediately move the […]

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After a seemingly rule-less meeting, constitution panel adopts rules

Orlando shooter came in knowing who he wanted to kill, not kill

Libertarian candidate Joe Wendt entering 2018 U.S. Senate race

Five dead plus shooter at Orange County shooting scene

Markeith Loyd hit with two red-light running tickets while he was in jail

Brevard County to join Central Florida Expressway Authority

Coalition seeking Orlando ‘trust’ ordinance for immigrants in custody

Orlando denied federal anti-terrorism money again; Val Demings says ‘we are baffled’

Teacher Jeff Ramsey enters HD 51 race in Brevard County

Ron DeSantis criticizes Donald Trump’s balk at moving embassy to Jerusalem