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Scott PowersMarch 30, 2017

The latest version of a bill that would eliminate paychecks for Congress if it fails to pass a budget has drawn early support from two Republicans and one Democrat in Florida’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation. Democrat U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park, and Republican U.S. Reps. Vern Buchanan of Longboat Key and Ron […]

Scott PowersMarch 30, 2017

Orlando financial consultant Chris King may still be a few days from formally kicking off his candidacy as a Democrat for governor of Florida, but after a few silent weeks, he’s beginning to step out, first with the hirings of some key staffers, now with some tweets. Word of King’s candidacy began circulating in February and […]

Scott PowersMarch 30, 2017

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio painted Russia President Vladimir Putin Thursday as a tyrant who runs a brutal, corrupt, and repressive regime that murders opponents, seeks to destabilize western countries including the United States, perpetuates war crimes, and does not represent the Russian people. In doing so, Rubio called on the United States to stand up for […]

Scott PowersMarch 30, 2017

If there was any concern about whether citizens would show up to tell Florida’s Constitution Revision Commission how they feel about the state’s founding document, the panel’s first public hearing meeting Thursday night at the University of Central Florida put that to rest. A crowd overflowed the 200-seat meeting room, then overflowed the 86-seat overflow […]

Scott PowersMarch 29, 2017

SpaceX is set to launch a recycled Falcon 9 rocket Thursday afternoon, marking the first time a rocket used once to put a spacecraft into orbit has been landed, refurbished and put on the launch pad to be used again. SpaceX’s first customer for such a rocket, the Luxembourg-based SES satellite company, prefers the term […]

Scott PowersMarch 29, 2017

Orlando’s embattled state Attorney Aramis Ayala accused the Florida Legislature of threatening the public safety and economic health of Central Florida by proposing budget cuts of at least $1.3 million to her office. The Florida House Judicial Appropriations Subcommittee unveiled a budget Tuesday that would cut that much from the Office of the State Attorney […]

Scott PowersMarch 29, 2017

A coalition of Civil Rights and other organizations is planning to bus hundreds of supporters to Tallahassee for a rally Thursday for Orlando’s embattled State Attorney Aramis Ayala. The “Ride For Aramis,” events will conclude with a 12:30 p.m. rally on the Duval Road steps of the Florida Capitol. Organizers, which include the NAACP, Latino […]

Scott PowersMarch 29, 2017

Blue Origin rocket company founder Jeff Bezos is never one to let his arch-rival Elon Musk entirely dominate headlines, so as Musk’s SpaceX prepares the first-ever launch into space of a used Falcon 9 rocket Thursday, Bezos must have figured it’s time to offer a sneak-peak at his company’s planned crew capsule. Leather seats. Giant […]

Scott PowersMarch 28, 2017

Presumed Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham slammed President Donald Trump‘s latest environmental executive order as something that could threaten “our ver way of life as Floridians” Tuesday, while other Democrats joined in the condemnation. On Tuesday morning Trump signed an executive order rolling back many of the regulations put in place […]

Scott PowersMarch 28, 2017

A bill revising Florida’s community college system breezed through a Florida House committee Tuesday, setting up potential negotiations with a similar Florida Senate bill that recently cleared a key committee with some critical differences. House Bill 929 does little to change anything currently going on in the Florida College System but sets out to establish […]

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Stephanie Murphy, Vern Buchanan, Ron DeSantis cosponsor no-budget, no-pay bill

Twitter welcomes Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King

Marco Rubio decries Vladimir Putin as tyrant, calls on White House to push human rights

Constitution Revision Commission gets earful in Orlando

SpaceX used – er, ‘flight-tested’ – rocket set to launch

Aramis Ayala slams proposed budget cuts as threatening public safety in Central Florida

Busloads of ‘hundreds’ planned for Aramis Ayala rally in Tallahassee

But does it come with a Bose premium surround-sound audio system?

Gwen Graham, Democrats in Congress, slams Donald Trump’s environmental order

College system bill passes House panel, offering contrasts to Senate version