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Scott PowersMarch 6, 2017

State Sen. Victor Torres has introduced a bill to force call center operators to give extended notices if they intend to shut down or move call-center jobs out of state or overseas. The Orlando Democrat filed Senate Bill 1632 to require call centers that reduce their staffs by more than 30 days relocate outside of […]

Scott PowersMarch 6, 2017

Two new bills to re-broaden bans on the public release of death videos could prevent evidence of a case such as Martin Lee Anderson‘s from ever coming to light, and could also prevent disclosures in controversial police shooting cases, First Amendment Foundation President Barbara Petersen said Monday. Petersen is raising anew concerns she raised earlier […]

Scott PowersMarch 6, 2017

A new bill introduced Monday to enact Florida’s medical marijuana program is being sharply criticized by promoters of Amendment 2 for keeping the budding business restricted to the state’s current seven approved producers. Senate Bill 1758, introduced by state Sen. Denise Grimsley, the Republican from Lake Wales, lays out how Florida should manage and regulate […]

Scott PowersMarch 6, 2017

A fourth candidate has filed to run for the Orange County Commission’s District 4, with the entry of Lake Nona criminologist Nicolette Springer. Springer, 39, a Democrat, is running for the southeast Orange County district seat being vacated in 2018 by Republican Commissioner Jennifer Thompson, who is term-limted. She joins three other Orlando Democrats who […]

Scott PowersMarch 3, 2017

[The following is drawn from pool reports provided by Ted Mann, reporter for The Wall Street Journal.] Accompanied by U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and others, President Donald Trump dropped in on a Catholic school 4th-grade class the met with Orlando Diocese leaders Friday to talk about school […]

Scott PowersMarch 2, 2017

David Smith does his homework; anyone who’s ever worked with him knows that. So as the former Marine colonel who now is a business consultant enters his 21-month race for Florida House District 28, the Winter Springs Republican is coming more prepared than he was in his humbling loss in his last attempt at public […]

Scott PowersMarch 2, 2017

U.S. Rep. Brian Mast wants President Donald Trump to add the Everglades to his infrastructure priority list. Mast, a Republican from Palm City, took the floor of Congress Thursday to urge Trump to create an “Everglades Restoration Infrastructure Taskforce” and secure full funding to accelerate projects to completion. “The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan is the most […]

Scott PowersMarch 2, 2017

Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto is introducing a bill that would extend funding to fight the Zika virus through the year 2023 and expand a local mosquito-control grant program to address other infectious mosquito-bourne diseases. Soto, an Orlando Democrat, is expecting to file his bill today, dubbing it the “Strengthening Mosquito Abatement for Safety and […]

Scott PowersMarch 2, 2017

U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy declared on the floor of Congress Thursday morning that she would like to see Puerto Rico become America’s 51st state. The Democrat from Winter Park represents a district, Florida’s 7th Congressional District, with a large Puerto Rican population. In her speech, the freshman congresswoman said the decision ultimately needs to be […]

Scott PowersMarch 2, 2017

Former Libertarian Party U.S. Senate candidate Augustus Sol Invictus is accusing his national party chairman of collaborating with communists and vowing to challenge him at the party’s national conference in Pennsylvania in April. Invictus, an Orlando lawyer, was a candidate who made the party nervous from his announced candidacy until he was defeated in a […]

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Victor Torres seeks to save call-center jobs

Barbara Petersen: Exempting ‘death videos’ could have hidden Martin Anderson case

Senate medical marijuana bill keeps industry restricted to seven distributors

Fourth Democrat, Nicolette Springer, enters Orange County commission race

Donald Trump meets with 4th graders, private school leaders in Orlando

This time, David Smith feels fully prepared as he seeks House District 28

Brian Mast calls for Donald Trump to create Everglades task force

Darren Soto to file Zika bill

Stephanie Murphy declares support for Puerto Rico to become state

Augustus Invictus accuses Libertarian Party chairman, vows challenge