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Scott PowersNovember 28, 2016

Orange County planners are set to present their proposal Tuesday for helping make the University of Central Florida a safer and easier place to walk or bike around. The proposal comes out of a two-year Pedestrian/Bicycle Safety Study effort to try to address the difficulties faced by tens of thousands of college students and university […]

Scott PowersNovember 28, 2016

Lew Oliver has chaired the Orange County Republicans for decades with little serious opposition but now the leader of Donald Trump‘s campaign in the county, Randy Ross, is taking on the venerable chairman. Ross, 51, of Orlando, declared his candidacy over the weekend for chairmanship of the Orange County Republican Executive Committee after a general […]

Scott PowersNovember 23, 2016

As Orlandoans gather round dinner tables with family and close friends, let us start by being thankful that those of us who can be are there to gather. Let’s give thanks for a community that found comfort, faith, and strength in each others arms during the dawn following our darkest day, and for the commitment […]

Scott PowersNovember 23, 2016

A new conservative coalition has formed in Florida seeking to push for immigration reform that would also oppose any mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. Floridians for an Immigration Solution, chaired by Ed Moore, president of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida, announced Wednesday it wants to work with a Donald Trump White House and […]

Scott PowersNovember 22, 2016

Meeting with a bipartisan roundtable of Puerto Rican leaders in Kissimmee Tuesday, Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson expressed both hope that current Puerto Rico “rescue” plans being developed will help, and concern that not all the details they want can be delivered. Nelson, Congressman-elect Darren Soto and Osceola County Commission Chairwoman Viviana Janer met […]

Scott PowersNovember 22, 2016

As one of his last acts on behalf of the state of Florida, outgoing Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner arranged a moment of silence Tuesday for those killed in the Pulse nightclub shooting just outside his district on June 12. Gardiner, the Orlando Republican who now is a private citizen, did so on the request […]

Scott PowersNovember 22, 2016

Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson spoke highly Tuesday of Alabama’s Republican U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions as a possible U.S. attorney general in Donald Trump‘s administration. During a stop in Kissimmee Tuesday, Nelson described Sessions as a colleague, friend, and fellow senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and as someone he can work with. Nelson, […]

Scott PowersNovember 21, 2016

As they prepare for the 2017 Legislative Session, Central Florida lawmakers are looking out for help for the emerging Advanced Manufacturing Research Center in Osceola County, the demise of the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in Lake Nona, and I-4 throughout the region. Those are things almost everyone in Central Florida’s delegation is examining. […]

Scott PowersNovember 21, 2016

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Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is urging congressional leadership to push through a federal Water Resources Development Act this year so repair work can begin on state Road A1A, destroyed in part of Flagler County by Hurricane Matthew. Nelson sent letters Monday to the chairs and ranking Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Environment & Public […]

Scott PowersNovember 21, 2016

Elon Musk‘s latest bold plan for his SpaceX company is nothing short of total world coverage for satellite-based telecommunications. His Space Explorations Holdings LLC, parent company of the SpaceX rocket company, filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission last week for licensing of 4,425 satellites he wishes to put into orbit to provide global […]

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Orange County pedestrian safety plan set for UCF area

Donald Trump’s local chair Randy Ross challenges Lew Oliver for Orange County GOP leadership

Orlando’s cornucopia of thanks runneth over for area leaders

New conservative immigration reform coalition emerges in Florida

PROMESA task force seeking to rescue Puerto Rico, but pain will come too, Bill Nelson says

Andy Gardiner, Linda Stewart arrange moments of silence for Pulse victims

Bill Nelson speaks highly of Attorney General prospect Jeff Sessions

Advanced Manufacturing Research Center, I-4, Sanford Burnham, water quality, Pulse, on Central Florida lawmakers’ minds

Bill Nelson said Matthew repairs require quick adoption of water bill

Elon Musk files for plans to dominate space telecommunications with 4,425 satellites