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Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

Texas Democratic icon Wendy Davis and Florida congressional candidate Stephanie Murphy argued Friday that the November election offers picks between women who understand issues such as child care, women’s choice, and equal pay — and men who do not. Davis, the former Texas state senator who made national headlines by filibustering an anti-abortion bill there […]

Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

In the next move in Orlando’s tourism money chess match, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs has agreed to put $45 million toward finishing Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The move, assuming Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer agrees and the appropriate boards all sign off, means the postponed-into-limbo final phase known as the acoustic […]

Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

Republican nominee Dean Asher has received the endorsements of the Florida Police Benevolent Association and the Central Florida Police Benevolent Association in his bid for Florida’s Senate District 13, his campaign announced Friday. The two organizations represent several thousand law enforcement officers across the state of Florida. “Dean has been a strong advocate for us […]

Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

Republican congressional nominee Wayne Liebnitzky may be an Osceola County resident, but he’s hoping for surprisingly strong showings in Orange and Polk counties to carry him to what would be an upset win over Democratic state Sen. Darren Soto in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. Liebnitzky, a St. Cloud businessman who decisively won the Republican primary […]

Scott PowersSeptember 8, 2016

Against a clear blue sky illuminated by a setting sun, an Atlas V rocket streaked into space Thursday evening sending the OSIRIS REx spacecraft on a long trek to go grab some asteroid gravel and bring it back to Earth. The launch countdown and 7:05 p.m. blast-off went flawlessly at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, sending […]

Scott PowersSeptember 8, 2016

Democratic nominee Fred Marra has opened up his campaign by going after his opponent on the fracking front in the House District 29 race. Marra, who spearheaded an anti-fracking petition drive in 2013, released a statement Thursday denouncing his Republican opponent, incumbent state Rep. Scott Plakon, for voting in favor of a fracking bill in […]

Scott PowersSeptember 8, 2016

State Rep. Scott Plakon and his wife Susie are living through a summer of love, pain, tragedy, faith, and struggle as they deal with her deteriorating health and the compounding effects of a horrible car crash. The Republican lawmaker from House District 29 posted an update on Facebook this morning that details what had been their relatively […]

Scott PowersSeptember 8, 2016

Sitting with the prospect of showing a Libertarian view of foreign affairs that might make Donald Trump‘s brash non-commitment and Hillary Clinton‘s nuanced status quo look out of touch, presidential nominee Gary Johnson instead stumbled face-first Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show. Johnson was unable to answer his first question, from columnist Mike Barnicle, who asked what he […]

Scott PowersSeptember 7, 2016

Central Floridians will soon be getting to know Stephanie Murphy and presumably John Mica very, very well — at least from the perspective of Democrats who are pushing her in the now intensely competitive contest for Florida’s Congressional District 7. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which helped find and promote Murphy to run against Mica this year, […]

Scott PowersSeptember 7, 2016

Former President Bill Clinton accused Donald Trump of seeking to turn back the clock to days of a white America, during a speech before a largely African-American crowd in Orlando Wednesday. In an address supporting his wife Hillary Clinton‘s Democratic bid for the White House, Bill Clinton accused Trump of harkening to an America where blacks […]

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Wendy Davis and Stephanie Murphy: women’s issues call for woman leadership

Teresa Jacobs agrees to put tourist tax money to finish Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center

Dean Asher gets police associations’ endorsements in SD 13 contest

Wayne Liebnitzky eyeing Polk-Orange path in CD 9 race

Spaceship OSIRIS REx on its way to bring back outer space gravel

Fred Marra’s opening salvo condemns fracking in HD 29 race

The summer of love, pain, tragedy, and faith for Scott and Susie Plakon

Libertarian Gary Johnson stumbles badly on ‘Morning Joe’

DCCC, House Majority PAC make massive TV buys in Stephanie Murphy-John Mica contest

Bill Clinton accuses Donald Trump of turning back to the time of white America