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Scott PowersApril 21, 2016

Democrat Bill Phillips of Orlando has dropped out of the Orlando-based Congressional District 7 race. His departure from the race means there now are no Democrats running to take on Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica of Winter Park. Phillips suspended his campaign in February, calling for someone else to take his place. No one has, […]

Scott PowersApril 21, 2016

Orbital ATK was selected Thursday by NASA to negotiate to lease, remodel and use a bay in the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center for a large rocket the company hopes to develop with the Air Force. Virginia-based Orbital ATK is one of two rocket companies that launch resupply missions to the International […]

Scott PowersApril 21, 2016

Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs may be looking for a way out of the corner she’s painted into involving the multi-faceted controversy over the county’s robust tourist tax. The mayor is calling a joint meeting of the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Tourist Development Council with the prospect she’ll be seeking a path […]

Scott PowersApril 21, 2016

Ridiculing the Republican National Committee’s meeting in her district, Democrats’ leader U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Thursday the GOP is getting what it deserves. Wasserman Schultz of Weston and U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch of Margate held a telephone press conference Thursday to respond to the RNC’s spring meeting in Hollywood. On Wednesday it drew […]

Scott PowersApril 21, 2016

Darren Soto‘s Democratic colleagues in the Florida Senate are coming to his aid for his run for Congress in Orlando-based Congressional District 9 The Senate Democratic Caucus and almost all of its 14 members individually are endorsing Soto, a Florida senator from Orlando, his congressional campaign announced Thursday. “We’ve worked with Darren and know him as […]

Scott PowersApril 20, 2016

Florida’s senior U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and other Senate Democrats on Tuesday urged immediate action by Congress to fund efforts to stop the Zika virus and accused Republicans of playing politics with the looming crisis. Nelson, joined by Sens. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, held a national telephone press conference Tuesday at which […]

Scott PowersApril 20, 2016

Jerry Greene called his sports column in the Orlando Sentinel “From the Cheap Seats,” and that’s what he provided readers for decades: the fans-eye-view of the action, on and off the field. Greene, 74, an Orlando Sentinel sports reporter and columnist for most of the past 40 years, died Wednesday morning after an extended illness, […]

Scott PowersApril 20, 2016

Republican Thuy Lowe has moved her campaign to Congressional District 10, from Congressional District 5, becoming the lone Republican running in the redrawn district. Lowe, 50, is a businesswoman from Sorrento. She was a resident of CD 5 before last December’s redistricting, and remained filed there, though with a suspended campaign, until now. She had […]

Scott PowersApril 19, 2016

The NFL is talking to Orlando officials about bringing the Pro Bowl All-Star Game to Orlando’s Florida Citrus Bowl as early as next year, but the deal could hinge on tourism tax money. And that money is currently being hotly debated because Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and tourism leaders are butting heads about whether […]

Scott PowersApril 19, 2016

A communications satellite factory with 250 high-paying manufacturing jobs is landing at Space Florida’s industrial park at Kennedy Space Center A company called OneWeb Satellites, founded by Greg Wyler, an entrepreneur who says his dream is to bring the internet to everyone on Earth, intends to build satellites on the Space Coast to populate a new […]

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Democrat Bill Phillips drops from Congressional District 7 race

Orbital ATK picked to use NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center

Teresa Jacobs looking to reopen tourism tax discussions at special meeting

Debbie Wasserman Schultz say GOP getting what it deserves

Florida Senate Democrats endorse colleague Darren Soto in CD 9

Bill Nelson and Senate Democrats call for urgent funding of Zika fight

Longtime Orlando Sentinel sports columnist Jerry Greene passes

Thuy Lowe switches to Congressional District 10 race from CD 5

Pro Bowl may come to Orlando, but NFL wants tourist tax money

OneWeb bringing satellite manufacturing plant to Space Coast