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Scott PowersJanuary 22, 2016

Bernie Sanders supporters will be taking to the streets in Orlando and several dozen other cities throughout the country Saturday afternoon as part of a national “March For Bernie” effort. Orlando volunteer organizer Renee McHugh said she’s expecting 50-75 marchers for a route that begins at Orlando City Hall, then heads to Lake Eola Park […]

Scott PowersJanuary 22, 2016

The conservative civil rights group Congress of Racial Equality is planning a national convention in Orlando this June, highlighted in a Republican Party of Florida forum seeking ways to attract more minority members. CORE has what the Republican Party of Florida wants, a large constituency not just of conservative blacks, but also Asians, Hispanics, and other […]

Scott PowersJanuary 22, 2016

Miami health care businessman Miguel “Mike” Fernandez, one of the biggest campaign contributors and rainmakers in the state, is endorsing U.S. Rep. David Jolly of Indian Shores in the Republican U.S. Senate race. Jolly’s campaign announced Fernandez’s blessing Friday morning, noting that Fernandez had cited, among other reasons, Jolly’s “STOP Act” proposal that would curb […]

Scott PowersJanuary 22, 2016

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on Thursday asked the U.S. Department of the Treasury to “take a deeper” look at how Florida is managing a federal program to help homeowners hit by mortgage foreclosures. Nelson is responding to stories that appeared in the Tampa Bay Times, which reported last week the state has used the federal fund to […]

Scott PowersJanuary 21, 2016

A new program to help students with intellectual disabilities such as autism get into college or other postsecondary schools will be coordinated through a new center to be developed at the University of Central Florida. The center startup money for such college programs and a scholarship program for such students was authorized by Senate Bill 672, a special […]

Scott PowersJanuary 21, 2016

U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster showed he is continuing thrift ways that annually have him ranked as one of the least spending members of Congress by announcing Thursday that he is returning $384,256.64 of his 2015 office budget as unspent. Webster, a Republican from Winter Garden representing Congressional District 10, said this year’s savings brings the three-term congressman’s five-year […]

Scott PowersJanuary 21, 2016

Newly elected chairman of the Florida Board of Governors Thomas Kuntz has declared that Florida’s state universities need to elevate their standings as research institutions. In giving his first State of the [University] System address Thursday afternoon, shortly after being elected to succeed Morteza “Mori” Hosseini as chairman, Kuntz acknowledged there has been strong progress in two of the Board […]

Scott PowersJanuary 21, 2016

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson announced Thursday he had filed a bill to make tuition free and restructure student loans for students at public colleges and universities. Grayson, an Orlando Democrat running for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat, modeled his House Resolution 4385, introduced last week, after a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate last year by […]

Scott PowersJanuary 21, 2016

The Republican Party of Florida’s annual meeting in Orlando this weekend will focus heavily on training Republicans to reach out to minority and young voters. At the meeting, set for the Rosen Centre Friday and Saturday, the RPOF has scheduled numerous committee meetings for party leaders and volunteers on such topics as minority engagement and digital engagement. […]

Scott PowersJanuary 20, 2016

Forbes has put a new spin on its annual release of the richest people in America this week by breaking out a second list naming the richest person in each big city for the first time. That effort, published Tuesday as “Meet The Richest Person In America’s 50 Largest Cities,” names Thomas Peterffy as Miami’s richest person, […]

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Bernie Sanders supporters to march in Orlando, other cities

Congress of Racial Equality summit planned for Orlando, as GOP looks toward minority outreach

Miami rainmaker Mike Fernandez endorses David Jolly in GOP Senate race

Bill Nelson seeks deeper federal probe of state’s mortgage assistance effort

Bill creates college-level assistance for students with intellectual disabilities

Daniel Webster continues thrift ways; still uncertain where he’ll run this year

State university system chairman urges improvements in research standing

Alan Grayson joins Bernie Sanders’ move for free college tuition

Florida GOP to work on minority, millennial outreach

Forbes: Cities’ richest include Thomas Peterffy in Miami, J. Wayne Weaver in Jacksonville