Orlando

Scott PowersJuly 31, 2017

Two well-connected west Orange County suburban mayors have withdrawn their support for Bobby Olszewski in the upcoming Republican special election primary for House District 44, over his support for term limits for local elections. Windermere Mayor Gary Bruhn and Ocoee Mayor Rusty Johnson announced in an open letter this morning that they are withdrawing their […]

Drew WilsonJuly 28, 2017

Republican Rep. Bob Cortes will officially rev up his 2018 re-election campaign with an Aug. 1 kick-off event at his Altamonte Springs home. The event is set to run from 5:30 pm to 7 pm and the guest list will feature some of the biggest names in Florida GOP politics. Among the names on the […]

Peter SchorschJuly 26, 2017

The Orange County Young Republicans announced Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis will be one of the keynote speakers at the Florida’s Future Policy Summit and Dinner next month. In addition to the CD 6 congressman, the Aug. 26 event at the Rosen Shingle Creek hotel in Orlando will include a keynote from Master Sergeant […]

Associated PressJuly 25, 2017

Authorities investigating the wife of a man who massacred Florida nightclub patrons have seized three computers, cellphones, an IPad and a Facebook account as evidence. Documents filed last week show federal prosecutors have provided Noor Salman‘s defense team with those items. Salman is charged with aiding and abetting her husband, Omar Mateen, and with obstructing […]

Peter SchorschJuly 24, 2017

The Republican Party of Seminole County announced Monday that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio will attend its Lincoln Day Dinner celebration in Altamonte Springs next month. The Lincoln Day Dinner will be held at the Hilton Orlando Altamonte Springs on Aug. 22, with doors scheduled to open at 6:30 pm and the dinner set for 7 […]

Scott PowersJuly 24, 2017

Are Osceola County and eastern Polk County ready for a determined, old-school feminist representing them in the Florida House of Representatives? Democrat Barbara Cady, 59, of Kissimmee, filed last week to run against Republican incumbent state Rep. Mike LaRosa in House District 42. She’s bringing a wealth of Democratic Party and feminist-leadership connections to run […]

Peter SchorschJuly 22, 2017

Democrat Anna Eskamani opened a political committee this month which will allow her to raise funds for her campaign in Orlando-based House District 47. Eskamani sent in the paperwork to open “People Power for Florida” in June and the Florida Division of Elections acknowledged the committee and added it to its database on July 13. […]

Scott PowersJuly 22, 2017

Orlando has lost its boldest conscience and Florida’s LGBTQ community its most passionate and omnipresent voice with the passing of Billy Manes. Manes, 45, most recently editor of Watermark, the state’s leading LGBTQ newspaper, and before that a longtime columnist for Orlando Weekly, the city’s leading alternative journalism medium, died Friday. He was with his husband, Anthony […]

Scott PowersJuly 21, 2017

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer declared Friday that the state of the city is united, and that that unity, drawn from Orlando’s darkest day, is needed as the city confronts its future with challenges of transit, homelessness, housing and a development of a high-tech economy. “Two words,” Dyer concluded in his annual State of the City […]

Scott PowersJuly 20, 2017

Democrat Anna Eskamani‘s House District 47 campaign announced Thursday it will be holding an August fundraiser with co-chairs including Alan Grayson, Alex Sink, Bob Poe, and Steve Schale. The August 15 fundraiser will be held at The Abbey, a popular downtown Orlando watering hole, especially for Democrats. Eskamani, a Planned Parenthood director of external affairs […]

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Two west Orange County mayors yank support for Bobby Olszewski in HD 44 race

Bob Cortes announces Aug. 1 campaign kick-off event

Ron DeSantis to deliver keynote at Orange County Young Republicans summit

Computers, phones are evidence against Pulse gunman’s wife

Marco Rubio to headline Seminole County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner

Barbara Cady bringing Democratic, feminist connections to HD 42 run

HD 47 hopeful Anna Eskamani opens political committee

Florida LGBTQ journalist, Orlando institution, Billy Manes passes

Buddy Dyer urges united Orlando to go forward

Anna Eskamani announces star-studded fundraiser for HD 47 candidacy