Orlando

Larry GriffinDecember 7, 2016

Representative Scott Plakon is spearheading a new bill to remove a prohibition on guns on college campuses. The bill, HB 6005, amends an earlier ruling on where guns are and are not allowed, deleting the portion stating that a license to concealed carry a firearm does not allow guns into “Any college or university facility […]

Scott PowersDecember 6, 2016

Talk about stopping the export of jobs: U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson has added an amendment to a likely to pass bill that seeks to get the United Nations to hire more Americans. Citing U.N. data, Grayson’s office argued that the United States pays 22 percent of the international organization’s budget; yet only 6 percent of […]

Larry GriffinDecember 6, 2016

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer appeared before a crowd at the Bob Carr Theater to deliver his annual State of Downtown address, which focused not so much on new ideas as it did on refinement of old ones. Namely, he spent most of the speech focused on the betterment of the Parramore neighborhood, long an area of […]

Larry GriffinDecember 5, 2016

The owner of the Pulse nightclub, Barbara Poma, has decided not to sell the building to the City of Orlando – or anyone else for now, she said. In a release issued by her lawyers, Benitez Law Group, Poma says the Pulse nightclub simply means too much to her to sell to anyone else. “Pulse […]

Scott PowersDecember 5, 2016

A powerful Delta IV rocket is set to blast off from Cape Canaveral Wednesday evening to carry an Air Force satellite into space. The United Launch Alliance launch is set to take place between 6:53 and 7:42 p.m. Wednesday from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket is to carry the […]

Scott PowersDecember 3, 2016

Political operative Wes Hodge was elected Saturday as the new chair of the Orange County Democrats after laying out a detailed platform for. Hodge was elected by acclimation after his opponent, longtime Orange County Democratic activist Lonnie Thompson withdrew and threw his support behind Hodge while paper ballots from their contest were being counted. Hodge […]

Mike SchneiderDecember 3, 2016

fficials with a fund created from donations for victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting say they will distribute $29.5 million on 305 claims when the process is completed. Officials with OneOrlando Fund said Friday that $27.4 million has been distributed for 299 claims so far. Officials say six claims remain unpaid because family members haven’t […]

Scott PowersDecember 2, 2016

Orlando has been named “Gay City of the Year” by the gay travel site GayCities.com, which praised the City Beautiful for its outpouring of compassion and unity following last summer’s horrific massacre at the Pulse nightclub and then noted Orlando had been a strong city for gays all along. “GayCities honors the city & community […]

Scott PowersDecember 2, 2016

The horrific Pulse nightclub massacre, the specter of Zika virus, and the uncertainty of politics and national policies aren’t slowing down tourists coming to Orlando. At least not enough to hurt. The Orange County Tourist Development Council received sparkling reports Tuesday showing record receipts from tourist taxes in the past fiscal year and forecasts that […]

William PatrickDecember 2, 2016

Ten years to create 303 jobs. That straight-forward commitment was a core aspect of an agreement that allowed a California-based biotech nonprofit to secure $350 million in state and Orlando-area taxpayer support. It didn’t happen. Penned in 2006, time has now run out on Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute’s deal with the state. It’s […]

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Scott Plakon files bill that would allow guns on college campuses

Alan Grayson adds amendment to get U.N. to hire Americans

Buddy Dyer at State of Downtown address: ‘We have one downtown’

Owner of Pulse changes mind on selling club to City of Orlando

Delta IV launch with Air Force satellite set for Wednesday

Orange County Dems pick Wes Hodge as new chair

305 claims approved for Pulse nightclub victims’ fund

Orlando named ‘Gay City of the Year’ by gay travel site

Orange County and Orlando get rosy tourist numbers, forecasts

Sanford Burnham doubles down against state efforts to recoup incentive money