Orlando

Scott PowersSeptember 29, 2016

Democratic nominee Fred Marra has temporarily suspended his campaign for Florida’s House District 29. Marra confirmed in a text to FloridaPolitics.com Thursday afternoon that he was doing so “until we can sort things out,” but would not elaborate. He said he has not dropped out. He said he would release more information about his status and […]

Scott PowersSeptember 28, 2016

In a deal dubbed “Project Swanson,” Space Florida has agreed Wednesday to front money for $4 million worth of construction and equipment so an undisclosed Canadian company can build a small solid rocket motor fuel manufacturing site in north Brevard County. The company is pledging to create 80 new jobs with an average annual pay […]

Larry GriffinSeptember 28, 2016

The Florida Department of Corrections came under fire earlier this week when Bridges of America, who partner with them to help inmates rehabilitate into the world, accused them of trying to shut down their off-site transition center on Mercy Drive. But according to the FDOC, the Bridges of America’s alarm, while rooted in good intent, […]

Scott PowersSeptember 28, 2016

Patricia Mica, wife of U.S. Rep. John Mica, has been awarded the national Cancer Prevention Foundation’s Congressional Families Leadership Award. She received the award in a bicameral event, for her guidance in the congressional spouse community and more than two decades of dedication to the Congressional Families Program. Her recent personal experience with colon cancer […]

Scott PowersSeptember 27, 2016

Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings Tuesday urged state officials to reconsider their decision to close community-based transition centers. Demings, a Democrat seeking re-election this fall, was responding to reports that the Florida Department of Corrections intends to close the Orlando Transition Center and others around that state, eliminating 688 community-based substance abuse treatment beds. “Research indicates […]

Scott PowersSeptember 26, 2016

Former state Rep. Mike Clelland, who lost the Democratic primary for Florida Senate District 13 to former state Rep. Linda Stewart, endorsed her Monday for the general election. The two had been colleagues from Central Florida in the Florida House for two years before both were swept out of office in the 2014 elections. This […]

Scott PowersSeptember 26, 2016

Democratic Florida Senate candidate Linda Stewart Monday blasted Mosaic and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for their delayed responses to the massive Polk County sinkhole that drained fertilizer byproduct runoff into the aquifer. Stewart, running against Republican nominee Dean Asher in Florida Senate District 13, based in Orlando, said the company’s and the state’s […]

Scott PowersSeptember 26, 2016

Democratic former U.S. Congressional candidate and longtime organizer Susannah Randolph is organizing a new grassroots campaign called “Floridians against Donald Trump,” she announced Monday. Randolph, who lost the Democratic primary to state Sen. Darren Soto of Orlando on Aug. 8 in Florida’s 9th Congressional District, has a long history of organizing in the Sunshine State, […]

Scott PowersSeptember 23, 2016

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown and her nearly 24 years in Congress – gone. U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson and his nearly six years in Congress – gone. U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster and his nearly six years in Congress – gone, moved to an outside district. U.S. Rep. John Mica and his nearly 24 years in Congress […]

Scott PowersSeptember 23, 2016

Democratic nominee Linda Stewart maintains that she’s not afraid of money being spent against her. Here it comes. Republican nominee Dean Asher spent more than $28,000 between the last reporting period prior to the Aug. 30 primary through last Friday and still has nearly $300,000 in the bank in his quest to defeat Stewart in […]

Orlando

Fred Marra temporarily suspends campaign in HD 29

Secret rocket motor fuel company gets Space Florida backing

Florida DOC denies trying to shut down Bridges of America center

Patricia Mica wins cancer leadership award

Jerry Demings urges state to keep open community facilities

Mike Clelland endorses Linda Stewart in SD 13 race

Linda Stewart decries state, company response to Mosaic sinkhole

Susannah Randolph organizing ‘Floridians Against Trump’ campaign

Orlando facing prospect of all-freshman lineup in Congress

Dean Asher swamping Linda Stewart in SD 13 campaign money, spending