Orlando

Scott PowersSeptember 23, 2016

A fairly new organization combining gay rights and gun law concerns that was inspired into existence by the June 12 Pulse massacre in Orlando, the Pride Fund to End Gun Violence PAC, has endorsed Linda Stewart, Beth Tuura and Carlos Guillermo Smith in state races. All the endorsements have gone to Democrats. Stewart is running for […]

Scott PowersSeptember 23, 2016

State Sen. Thad Altman is going back to Tallahassee next year as a member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 52, representing eastern Brevard County. Altman, a Republican from Rockledge, formally won his election when write-in candidate Edward Bollinger withdrew his candidacy earlier this week. The final result, which negates any Nov. 8 […]

Scott PowersSeptember 23, 2016

The conservative watchdog group Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust has filed an ethics complaint against Democrat Stephanie Murphy, nominee in Florida’s 7th Congressional District, for failing to file her personal financial disclosure statement in time for the deadline. The group filed the complaint with the U.S. House Committee on Ethics Thursday, requesting an investigation. […]

Scott PowersSeptember 23, 2016

Republican nominee Dean Asher has won the endorsement of the Florida Medical Association PAC in his bid for the Florida Senate District 13 seat. “In the next few years, the Legislature will be making many far-reaching decisions regarding healthcare in Florida. It is critical that we have lawmakers who have a strong business background and […]

Associated PressSeptember 23, 2016

Conversations with the purported gunman at the Pulse nightclub. Tracking down his identity through his cell phone service. Nonstop calls from people reporting loved ones trapped inside the gay nightclub. Mistaken reports about explosives at the club and a false alarm about a second shooter at a nearby hospital. New 911 calls released Thursday show […]

Scott PowersSeptember 22, 2016

The Florida Board of Governors has approved an ambitious five-year plan for the University of Central Florida to join the ranks of the state’s elite “preeminent research universities.” The approval Thursday means UCF has an official path to take it to enter the state’s designated realm now occupied only by the Florida’s two so-called flagship state universities, […]

Scott PowersSeptember 22, 2016

Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona and her husband former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly plan to kick off a 13-state tour in Orlando next week to push for gun law reforms. Giffords, critically injured and nearly killed in a 2011 shooting rampage in Tuscon, Ariz., and Kelly, a retired Navy captain who was commander […]

Scott PowersSeptember 21, 2016

The people who brought the world the Ferris wheel restaurant and most other new amusements from zip lines to mega roller coasters are coming to Orlando permanently. The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, an organization of theme parks, amusements, and the companies who invent, design, build or run them, announced early Wednesday morning […]

Scott PowersSeptember 20, 2016

The long-running controversial plan for major development in lands once held as off-limits east of the Econlockhachee River received a critical approval Tuesday night from the Orange County Board of Commissioners. Development and regulating plans for “The Grow,” dubbed “Lake Pickett South” by county planners, calls for a 1,190-acre, 2,078 house plan between Colonial Drive […]

Scott PowersSeptember 20, 2016

A new television commercial from the House Majority PAC and airing in the Orlando market, blames U.S. Rep. John Mica for Congress’s failures to pass budgets and says Democratic challenger Stephanie Murphy endorses the “no-budget, no-pay” proposal for salaries. Mica’s campaign responded by declaring the ad has most of its facts wrong, and said it […]

Orlando

Pride Fund endorses Linda Stewart, Beth Tuura and Carlos Guillermo Smith in state races

Thad Altman wins HD 52 race after write-in withdraws

Conservative watchdog group files ethics complaint against Stephanie Murphy in CD 7

Dean Asher gets Florida Medical Association PAC endorsement in SD 13 race

Orlando releases more Pulse nightclub shooting 911 calls

UCF gets state approval to seek upper-tier status as ‘preeminent’ research university

Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly, to kick off anti-gun tour in Orlando

World’s largest attractions group moving to Orlando

Orange County approves controversial Lake Pickett ‘The Grow’ plan

New PAC ad says Stephanie Murphy endorses no-budget no-pay in Congress