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Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

Texas Democratic icon Wendy Davis and Florida congressional candidate Stephanie Murphy argued Friday that the November election offers picks between women who understand issues such as child care, women’s choice, and equal pay — and men who do not. Davis, the former Texas state senator who made national headlines by filibustering an anti-abortion bill there […]

Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

In the next move in Orlando’s tourism money chess match, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs has agreed to put $45 million toward finishing Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The move, assuming Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer agrees and the appropriate boards all sign off, means the postponed-into-limbo final phase known as the acoustic […]

Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

Republican nominee Dean Asher has received the endorsements of the Florida Police Benevolent Association and the Central Florida Police Benevolent Association in his bid for Florida’s Senate District 13, his campaign announced Friday. The two organizations represent several thousand law enforcement officers across the state of Florida. “Dean has been a strong advocate for us […]

Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

Republican congressional nominee Wayne Liebnitzky may be an Osceola County resident, but he’s hoping for surprisingly strong showings in Orange and Polk counties to carry him to what would be an upset win over Democratic state Sen. Darren Soto in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. Liebnitzky, a St. Cloud businessman who decisively won the Republican primary […]

Scott PowersSeptember 8, 2016

Democratic nominee Fred Marra has opened up his campaign by going after his opponent on the fracking front in the House District 29 race. Marra, who spearheaded an anti-fracking petition drive in 2013, released a statement Thursday denouncing his Republican opponent, incumbent state Rep. Scott Plakon, for voting in favor of a fracking bill in […]

Associated PressSeptember 7, 2016

The U.S. Department of Justice has dropped its legal case against the release of 911 calls from the massacre at a gay nightclub in Florida, saying Wednesday that withholding the recordings is no longer necessary to the federal investigation. The reversal by federal prosecutors keeps the freedom of information fight in state court. About two […]

Scott PowersSeptember 7, 2016

Central Floridians will soon be getting to know Stephanie Murphy and presumably John Mica very, very well — at least from the perspective of Democrats who are pushing her in the now intensely competitive contest for Florida’s Congressional District 7. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which helped find and promote Murphy to run against Mica this year, […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 7, 2016

Former President Clinton is stumping for his wife in Orlando, a day after Hillary Clinton campaigned in Tampa. Clinton’s appearance at a neighborhood center in Orlando on Wednesday underscores the importance of Florida’s Interstate 4 corridor in the presidential race. The I-4 corridor from Tampa to Daytona Beach traditionally is considered the biggest swing region […]

Scott PowersSeptember 5, 2016

Former President Bill Clinton will lead a rally for his wife Hillary Clinton‘s Democratic presidential campaign in Orlando Wednesday morning. The Hillary Clinton campaign announced Bill Clinton will appear at the Dr. Smith Neighborhood Center in Orlando at an event set to start at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday. It will be Bill Clinton’s first campaign event […]

Associated PressSeptember 5, 2016

The parents of the toddler who was killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World in Florida say they will always remember their sweet little boy. Melissa and Matt Graves spoke to a group of several hundred people gathered at a high school football stadium Saturday to remember Lane Graves on what would have been […]

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One of several proposed designs for Florida's new Margaritaville license plates. Image via the office of Rep. Linda Chaney.

Wendy Davis and Stephanie Murphy: women’s issues call for woman leadership

Teresa Jacobs agrees to put tourist tax money to finish Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center

Dean Asher gets police associations’ endorsements in SD 13 contest

Wayne Liebnitzky eyeing Polk-Orange path in CD 9 race

Fred Marra’s opening salvo condemns fracking in HD 29 race

DOJ drops fight over release of 911 calls from club massacre

DCCC, House Majority PAC make massive TV buys in Stephanie Murphy-John Mica contest

Bill Clinton stumps today in Orlando for his wife

Bill Clinton to lead rally in Orlando Wednesday

Family remembers boy killed by alligator at Disney World