Orlando

Larry GriffinJanuary 17, 2017

In front of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio‘s office Tuesday morning, Sen. Victor Torres and Reps. Amy Mercado and Carlos Guillermo Smith called on Rubio to protect the state’s immigrant population – especially those not here legally. Their message was that time is of the essence – now that the Donald Trump administration is just days away […]

Scott PowersJanuary 17, 2017

Let the 2018 campaign begin for Florida’s 9th Congressional District. Republican Wayne Liebnitzky, who lost to U.S. Rep. Darren Soto in November and now has filed to take him on again in 2018, slapped Soto for his announcement that he is boycotting the inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump. “I find it an absolute disgrace and […]

Associated PressJanuary 17, 2017

The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman has been charged with helping her husband in the months leading up to the June massacre that left 49 people dead, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday. Noor Salman, 30, is due in federal court in Oakland on Tuesday, following her arrest a day earlier on the Florida […]

Larry GriffinJanuary 16, 2017

U.S. Rep. Darren Soto will be skipping the inauguration of incoming president Donald Trump after hearing the comments Trump made recently about civil rights activist John Lewis. “I am deeply disappointed with Trump’s attacks against civil rights hero John Lewis and will not be attending the inauguration as a result,” Soto said in a statement […]

Associated PressJanuary 16, 2017

The wife of the Orlando nightclub shooter, who was extensively questioned by federal agents in the days after the massacre, has been arrested by the FBI in connection with the attack, authorities said Monday. Noor Salman was taken into custody Monday morning in the San Francisco Bay area and is facing charges in Florida including […]

Scott PowersJanuary 13, 2017

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U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster of Clermont has been appointed to a seat on the U.S. House Science, Space and Technology Committee, essentially replacing former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson as Central Florida’s second member of that committee. Webster, whose Florida’s 11th Congressional District includes parts of Lake County plus most of west-central Florida, joins fellow Republican […]

Larry GriffinJanuary 13, 2017

Darren Soto has been named Assistant Whip in the upcoming 115th Congressional session. He joins fellow Florida representative Val Demings in that role. Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer said Soto was “already hard at work” representing his state in the legislature. “He will bring an important perspective to the whip operation as a new Member,” he said. […]

Scott PowersJanuary 13, 2017

Additional congressional committee assignments are rolling out and Orlando’s new representatives are getting seats to oversee natural resources, small businesses and the oversight and government reform. U.S. Rep. Val Demings, an Orlando Democrat, has been chosen to be on the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, a powerful panel that Congress has used to investigate […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 12, 2017

Central Florida Republican Rep. Mike Miller is calling for part of an Orange County highway to be renamed in honor of the late golfer Arnold Palmer. Miller, who represents Winter Park, filed HB 225 this week, which would call a portion of State Road 408 between Kirkman Road and Clarke Road “Arnold Palmer Expressway.” A […]

Scott PowersJanuary 12, 2017

Airbnb, the internet-based home-sharing lodging service, announced Thursday it reached a deal with Polk County to collect tourism taxes from host clients. The company said it is seeing rapid growth in Polk County over the past year, ending 2016 with 160 hosts — people who make their houses or apartments available through Airbnb for visitors […]

Orlando

Central Florida House members call on Marco Rubio to protect illegal immigrants

Wayne Liebnitzky slams Darren Soto for boycotting inauguration

Orlando nightclub gunman’s wife faces charges tied to attack

Darren Soto to skip Donald Trump inauguration

Wife of Pulse shooter arrested in California

Daniel Webster gets seat on Science, Space Committee

Darren Soto named Assistant Whip for Congressional Dems

More committee assignments for Val Demings, Darren Soto and Stephanie Murphy

Mike Miller files bill to rename Orange County Hwy. ‘Arnold Palmer Expressway’

Airbnb inks tax deal with Polk County