Orlando

Scott PowersAugust 4, 2016

The political action arm of the Central Florida chambers of commerce, BusinessForce, announced several endorsements for legislative races in Central Florida Thursday. “These endorsements send a strong signal to our region’s business community and recognize the legislative candidates who are best equipped to support and serve our region in Tallahassee after this election,” Craig Swygert, […]

Associated PressAugust 4, 2016

The administrator of a $23 million fund for survivors and family members of the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando that left 49 patrons dead warned Thursday that squabbling over estate questions could be the biggest obstacle to distributing the money. Ken Feinberg told about 200 family members and survivors at the first of […]

Associated PressAugust 4, 2016

Orlando’s mayor says he wants the city to purchase the Pulse nightclub and create a permanent memorial for the 49 people who were killed there during a June shooting. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Mayor Buddy Dyer mentioned the city’s interest during a radio interview that aired Wednesday. Dyer said he’d like the gay nightclub to remain in its […]

Scott PowersAugust 3, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Bob Poe continued his attacks on his primary opponent Val Demings‘ record when she was Orlando’s police chief by again accusing her of having been light on police brutality, this time in a radio commercial that began in Orlando Wednesday. In the ad, a narrator discusses two incidents that occurred in Orlando […]

Scott PowersAugust 3, 2016

Democratic Florida Senate candidate Bob Healy is accusing state Rep. Victor Torres of lying in a Senate District 15 campaign mailer Torres released last week that accuses his primary opponent of being “Republican Bob” and other charges. “It is a lie,” Healy stated in a rebuttal letter he mailed to supporters in SD 15. “All I can […]

Scott PowersAugust 3, 2016

A politically-potent public employees and health workers union has released more endorsements in Central Florida races including those of congressional candidate Val Demings and Florida House candidate Henry Lim, who are both in tough Democratic primaries. The Service Employees International Union also endorsed both Democratic candidates in the House District 48 race, Alex Barrio, who […]

Scott PowersAugust 2, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Darren Soto is launching a second television ad in the Orlando and Tampa markets focusing on his positions and efforts to help senior citizens with Social Security and nursing home protection. Soto, running in the Kissimmee-based Florida’s 9th Congressional District, is releasing “Karen,” which features a testimonial of Karen Welzel of Winter […]

Scott PowersAugust 2, 2016

Democratic state Senate candidate Chuck O’Neal has picked up the endorsement of SaveOrangeCounty, a grassroots environmental group striving to stop urban encroachment into rural and natural areas of Orange County. The organization has endorsed O’Neal in the Aug. 30 Democratic primary race for Senate District 11, which covers much of western Orange County, including the […]

Scott PowersAugust 2, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Darren Soto has received an endorsement from a former lieutenant governor of Puerto Rico in Soto’s quest for the heavily Puerto Rican voter support in Florida’s Kissimmee-based 9th Congressional District. Former Lt. Gov. Kenneth McClintock, who served from 2009-2013, traveled to the district over the weekend to support Soto, who is in […]

Associated PressAugust 1, 2016

A spokeswoman says the Pulse nightclub in Orlando will not reopen as a memorial to the dozens of people who died at the gay venue during an attack last month. Sara Brady of the OnePulseFoundation said in a statement Monday that a bogus Instagram posting from the day before that had announced the memorial has […]

Orlando

BusinessForce endorses Randolph Bracy, Bob Healy, Greg Jackson, Brian Hodgers, Randy Fine in Central Florida

Administrator: Pulse nightclub shooting fund up to $23 million

Buddy Dyer wants City of Orlando to buy Pulse nightclub for memorial

Bob Poe takes attack on Val Demings’ police leadership to radio ad in CD 10 race

Bob Healy denounces Victor Torres mailer as ‘a lie’ in SD 15 Democratic primary race

Service workers union endorses Val Demings for Congress, Alex Barrio, Amy Mercado, Henry Lim for House

Darren Soto drops second CD 9 TV ad focusing on seniors care

SaveOrangeCounty rural preservation group endorses Chuck O’Neal in SD 11

Darren Soto gets former Puerto Rico lieutenant governor’s endorsement

Owners: Bogus Instagram report said Pulse was reopening