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Scott PowersJune 24, 2016

An Atlas V rocket blasted off into a beautiful Florida summer sky Friday morning, lifting a Navy communications satellite into orbit. The United Launch Alliance rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at the first chance in its launch window, at 10:30 a.m. The Atlas V successfully delivered the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Mobile […]

Scott PowersJune 24, 2016

UNITE HERE, a union representing hotel maids, food-service workers and others at Walt Disney World and other Orlando tourism and lodging businesses has endorsed Democrat Susannah Randolph in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. UNITE HERE’s two locals, 362 and 737, represents union members who work in the hotel, transportation, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, and laundry industries. “In […]

Ryan RayJune 23, 2016

The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved a request by Gov. Rick Scott for a disaster declaration in seven central Florida counties, according to the governor’s office. The declaration, announced Thursday afternoon, covers Orange, Brevard, Lake, Osceola, Polk, Seminole and Volusia counties. It comes as local economies cope with the economic aftermath of last week’s fatal mass shooting […]

Scott PowersJune 23, 2016

The City of Orlando and a long list of news media are headed to court to decide whether scores of phone call recordings of the Pulse nightclub massacre should be released to the public. Media companies including the Associated Press, the Orlando Sentinel, several Orlando TV stations, various other newspaper companies, TV networks and online […]

Larry GriffinJune 23, 2016

Forty-eight hours ago, the building at 507 Michigan St. was just an empty storage area. Now it has transformed into the new Family Assistance Center, intended to help survivors and others connected to the Pulse nightclub shooting. At a news conference Thursday morning, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs stood together […]

Scott PowersJune 23, 2016

Rollins College business professor and former Department of Defense analyst Stephanie Murphy has filed to run for Congress as a Democrat in the Seminole County-based Florida’s 7th Congressional District. The last-moment entry of Murphy 37, of Winter Park, gives the Democrats something they have been beating the bushes for all year, a credible candidate to […]

Associated PressJune 23, 2016

Florida wildlife officials believe they’ve captured the alligator that dragged a 2-year-old Nebraska boy into the Seven Seas Lagoon at Walt Disney World. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a news release Wednesday that it has suspended alligator trapping activities in the area. The release says officials have based their conclusions on […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 22, 2016

As one of many Democrats participating in the Wednesday evening sit-in on the House floor, Rep. Corrine Brown urges a vote on what she called “commonsense gun legislation” before the House recesses. “Congress must not leave Washington, D.C. without voting on commonsense gun violence prevention legislation to save lives. Mass shootings have become unacceptably commonplace in our […]

Scott PowersJune 22, 2016

Orlando’s commuter rail service, SunRail, has its first executive director, Nicola Liquori, currently a Florida Turnpike Enterprise executive. Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Jim Boxold appointed Liquori to be executive director of SunRail, putting her in charge of keeping the trains running on time even as the operation expands its line to the south and […]

Scott PowersJune 22, 2016

Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs said Wednesday she plans to move forward in proposing a county ordinance to set rules on future uses for tourist tax money. Her statement comes a day after the Orange County Charter Review Commission reversed course Tuesday, and decided to not send a similar proposal to voters as a charter amendment. […]

Orlando

ULA Atlas V rocket lifts Navy satellite into orbit

Disney/lodging union UNITE HERE endorses Susannah Randolph in CD 9

U.S. Small Business Administration offers emergency loans after Orlando shooting

Media and City of Orlando go to court over Pulse nightclub massacre tapes

To find ‘new normal’ after Pulse attack, city and county launch Family Assistance Center

Stephanie Murphy files to run against John Mica in CD 7

Officials believe they’ve captured alligator that killed boy

Corrine Brown demands gun control legislation

Nicola Liquori named executive director of SunRail

Teresa Jacobs plans to move forward on tourist tax ordinance