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Scott PowersMay 19, 2016

Bloomberg Sports reported late Thursday that Orlando has won the Pro Bowl sweepstakes and the NFL will move the football all-star game to the City Beautiful starting next January. However, local officials said they were not aware of anything that could confirm the development. Bloomberg cited anonymous sources, contending that the NFL had not made […]

Scott PowersMay 19, 2016

Elected officials from Seminole County like the job Mike Ertel has been doing to supervise their elections. Ertel on Thursday released a list of scores of current and former elected officials from the county who have either endorsed his re-election bid this fall or have contributed to his campaign. Ertel, a Republican, does not have any […]

Scott PowersMay 19, 2016

The Florida Police Benevolent Association has added its endorsement to other first-responder groups backing state Sen. Darren Soto in his Democratic run in Orlando-based Congressional District 9. The PBA declared Soto a proponent in the Florida Legislature of police and firefighters, in particular noting his legislative efforts to close loopholes that had denied full benefits […]

Peter SchorschMay 19, 2016

In the years since Florida’s population growth dropped to its lowest level in decades, the state’s expansion has rebounded the most in inland communities in South Florida, the suburbs of Orlando and the Fort Myers area, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Florida cities, towns, villages and places with populations […]

Scott PowersMay 18, 2016

With all the talk that the nation needs a third choice for president, software tycoon John McAfee and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson could be forgiven for jumping up and down shouting, “Here I am!” McAfee, Johnson and 16 other Libertarian candidates for president will be in Orlando May 27-30 for the Libertarian Party National […]

Scott PowersMay 18, 2016

Republican Geoffrey LaGarde has filed to run in the Orlando-based Congressional District 10 race. If LaGarde qualifies — and he said he intends to do so by petition — it could force a Republican primary in that district with businesswoman Thuy Lowe of Sorrento. LaGarde, 34, is a master sergeant in the Air Force Reserves, currently active, […]

Scott PowersMay 18, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott‘s two-day summit to link education to jobs set for Orlando next week will feature many Florida college, business and Republican leaders as well as the football coaches from the University of Florida, Florida State University and the University of Miami. The Degrees to Jobs Summit, set for May 25 and 26 at […]

Scott PowersMay 18, 2016

Democrat Mike Clelland became the first local candidate to go up on the airwaves in Orlando Wednesday with a television ad highlighting his firefighter background for his Senate District 13 race. The 30-second commercial, “Blaring”, is designed to introduce Clelland to the area, according to his campaign. It begins with scenes of firetrucks and firefighters […]

Scott PowersMay 18, 2016

Former Orlando Police Chief Val Demings has received the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez of New York in the Orlando-based Democratic Congressional District 10 race. Velázquez, the first Puerto Rican woman elected to Congress, previously endorsed state Sen. Darren Soto in the other hotly-contested Congressional Democratic primary in Orlando, Congressional District 6. “Throughout her years […]

Scott PowersMay 17, 2016

It took about a month for former U.S. Rep. Ric Keller to figure out the Republican Congressional District 6 race was doing just fine without him. That race, seeking a Republican to run to succeed U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis in a redrawn district now dominated by Volusia County, has been as topsy-turvy as any in […]

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The Yankees organization is generous with Helene relief in Florida. Image via AP.

Orlando gets the NFL Pro Bowl

Mike Ertel gets long list of endorsements for Seminole Supervisor of Elections

Police Benevolent Association endorses Darren Soto in CD 9

South Florida, Orlando, Fort Myers lead Florida’s growth

Libertarian Party National Convention set for Orlando

Republican Geoff LaGarde enters CD 10 race

Rick Scott’s Degrees To Jobs Summit to feature football coaches

Mike Clelland debuts TV commercial in SD 13 race

Nydia Velazquez endorses Val Demings in CD 10 race

Ric Keller came and went, yet the crazy CD 6 Republican race rolls on