Orlando

Associated PressJuly 29, 2016

The Latest on the Zika virus in Florida (all times local): Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs says potential visitors to Florida shouldn’t think twice about coming to the Sunshine State. Jacob’s jurisdiction covers the Orlando area’s major theme parks in the Orlando area, and she spoke to reporters Friday after Gov. Rick Scott announced that […]

Larry GriffinJuly 27, 2016

The City of Orlando has decided that for right now, three medical marijuana dispensaries is enough for the Orlando area. After Gov. Rick Scott passed the Charlotte’s Web law in 2014, which allowed medical marijuana for medical patients when no other treatment would suffice, three dispensaries ended up getting licensed to the area: one on […]

Scott PowersJuly 26, 2016

This year, Central Florida voters have an unprecedented diversity of candidates to pick from for the region’s five congressional districts, and at least one, probably two, and possibly more heterosexual-white-male dynasties will fall. Straight, white, male members of Congress have always held the congressional seats in Florida’s 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Congressional Districts. […]

Bill RuftyJuly 25, 2016

A new television ad featuring Florida’s 9th Congressional District candidate Susannah Randolph of Orlando will air Monday night during the first day of the Democratic National Convention. Randolph is the first of the four candidates running for the party’s nomination to replace U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, an Orlando Democrat, to get a television ad out […]

Larry GriffinJuly 25, 2016

Democratic PAC EMILY’s List has endorsed Stephanie Murphy in her race for Florida’s Seventh Congressional District. Emily’s List stated Murphy was a candidate who would fight for women and families. “Unlike her opponent, Republican Congressman John Mica, Stephane will work to end gender discrimination in pay, expand healthcare for women and protect women and families from violence,” […]

Peter SchorschJuly 25, 2016

As Orange County Property Appraiser, Rick Singh has amassed what could be considered a notable resume. For example, he was the first ever state-certified appraiser elected to the county position, having brought what the appraiser’s website calls nearly 20 years of “hands-on experience” to the post. What does not appear anywhere on Singh’s bio is […]

Larry GriffinJuly 22, 2016

There are more than 300 candidates running for the 160 seats in the Florida House and Senate. And, try as we will, FloridaPolitics.com won’t be able to interview all of them. So we are asking every candidate, including incumbents, to complete a questionnaire we believe offers an interesting, albeit, thumbnail sketch of who they are and […]

Bill RuftyJuly 21, 2016

Candidate events don’t always involve the rah, rah, “give ‘em hell” speeches. They sometimes reflect the candidate’s interest in public issues, like Gov. Bob Graham’s work days. But the campaign of Dr. Dena Grayson, Democratic candidate for the 9th Congressional District, is planning a different public event: a free clinic. The clinic will run 2-5 […]

Associated PressJuly 21, 2016

A senior resident at an Orlando hospital is still wearing the bloody shoes he wore as he treated victims from the Pulse nightclub shooting. Shortly after the June 12 shooting, Dr. Joshua Corsa wrote a moving Facebook status and posted a photo of his sneakers that were bloodied as 44 patients from the gay nightclub […]

Scott PowersJuly 21, 2016

Democrat Val Demings has earned the endorsement of Connecticut’s Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy in her run to win Florida’s 10th Congressional District in Orlando. Murphy has become one of the congressional leaders calling for gun control, a passionate position he’s held since the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. He’s organizing […]

Orlando

Teresa Jacobs: Visitors shouldn’t think twice about coming to Florida because of Zika

City of Orlando puts moratorium on any more marijuana dispensaries until after November vote

Straight, white, male dynasties falling in Central Florida congressional districts

Susannah Randolph launches new ad in CD 9 race

Stephanie Murphy endorsed by EMILY’s List in CD 7 race

Questions linger over Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh’s 1988 alleged retail theft

Meet Shea Silverman, NPA candidate running for House District 49

Bill Rufty: A CD 9 campaign ‘free clinic’ with Dena Grayson

Doc still wearing bloody shoes 6 weeks after Pulse shooting

Val Demings gets Sen. Chris Murphy’s endorsement in CD 10 for gun policies