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Scott PowersFebruary 9, 2016

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The Seminole County Commission approved an anti-fracking ordinance Tuesday as it denounced the hydraulic fracturing oil and gas drilling technology and the Legislature for taking up bills that would restrict local decisions about it. The all-Republican commission (in a nonpartisan county) voted unanimously on an ordinance that bans “any oil and gas exploration that uses […]

Scott PowersFebruary 8, 2016

John Sprouls has been reappointed to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees and Kenneth Bradley and David Walsh have been appointed to new terms on the board, in moves announced Monday by Gov. Rick Scott. Sprouls, 57, of Orlando, is chief administrative officer for Universal Parks and Resorts. Bradley, 54, of Winter Park, […]

Scott PowersFebruary 8, 2016

The University of Central Florida proposed downtown campus has its $67 million commitment from the city of Orlando, but that doesn’t mean the university has what it takes yet to get state approval. Orlando City Council voted unanimously Monday afternoon to approve a deal that would donate land, a building and infrastructure improvements toward UCF’s […]

Scott PowersFebruary 8, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott’s latest effort to promote private job creators under his administration turned to Web Benefits Design Corp. of Orlando, a company growing in no small part thanks to the federal Affordable Care Act that Scott fought. In Orlando Monday morning, Scott praised the employee benefits technology company that plans to add dozens of […]

Scott PowersFebruary 8, 2016

Susannah Randolph has picked up another endorsement from the Democrats Progressive wing for her race for the Congressional District 9 nomination, this time from U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona. Grijalva is co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. “As a community organizer who has dedicated her career to protecting our environment, Susannah knows how to […]

Scott PowersFebruary 5, 2016

Count on a satellite with one of the most accurate clocks in the solar system to get into space on time. Friday morning an Atlas V rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, bucking strong winds that threatened a scrubbed launch, to lift the last of the latest set of Air Force GPS […]

Scott PowersFebruary 4, 2016

The 3200 block of University Boulevard in east Orange County has become a battleground over U.S. support for Israel, fought with billboards. This week a pro-Israel group called StandWithUs erected a billboard declaring, “The U.S.-Israel Relationship Creates Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs In America,” countering a billboard that went up in December, a half-block farther west, […]

Scott PowersFebruary 3, 2016

Former Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush will be the featured speaker at the Seminole County Republicans’ Reagan Lincoln Dinner four days before the Florida presidential primary in March. Bush is scheduled to speak to Seminole Republicans at the March 11 annual fundraising dinner at the Westin-Lake Mary resort in Lake Mary. The Seminole Republican […]

Scott PowersFebruary 3, 2016

Former Orlando police chief Val Demings holds a 20-point edge over her nearest rival in the Democratic race for Orlando-based Congressional District 10, in a poll her campaign commissioned from Public Policy Polling and released Wednesday. The poll, taken Jan. 26-28 of 506 likely Democratic primary voters, finds that Demings has high name recognition, stronger […]

Scott PowersFebruary 3, 2016

Dennis Lemma, retiring Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger’s chief deputy and hand-picked successor, has qualified for the ballot through petition, his campaign announced. Lemma, 44, of Oviedo, is a 23-year veteran of the Seminole sheriff’s force and former U.S. Marine. The Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Office certified more than the necessary 2,600 certified voters on […]

Orlando

Seminole County OKs anti-fracking ordinance, criticizes Tallahassee

Governor appoints John Sprouls, Kenneth Bradley, David Walsh to UCF board

Orlando City Council OKs UCF downtown campus package

Rick Scott touts Orlando company growing on Affordable Care Act opportunities

Susannah Randolph gets another progressive Democrat endorsement, Raul Grijalva

Atlas V rocket blasts GPS satellite into orbit

Billboards now battling in Orlando over U.S.-Israel support

Jeb Bush to headline Seminole County GOP Reagan Lincoln dinner in March

Val Demings’ poll shows her with commanding lead in CD 10 Democrats’ race

Dennis Lemma qualifies for ballot in Seminole sheriff race