Orlando

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. […]

Staff ReportsJune 22, 2016

Florida State University head football coach Jimbo Fisher and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston, a former FSU player, visited survivors of the Orlando shooting and their families Wednesday. Gov. Rick Scott‘s office announced the visit in a press release. The men were at Orlando Regional Medical Center. “Coach Fisher, Jameis and all of the individuals […]

Scott PowersJune 22, 2016

Democratic State Sen. Darren Soto‘s relatively newfound commitment to gun control has won him another endorsement for his U.S. Congress election bid from a member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut. Himes, whose district is near but does not include Newtown, Connecticut, home of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, made news […]

Associated PressJune 21, 2016

Emergency dispatchers received two 911 calls moments after an alligator dragged a 2-year-old boy into Walt Disney World’s Seven Seas Lagoon. The first came from the “drop phone” at a nearby lifeguard stand, and no voice could be heard. The second, about four minutes long, was made by a woman who did not witness the […]

Scott PowersJune 21, 2016

Florida’s U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, an Orlando resident, is trying again to get a gun bill going, this time with a measure for which he’s putting together some bipartisan support. The newest measure, announced this afternoon at a press conference in Washington, D.C., would again seek to create a no-fly, no-buy exclusion to prevent people on federal […]

Scott PowersJune 21, 2016

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch expressed strong confidence in Orlando Tuesday that investigators will determine pretty clearly why Omar Mateen walked into a joyful nightclub and killed as many people as he could. Lynch had few answers in hand about the biggest horror and saddest day in Orlando’s history, Mateen’s June 12 post-midnight attack on […]

Mitch PerryJune 21, 2016

Last week both Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi came under heavy criticism for showing a lack of support towards the gay community after the Orlando shootings, and now the Democratic opponent of Polk County Republican Congressman Dennis Ross is making the same claim about his initial comments. Democrat Jim Lange is running against Ross in Florida’s 15th Congressional District this year. In a […]

Mitch PerryJune 21, 2016

One of the weapons Omar Mateen used in his shooting spree last week in Orlando that killed 49 people was a Sig Sauer MCX rifle, which was originally designed for Special Operations Forces. Central Florida area Democratic Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Alan Grayson says if the killer hadn’t been able to purchase that gun, the massacre at the Pulse […]

Orlando
Angie Gallo

Corrine Brown demands gun control legislation

Nicola Liquori named executive director of SunRail

Teresa Jacobs plans to move forward on tourist tax ordinance

Jimbo Fisher, Jameis Winston visit Orlando shooting survivors

Darren Soto gets gun-control congressman’s endorsement

Witness calls 911 after boy dragged in alligator attack

Bill Nelson is trying again with gun bill, this time in bipartisan effort

Loretta Lynch brings pledge of support, few new answers

CD 15 Democrat Jim Lange blasts Dennis Ross for omitting LGBT community in post-Orlando comments

Alan Grayson to introduce bill that would ban assault weapons