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Scott PowersJune 2, 2016

The upcoming launch of a Delta IV Heavy rocket with a spy satellite is back on. United Launch Alliance announced Thursday the launch originally scheduled for this Saturday, then delayed, has been reset for June 9 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket will carry a satellite into orbit for the U.S. National Reconnaissance […]

Scott PowersJune 2, 2016

Democrat Carlos Guillermo Smith‘s campaign raised more than $15,000 in May for his run in Orlando-based House District 49, making him one of the first House candidates to top the $100,000 campaign finance mark. A year after Smith formally entered the race — Republican incumbent state Rep. Rene Plasencia decided to switch to House District 50 — […]

Scott PowersJune 2, 2016

Democrat Susannah Randolph has won the backing of the powerful pro-women’s rights group EMILY’s List in her quest to be elected in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. EMILY’s list puts training, campaign support and money behind the Democratic candidates it chooses, based primarily on their commitments to pro-choice positions on abortion. The group already has backed […]

Scott PowersJune 1, 2016

All the bickering this spring about whether Orange County could cough up $1 million a year to get the NFL Pro Bowl may be long forgotten next winter if the game week goes as announced. The NFL made the official announcement Wednesday afternoon that Orlando will host the next three football All-Star Games at Camping […]

Scott PowersJune 1, 2016

Laborers’ Union Local 517 has endorsed Democrat Val Demings bid in Florida’s 9th Congressional District, her campaign announced Wednesday. The Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 517 represents, among others, a variety of Orange County public employees ranging from cooks and janitors to auto mechanics and equipment operators. “I’ve known Chief Val Demings for […]

Scott PowersJune 1, 2016

Democrat Susannah Randolph has picked up another endorsement in her bid for Florida’s 9th Congressional District, this one from Democratic U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York. Nadler serves as vice-chair of the House of Representatives LGBT Equality Caucus, and is the second-highest-ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. “Susannah has worked tirelessly to safeguard […]

Scott PowersJune 1, 2016

A planned Saturday launch of a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral has been postponed. The delay comes at the request of the payload’s owner, the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. United Launch Alliance had scheduled the launch of the Delta IV Heavy, the nation’s most powerful rocket, to carry an NRO communications satellite into […]

Scott PowersJune 1, 2016

Belle Isle interim city manager, Apopka consultant and lobbyist Richard Anderson turned himself in to authorities yesterday after being charged with a hit-and-run case that hospitalized another driver back in April. After investigating the Lake County case, the Florida Highway Patrol sought and received an arrest warrant for Anderson Tuesday, according to FHP spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Montes. […]

Scott PowersMay 31, 2016

Democratic candidates of Florida House Districts 47 and 48 will meet in debates June 7 in a forum sponsored by the Young Democrats of Orange County. The debate, featuring four of the five Democrats running in those districts, will take place at the Barry University School of Law, 6441 E. Colonial Drive, from 6 to […]

Scott PowersMay 31, 2016

The University of Central Florida rehired longtime President John Hitt for another year Tuesday and kept tuition rates unchanged going into the fall 2016 semester. The UCF Board of Trustees took both actions during their board meeting at the university, praising Hitt for his now 25 years at the helm of the university and for […]

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Buccaneers QB Teddy Bridgewater. Image via AP.

Delta IV Heavy rocket launch reset for June 9

Carlos Guillermo Smith announces $15K haul in May for HD 49 race

Susannah Randolph gets EMILY’s List backing

NFL makes official announcement on Orlando Pro Bowl

Laborers’ Union local 517 backs Val Demings in CD 10 race

Susannah Randolph picks up U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler’s endorsement in CD 9

Delta IV Heavy rocket launch postponed

Lobbyist Richard Anderson jailed for April hit-and-run

Young Dems set up Florida House debates in Orlando

John Hitt will be back at UCF next year, and so will the same tuition rates