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Scott PowersApril 1, 2016

The Council for a Livable World, a nonprofit group dedicated to reduce nuclear arms proliferation, has endorsed Democrat Val Demings in her race in Orlando-based Congressional District 10. The council, which calls itself “supportive of progressive national security and foreign policy positions, including arms control,” cited Demings’ “long record of protecting national security,” and called her the […]

Drew WilsonMarch 28, 2016

Orlando Democrat Vic Torres will face a primary challenger in his campaign to move from the House to the newly redrawn Senate District 15 seat. Bob Healy Jr. filed for the seat at the end of February and is so far the only candidate challenging Torres for the Democratic-leaning seat. Healy is a former board […]

Scott PowersMarch 28, 2016

Former Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary has endorsed Bill Moore for Orange County Commissioner in District 3. “I sincerely believe that Bill Moore is the candidate best suited to understand the issues facing Orange County, chief among them, supporting public safety,” Beary stated in a news release issued by Moore’s campaign. “Bill Moore is the […]

Scott PowersMarch 28, 2016

Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings, Property Appraiser Rick Singh and Tax Collector Scott Randolph cannot, as elected officials, sue Orange County over an election that changes the natures of their offices, a judge ruled Monday. However, Singh and Randolph can continue to challenge the election results as individuals, Circuit Court Judge Keith White ruled in Orange […]

Drew WilsonMarch 28, 2016

Extended warranty company SquareTrade will add 60 jobs and make more than $500,000 in investments in the Orlando area as part of an economic incentives deal with the state, Gov. Rick Scott said Monday. “SquareTrade’s decision to expand and grow in Orlando is tremendous news for all Floridians. This growth demonstrates that cutting taxes and […]

Scott PowersMarch 28, 2016

State Rep. Randolph Bracy is throwing his support behind state Sen. Darren Soto of Orlando in the Democrats’ Congressional nomination race in Congressional District 9. Bracy, an Orlando Democrat, cited his work with Soto in the Florida Legislature, particularly for their joint effort to pass a bill to make it easier for undocumented youth to […]

Scott PowersMarch 25, 2016

The Orlando region continued in February as the state’s leading job-producing metropolitan area and saw the region’s unemployment rate fall to 4.4 percent, Gov. Rick Scott‘s office said Friday. Numbers released by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity show that Orlando’s metro area added 30,000 workers and 40,000 jobs since February 2015, and the result […]

Scott PowersMarch 25, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Mica likes taking constituents out to lunch (or breakfast, dinner or coffee). He also loves having his re-election campaign pay for it. The latter preference has Mica, a 12-term Republican from Winter Park, explaining why his re-election campaigns are paying for scores of “meals with constituents” tallying tens of thousands of dollars […]

Scott PowersMarch 24, 2016

Former U.S. Rep. Jim Bacchus, who served two terms in a Central Florida district in the mid-1990s, has endorsed Susannah Randolph in the Democratic primary race for Orlando-based Congressional District 9. Bacchus served from 1991 through 1995 when Florida’s Congressional Districts 11 and then 15 covered much of the area now covered by CD 9, […]

Scott PowersMarch 23, 2016

State Rep. Rene Plasencia has found a new way to spend independent political action committee campaign money while he seeks election in a new district: he used it to buy a school bus. Plasencia’s Commitment to Opportunity, Action and Community Health PC (COACH PC) spent $6,735 on Feb. 18 to purchase, at the Campus Auto Retail […]

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Anti-nuclear arms proliferation group endorses Val Demings in CD 10 race

Orlando Democrat Vic Torres draws primary challenge in SD 15 contest

Bill Moore gets endorsement of former Orange Sheriff Kevin Beary

Judge boots Orange County officers from lawsuit, but Scott Randolph, Rick Singh stay

SquareTrade expansion to add 60 jobs, $500K investment in Orlando

Randolph Bracy endorses Darren Soto in CD 9 race

Orlando area adds 40K-plus jobs, sees unemployment rate fall to 4.4 percent in February

John Mica defends use of campaign money to pay for hundreds of meals

Susannah Randolph gets endorsement from Jim Bacchus in CD 9 race

Rene Plasencia uses political action committee money to buy school bus