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Guest AuthorJuly 30, 2015

This has to be the most on-its-face absurd comparison, but circumstances make it an apt one: Former Florida A&M University President Frederick Humphries is officially the Jimmy Carter of former FAMU presidents. This is not the Jimmy Carter of Habitat Humanity, Sunday school lessons in primitive Georgia churches, or the former president who’s trying permanently […]

Frank TorresJuly 30, 2015

With lawmakers returning to Tallahassee in October to redraw Florida’s state Senate Districts, candidates in one of the most potentially dramatic matchups aren’t flinching at how it might affect their chance at victory in 2016. The race in Senate District 13 to replace term-limited Senate President Andy Gardiner has already drawn three challengers and could […]

Phil AmmannJuly 30, 2015

Conservative state Rep. Dennis Baxley received a pair of endorsements Wednesday in his bid for Florida Senate District 5. Throwing support behind Baxley are Levy County Schools Superintendent Robert Hastings and Gilchrist County Commissioner D. Ray Harrison Jr. “In our little country church, we constantly pray for good, righteous, leaders who honor our Constitution and […]

Frank TorresJuly 29, 2015

Dena Minning, a biotechnology entrepreneur with romantic ties to U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, filed paperwork last week to replace the Orlando Democrat in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. Minning’s entry in the race is certain to ramp up what could be one of the country’s most dramatic primaries. Wednesday, she reached out to supporters with her vision for the district […]

Frank TorresJuly 29, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott honored 58 service members in Orlando on Wednesday with the Governor’s Veterans Award. The award recognizes Floridians who served their country in the armed forces. During the ceremony at the Marriott World Center, Scott also touted $1 million in the “Keep Florida Working” state budget set aside for Building Homes for Heroes, a nonprofit organization that erects […]

Frank TorresJuly 29, 2015

State Rep. Mike La Rosa is applauding Gov. Rick Scott‘s decision to investigate Florida’s Planned Parenthood clinics to ensure full compliance with state law. After a video surfaced showing a Planned Parenthood executive allegedly negotiating a potential deal to sell donated tissue, La Rosa publicly condemned the organization. Representatives of Planned Parenthood have since denied such activities, saying the […]

Guest AuthorJuly 29, 2015

I sent my best friend Julie a selfie, while making a goofy face, and this was her response. “What’s up with your forehead?” We have more than 30 years of friendship under our belts, so ultimately I decided not to kill her. I did think about it for a while. I looked again at my […]

Guest AuthorJuly 29, 2015

In December 2013, at the United Nations’ 68th General Assembly meeting, the assembled countries could not, as usual, solve the problems of world conflicts, human slavery, wide-spread famine and the Israeli-Palestinian question. So, it decided to do something it could: It declared that 2015 would be the International Year of Light. I’m quite sure that […]

Mitch PerryJuly 29, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday he has asked the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to immediately begin investigating the 16 Planned Parenthood offices in Florida that perform abortion procedures to ensure they are in full compliance with the law. His statement is in reaction to undercover videos that show Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of […]

Frank TorresJuly 29, 2015

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Seminole County Commission Chairwoman Brenda Carey joined other regional leaders in Maitland Wednesday morning to discuss ways to address homelessness in Central Florida. The Central Florida Landlord Summit to Address Homelessness is an event aimed to engage Orange, Seminole, and Osceola County landlords and is part of a continued tricounty effort to provide permanent supportive housing for the […]

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Chris Timmons: A FAMU ex-president and a Jimmy Carter comparison

Redistricting doesn’t rattle candidates in Senate 13 race

Dennis Baxley adds 2 endorsements in State Senate District 5 bid

Email Insights: Dena Minning says she can “heal our country”

Rick Scott honors 58 veterans at Orlando award ceremony

Mike La Rosa lauds Rick Scott for investigation into Planned Parenthood

Catherine Durkin Robinson: 'What’s up with your forehead?'

Michael Bass: A toast to the International Year of Light

Rick Scott calls for investigation of Planned Parenthood offices in Florida

Central Florida leaders join landlords in trying to piece together homeless puzzle