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Diane RobertsFebruary 9, 2016

OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE — They call us the Sunshine State, but Florida’s government prefers to operate in the shadows. Like vampire bats, cockroaches and mold spores. If you can’t see what the government is doing, you can’t fight it. That explains the 74 public records exemption bills before the Legislature this session. Yes, 74 new attacks […]

Scott PowersFebruary 9, 2016

State Sen. Darren Soto‘s bid to become the first Floridian of Puerto Rican descent to be elected to Congress has won the endorsement of New Yorker U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez, also of Puerto Rican descent. Soto said Tuesday he has the backing of Democrat Velázquez, a 23-year House member from Brooklyn, in his Democratic bid […]

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 […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 7, 2016

The Supreme Court ruled in 1943 that students didn’t have to say the Pledge of Allegiance if they brought in a signed letter from their parents. Not everyone is aware of the law and misguided teachers still occasionally force students to stand and say the Pledge. Enter the ACLU and a few non-conformists. Recently, some […]

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 1, 2016

The Democratic race for the nomination in Florida’s 9th Congressional District is turning to a fundraising battle with two candidates claiming leads and a third not far behind. Orlando Democratic State Sen. Darren Soto claimed a campaign cash victory Monday after reporting his team had raised $156,000 in the fourth quarter of 2015, $30,000 more than […]

Scott PowersFebruary 1, 2016

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan met with Orlando Hispanic leaders on behalf of Congressional District 10 candidate Val Demings Monday morning, angering her Democratic rivals, who said the party was out of bounds picking in a contested primary. Lujan and Demings met with 18 Orlando-area Hispanic leaders Monday morning to seek support […]

Scott PowersJanuary 29, 2016

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson‘s U.S. Senate campaign reported raising about $591,000 in the fourth quarter of 2015, a haul that may compare well with Republicans in the race but falls far short of Democratic rival U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy. According to a release issued by his campaign Friday, Grayson used an average donation of just […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 29, 2016

Democrats are more likely to watch the debate of the opposing party than Republicans, according to a report by the Pew Research Center. The report found that Democratic debate watchers have tuned into the Republican debates in large numbers, something that’s much less common for Republicans. The Pew Research Center found that 49 percent of […]

Scott PowersJanuary 29, 2016

Jane Kleeb, a Nebraska farmer who became one of the leading icons of the Keystone XL pipeline opposition movement, declared her support Friday for U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, calling him the only candidate who joined the Keystone fight. Grayson’s campaign released news of Kleeb’s endorsement shortly after his chief rival for […]

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A sequence of images of a blasting operation of a rock hill to make way for an airport runway expansion project.

Diane Roberts: Legislature is working hard to keep citizens in the dark

Darren Soto endorsed by New York U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez

Susannah Randolph gets another progressive Democrat endorsement, Raul Grijalva

Catherine Durkin Robinson: It’s illegal to force students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance

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

Darren Soto raises $156K in CD 9, topping Susannah Randolph by $30K

DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Lujan campaigns for Val Demings for CD 10, angering Democratic challengers

Alan Grayson reports $591K fundraising quarter, including $100K of his own

Pew Research Center finds Republican debates tempt many Democrats to tune in

Keystone opposition leader Jane Kleeb calls Alan Grayson only ally in Florida’s Senate race