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Scott PowersFebruary 3, 2017

The social fallout from Puerto Rico’s multi-fasceted financial crisis must be dealt with in more immediate ways in Central Florida where so much of the diaspora is fleeing, a panel of scholars urged key Puerto Rican political leaders in Orlando Friday. Their call for concern for recognizing, assisting, and empowering Puerto Ricans settling by the […]

Scott PowersNovember 22, 2016

Meeting with a bipartisan roundtable of Puerto Rican leaders in Kissimmee Tuesday, Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson expressed both hope that current Puerto Rico “rescue” plans being developed will help, and concern that not all the details they want can be delivered. Nelson, Congressman-elect Darren Soto and Osceola County Commission Chairwoman Viviana Janer met […]

Scott PowersNovember 22, 2016

Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson spoke highly Tuesday of Alabama’s Republican U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions as a possible U.S. attorney general in Donald Trump‘s administration. During a stop in Kissimmee Tuesday, Nelson described Sessions as a colleague, friend, and fellow senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and as someone he can work with. Nelson, […]

Scott PowersNovember 6, 2016

Making one last plea for Florida to support Democrat Hillary Clinton and validate his own legacy, President Barack Obama told a big, boisterous crowd in Kissimmee Sunday that democracy itself is on Tuesday’s ballot. Obama made it clear that all Democratic Party priorities and his own legacy are to be judged in the election. “You […]

Scott PowersNovember 4, 2016

R&B legend Stevie Wonder will be joining President Barack Obama on stage in Kissimmee Sunday in the campaign for Hillary Clinton for president. You can bet the message will be, “Isn’t she lovely?”. Wonder joins a long list of singers and celebrities who have joined the Clinton campaign tours in recent weeks in Florida, yet may eclipse them […]

Scott PowersNovember 3, 2016

And, he’s back. President Barack Obama will make his second Central Florida appearance in the closing days of the election campaign with a rally in Kissimmee for Hillary Clinton Sunday afternoon. Interstate 4 is seeing more power players than Pennsylvania Avenue lately. Obama was last in the Orlando area last Friday. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary […]

Scott PowersOctober 18, 2016

Osceola County Commission Chairwoman Viviana Janer and two activist Puerto Rican women from Central Florida announced an effort Tuesday to convince the region’s Puerto Rican women to come out to vote against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio Tuesday. At a press conference in Kissimmee, Chairwoman Janer, Somos Orlando [We Are Orlando] […]

Larry GriffinOctober 13, 2016

Desiring to drive up Hispanic voter turnouts, local progressive group Organize Now is opening a new field office in the heart of Kissimmee tonight at 6 p.m. Located at 117 S. Clyde Ave., the office will serve as the primary means of mobilizing and enthusing the Hispanic voter base in the area — which they call […]

Scott PowersAugust 26, 2016

California Democratic U.S. Rep. Linda Sanchez will be campaigning with state Rep. Darren Soto in a caravana event in Kissimmee Sunday for his bid to win Tuesday’s primary in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. Sanchez, who represents part of Los Angeles, currently serves as chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and is running for vice-chair of […]

Scott PowersAugust 16, 2016

There are more than 300 candidates running for the 160 seats in the Florida House and Senate. And, try as we will, FloridaPolitics.com won’t be able to interview all of them. So we are asking every candidate, including incumbents, to complete a questionnaire we believe offers an interesting, albeit, thumbnail sketch of who they are […]

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Puerto Rico crisis panel brings it home to Florida

PROMESA task force seeking to rescue Puerto Rico, but pain will come too, Bill Nelson says

Bill Nelson speaks highly of Attorney General prospect Jeff Sessions

Barack Obama says justice, fairness, environment, Civil Rights all on the ballot

Stevie Wonder to join Barack Obama at Kissimmee event Sunday

Barack Obama making one more swing through Central Florida

Viviana Janer, Nancy Rosado, Zoé Colón urge Puerto Rican women to vote ‘for our future’

Organize Now to open new Kissimmee field office to mobilize Hispanic vote Thursday evening

Linda Sanchez and Darren Soto to caravana Kissimmee in CD 9

Meet Victor Torres: Democrat running for Senate District 15