Scott PowersOctober 8, 2021
6min14177
Florida suffered the most deaths overall and per-capita.
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Scott PowersOctober 8, 2021
Renzo DowneyJanuary 5, 2021
5min281
People 65 and older can sign up to receive the vaccine at 22 Publix pharmacies.
Ryan NicolMarch 29, 2020
6min1668
DoH officials have documented at least five cases of community spread.
Renzo DowneyJanuary 3, 2020
3min332
The funds come from FEMA and a state citrus production recovery grant.
Drew WilsonFebruary 4, 2019
3min1221
Harding joins former state Rep. Kurt Kelly in the race.
Scott PowersOctober 25, 2018
4min910
Florida added 264,413 voters since the Aug. 28 primary with Democrats out-registering Republicans by nearly 18,000 during the period. Florida now has 13,278,070 voters registered to cast ballots in the Nov. 6 general election, according to the new book closing reports posted by the Florida Division of Elections, through last Thursday’s book-closing date for registering. […]
Drew WilsonSeptember 19, 2018
6min381
Incumbent Republican Sen. Keith Perry has a big lead over Democratic challenger Kayser Enneking in the race for Gainesville-based Senate District 8. According to a new survey from St. Pete Polls, Perry currently has 49 percent support compared to just 38 percent support for Enneking. Former Gainesville City Commissioner Charles Goston, who lost his re-election […]
Scott PowersApril 17, 2018
5min453
Warning that Florida may be in violation of the Federal Voting Rights Act, state Sen. Victor Torres on Tuesday led a group of eight mostly-Hispanic Democratic lawmakers in urging Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner to respond to reports that some Florida counties are not providing Spanish-language elections materials. Torres and the others wrote to […]
Associated PressFebruary 23, 2017
1min186
Two people protesting the 515-mile-long Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline wedged themselves into a section of the pipe in north Florida. The Ocala Star-Banner reports that the man and woman were eventually removed Wednesday afternoon from the 3-foot-wide pipe after Marion County Fire Rescue responded. One of the protesters, Carrie Ford, sent a video while […]
Larry GriffinNovember 17, 2016
2min416
The Orlando Political Observer, a local political news site, has changed hands — now it’s owned Doug Kaplan, a Winter Park-based pollster and president of market research firm Gravis Marketing. Kaplan purchased the Orlando Political Observer from founder Frank Torres, according to a story on the site written by Torres himself. Kaplan assured readers in the OPO story […]