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Joe HendersonApril 11, 2017

Florida Democrats have become such a non-factor in state politics that the real drama frequently becomes which faction of the Republican party will prevail on a given issue. Think about it. We have had knockdown, drag-outs between the GOP-controlled House and Senate. This year the main event has been the ongoing feud between Republican Gov. […]

Scott PowersMarch 28, 2017

After losing a judge’s ruling Tuesday on her request to remain the prosecutor for the murder trial of of alleged cop-killer Markeith Loyd, Orlando’s State Attorney Aramis Ayala vowed Tuesday to continue fighting for her right to represent the state in that case. Ninth Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Frederick Lauten ruled Tuesday that the state […]

Florence SnyderMarch 6, 2017

Somebody please give Shelisha Coleman a big fat raise. The Agency for Health Care Administration’s (AHCA) high profile flack works hard duty playing hardball with some of Florida’s best reporters, but makes tens of thousands of dollars less than men paid by taxpayers to tell tall tales about #Transparency. Coleman had to drop a whopping […]

Jim RosicaDecember 9, 2016

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Palm Beach Post capital reporter John Kennedy says he’s no longer working for the paper as the newspaper has shuttered its Tallahassee bureau. Kennedy, a Capitol Press Corps veteran who nonetheless kept an impressive head of hair, announced the news Friday on Facebook—15 days before Christmas. “The paper’s future is local and digital, and coverage […]

Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2016

Florida Democratic U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch and Lois Frankel called Tuesday for someone to investigate the Donald Trump–Pam Bondi matter that Deutch said “looked like a bribe.” In a telephone press conference with Florida media organized by the Democratic National Committee, Deutch and Frankel insisted more needs to be revealed about the $25,000 donation Trump’s Trump Foundation made […]

Scott PowersAugust 18, 2016

Three sitting state representatives and one former state representative have received endorsements from the Orlando Sentinel for Florida Senate primary races in Central Florida. Citing experience in each case, the Sentinel went with state Reps. Randolph Bracy in Orlando-based Senate District 11; Marlene O’Toole in The Villages-based Senate District 12; and Vic Torres in Orlando-based Senate […]

AARPAugust 1, 2016

AARP Florida, the Florida League of Women Voters, the Orlando Sentinel and FOX 35 will sponsor a “community conversation” Aug. 16 that will offer area residents an unusual chance to focus on where candidates for three Orlando-area seats in Congress stand on key domestic issues ahead of the Aug. 30 primary elections, organizers of the […]

Drew WilsonJuly 13, 2016

A Miami-based investment group agreed to purchase the Orlando Sentinel’s 19-acre complex from its owners Tuesday for $35.1 million. Midtown Opportunities VIB LLC has leased the two-block complex back to the paper with a pair of long-term, nine-year leases, the Sentinel’s Paul Brinkmann reports. The property, bordered by North Orange Avenue, North Magnolia, Colonial Drive […]

Scott PowersJune 23, 2016

The City of Orlando and a long list of news media are headed to court to decide whether scores of phone call recordings of the Pulse nightclub massacre should be released to the public. Media companies including the Associated Press, the Orlando Sentinel, several Orlando TV stations, various other newspaper companies, TV networks and online […]

Guest AuthorJune 21, 2016

The day before I jetted to Charlotte for a weeklong vacation, unspeakable ugliness ambushed the City Beautiful. First, it descended upon an Orlando nightspot where more than 300 revelers came on “Latin Night” to live “la vida loca.” Later, it crept into my bedroom. Early that Sunday at Pulse, too many fathers, mothers, sons and […]

Tag: Orlando Sentinel

Joe Henderson: Democrats may finally get the message that they need, well, a message

Aramis Ayala loses judge’s ruling but pushes forward to challenge case reassignment

Bad nursing homes benefit from AHCA’s passive-aggressive war on #transparency

Palm Beach Post closes capital bureau, lets John Kennedy go

Ted Deutch and Lois Frankel call for investigations into Donald Trump-Pam Bondi matter

Randolph Bracy, Marlene O’Toole, Mike Clelland, Vic Torres get Sentinel endorsements in Florida Senate races

AARP Florida, League of Women Voters to sponsor candidate ‘Community Conversation’ Aug. 16

Orlando Sentinel complex sells for $35M

Media and City of Orlando go to court over Pulse nightclub massacre tapes

Darryl E. Owens: The horror of wounded empathy — or when mass shootings become humdrum