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Scott PowersSeptember 21, 2016

A new poll conducted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says that its candidate Stephanie Murphy is within striking distance of longtime incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. The poll gives Mica 48 percent and Murphy 45 percent in the district, which covers north central and northeast Orange County and […]

Scott PowersSeptember 21, 2016

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton decried the two recent police shootings of unarmed black men – and all those that have proceeded it the past two years – as “unbearable” and “intolerable” and vowed to do something about it as president. In a speech she gave in a predominantly black neighborhood in Orlando Wednesday, Clinton […]

Scott PowersSeptember 21, 2016

The people who brought the world the Ferris wheel restaurant and most other new amusements from zip lines to mega roller coasters are coming to Orlando permanently. The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, an organization of theme parks, amusements, and the companies who invent, design, build or run them, announced early Wednesday morning […]

Scott PowersSeptember 19, 2016

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will campaign in Orlando Wednesday, her team announced Monday. No details have been released, except that the event will be public. “Clinton will discuss her vision for an America that is stronger together and to build an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top,” reads an […]

Scott PowersSeptember 19, 2016

Las Vegas and Orlando. Orlando and Vegas. If you live in one, you know the rivalry and the snarkish back-and-forth putdowns. But when you set aside the casinos, theme parks, and Asian buffet restaurants there still seems to be enough there to rank both among the nation’s most fun cities, according to a new list. […]

Marco RubioSeptember 19, 2016

Fifteen years ago this month, on Sept. 11, 2001, our nation suffered the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil when al-Qaida hijacked four airplanes and murdered thousands of innocent people. Three months ago, Orlando became a new ground zero when a radical Islamic terrorist opened fire inside Pulse nightclub, and Floridians witnessed firsthand the deadliest terrorist attack on […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 16, 2016

Florida’s unemployment rate remained steady in August, marking the fourth straight month the state reported a rate of 4.7 percent. The state added 22,600 private-sector jobs across the state in August, bringing the total number of jobs created in 2016 to 167,100. The unemployment rate remains at 4.7 percent, one of the lowest rates since […]

Scott PowersSeptember 15, 2016

Democratic congressional nominee Val Demings is embarking on a seven-stop “listening tour” with town halls set throughout Florida’s 10th Congressional District in west Orange County, her campaign announced Thursday. Three stops in her tour, which she calls “Lift Every Voice,” have been announced. She’ll appear at Pine Hills Community Church next Tuesday evening; the Callahan […]

Associated PressSeptember 15, 2016

The Latest on the arrest of a suspect in the arson of a Florida mosque (all times local): 10:30 a.m. Sheriff’s investigators say a man accused of setting fire to a Florida mosque confessed and said he was embarrassed. According to a St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit released Thursday, 32-year-old Joseph Schreiber was […]

Scott PowersSeptember 7, 2016

Former President Bill Clinton accused Donald Trump of seeking to turn back the clock to days of a white America, during a speech before a largely African-American crowd in Orlando Wednesday. In an address supporting his wife Hillary Clinton‘s Democratic bid for the White House, Bill Clinton accused Trump of harkening to an America where blacks […]

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DCCC poll says Stephanie Murphy in striking distance of John Mica in CD 7

Hillary Clinton: deaths of unarmed blacks ‘unbearable’ and ‘intolerable’

World’s largest attractions group moving to Orlando

Hillary Clinton to campaign in Orlando Wednesday

Orlando trails only Vegas in list of America’s most fun cities, but Cincy is 6th?

Marco Rubio: After Pulse: Lessons from the response

Florida’s unemployment rate holds steady at 4.7 percent

Val Demings announces ‘listening tour’ in CD 10 race

Detectives say mosque fire suspect confessed

Bill Clinton accuses Donald Trump of turning back to the time of white America