Tag: Orlando

A.G. GancarskiJune 22, 2016
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As one of many Democrats participating in the Wednesday evening sit-in on the House floor, Rep. Corrine Brown urges a vote on what she called “commonsense gun legislation” before the House recesses. “Congress must not leave Washington, D.C. without voting on commonsense gun violence prevention legislation to save lives. Mass shootings have become unacceptably commonplace in our […]

Scott PowersJune 22, 2016
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Orlando’s commuter rail service, SunRail, has its first executive director, Nicola Liquori, currently a Florida Turnpike Enterprise executive. Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Jim Boxold appointed Liquori to be executive director of SunRail, putting her in charge of keeping the trains running on time even as the operation expands its line to the south and […]

Mitch PerryJune 22, 2016
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Our latest form of participatory democracy takes place in Tampa tonight, where scores of people will comment on whether or not the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization should include the Tampa Bay Express project in what is known as their Transportation Improvement Plan. If past is prologue, the majority of speakers will be against the project, and the MPO […]

Associated PressJune 21, 2016
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Gov. Rick Scott is planning to appeal the denial of his request for the declaration of a federal state of emergency in the wake of the Orlando nightclub mass shooting. Scott doesn’t understand why the request was denied, representative Jackie Schutz told The Associated Press, especially since an emergency was declared after the Boston Marathon bombing. […]

Melissa RossJune 21, 2016
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A new documentary film airing nationwide on dozens of PBS stations this week shows Florida’s gay community was targeted long before the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. The sordid tale of Florida’s infamous McCarthyesque witch hunt of suspected gay and lesbian students and professors at state universities is told in the new Emmy award-winning […]


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