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Associated PressJuly 2, 2016

A suburban Chicago gun shop has canceled a raffle of a semi-automatic rifle to benefit victims of the nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. The Chicago Tribune reports Second Amendment Sports in McHenry, Illinois, called off the raffle following questions about whether it would be legal. Under Illinois law, only nonprofit groups may hold raffles. Bert […]

Scott PowersJuly 1, 2016

State Rep. Victor Torres posted his second-straight five-figure cash haul for his Senate District 15 campaign, opening up a gulf between him and his opponent in the Aug. 30 Democratic primary. Torres, a retired police officer, brought in $13,125 in the period running from June 1 to June 24, and his campaign finished the period […]

Associated PressJuly 1, 2016

The attorney who oversaw the distribution of donations after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Boston Marathon bombing and the BP oil spill compensation fund will now handle the fund for victims of the Pulse nightclub shootings in Orlando. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said in a news release Friday that Kenneth R. Feinberg will work […]

Peter SchorschJune 30, 2016

Anderson Cooper said he had every right to ask Attorney General Pam Bondi about her stance on gay marriage during an Orlando interview earlier this month. “I wasn’t asking her about things she had done a year before out of the blue,” said Cooper of his now infamous interview with Bondi in the days following […]

Associated PressJune 30, 2016

Emergency call logs released Thursday show that victims of the Pulse shooting in Orlando pleaded with sheriff’s deputies and dispatchers to save them as they described losing their breath and feeling their bodies go numb from their wounds. Gunman Omar Mateen‘s rampage at the Pulse nightclub on June 12 left 49 people dead and 53 […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 29, 2016

Matt Hudson is taking aim President Barack Obama in a new television advertisement. The 30-second spot — called “The Right Call” — was released Wednesday in response to the attack on an Orlando nightclub, according to his campaign. The advertisement criticizes Obama for playing “politics with gun control.” “It’s shameful,” he says in the ad. “Here’s […]

Scott PowersJune 28, 2016

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is working double-duty this week for fundraisers for Florida’s 9th Congressional District Democratic candidates, with a planned appearance Thursday at one for state Sen. Darren Soto. The Democratic mayor, who is not picking Democratic sides in the race, will be joined at Soto’s $100-per-person fundraiser by Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh, […]

Scott PowersJune 28, 2016

Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, the city’s political voice for the community’s LGBT community, blasted Gov. Rick Scott and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio Tuesday during a national satellite radio talk show, according to a report on Huffington Post. “You loaded those bullets with hatred,” Sheehan reportedly said of Rubio, Scott and other conservative Republicans. Her […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 28, 2016

Florida Democrats are ramping up their calls for a special session to discuss gun control, submitting enough letters to the Secretary of State’s Office to trigger a poll of members. A spokeswoman for the Secretary of State said the department received 46 letters requesting a special session. State law requires 20 percent of members to […]

Associated PressJune 27, 2016

Curators have begun collecting signs, flags, artwork and photos left behind at several makeshift memorials for the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. Curators from the Orange County Regional History Center started collecting the items on Monday. Memorials have been left behind at Orlando’s new downtown performing arts center, at the hospital […]

Tag: Orlando

Gun shop cancels raffle of AR-15 rifle for Orlando victims

Victor Torres posts big haul in June in SD 15 race

Compensation expert to oversee Orlando donation funds

Anderson Cooper talks about Pam Bondi interview during Orlando benefit

Logs show Pulse victims begged for help as bodies went numb

Matt Hudson criticizes Barack Obama in first SD 28 advertisement

Darren Soto fundraiser to draw Buddy Dyer

Report: Patty Sheehan blasts Marco Rubio, Rick Scott over Pulse

Florida Democrats call for a vote on special session

Curators collect memorial items for Pulse victims