Scott PowersNovember 1, 2021
3min981
Challengers say its time for new ideas, energy.
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Scott PowersNovember 1, 2021Scott PowersOctober 25, 2021
4min1064
The Orlando District 3 race heats up heading into the Nov. 2 election.
Scott PowersOctober 5, 2021
11min2799
Five challengers taking on three incumbents in Nov. 2 election.
Scott PowersJuly 14, 2021
4min3179
Springer is attracting early support from area progressives.
Scott PowersMay 26, 2020
3min601
McCurdy faces Cynthia Harris in the Democratic primary.
Staff ReportsSeptember 4, 2018
6min386
Ron DeSantis is recommending an Orlando-area GOP official resign for posting a meme on Facebook that claims Andrew Gillum is a socialist and wants African-Americans to be “paid back” for slavery. DeSantis, the newly minted Republican gubernatorial nominee, said on Tuesday that Orlando County Republican Committee Member Kathy Gibson, who shared the now-deleted meme on […]
Drew WilsonJune 27, 2018
8min652
Central Florida Democrats may not have gotten a debate in their backyard, but they did get to hear Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum give his pitch Tuesday on why he should be the Democrat to go toe-to-toe with Adam Putnam or Ron DeSantis in November. Before the town hall got into full swing, Gillum made clear, […]
Scott PowersNovember 7, 2017
3min624
Orlando is virtually a boomtown city and voters are seeing it that way, returning all three incumbent city commissioners, Jim Gray Robert Stuart and Regina Hill to new terms on the City Council. With all but provisional ballots counted, Gray easily won a second term, strongly defeating challenger Tom Keen in District 1, 53 percent to 40 percent. In […]
Scott PowersAugust 29, 2017
2min205
The Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association’s Political Action Committee has announced its endorsements for this fall’s elections including that of Republican Bobby Olszewski for the special election to fill House District 44 in southwest Orange County. The association’s PAC also endorsed all three Orlando City Commission incumbents, Jim Gray in District 1, Robert Stuart […]
Larry GriffinSeptember 26, 2016
7min344
A group of state and local elected officials, as well as reformed ex-prisoners who know firsthand what the Bridges of America Orlando Transition Center can do, appeared Monday morning to protest the possible closing of the center by the Florida Department of Corrections. The center is being considered for closure due to what Bridges of […]