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Guest AuthorMarch 20, 2016

Welcome to March Madness! Sixty-eight college basketball teams are vying for a national championship. These teams will struggle to score against fierce defenses, try to maneuver for the perfect shot, and hopefully draw a foul and a chance for an “and one” scoring possibility. “And one” refers to the free throw awarded to a player […]

Scott PowersMarch 15, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott has approved the University of Central Florida’s plan for a downtown Orlando campus. The campus line item — $20 million — escaped Scott’s veto pen Tuesday, meaning the money is set and as soon as the university raises another $4 million in private donations it will be able to begin developing the […]

Scott PowersMarch 14, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott brought good news to Orlando – 36,000 new private sector jobs created in Florida in January – but refused to talk about the priority for Orlando and its Republican delegation who surrounded him for the announcement: the University of Central Florida’s Downtown campus. In keeping with his penchant to talk only about jobs […]

Scott PowersMarch 8, 2016

Finally, there’s media pushback (for one, Joe Scarborough on “Morning Joe” show Tuesday morning) on some of the response to the Donald Trump-gets-supporters-to-raise-their-right-hands thing at the University of Central Florida on Saturday. You’ve seen the memes and the shocked reports (from journalists whom I suspect were not there) suggesting this all was reminiscent of Nazis […]

Scott PowersMarch 7, 2016

The University of Central Florida has walked a careful path to line up support for what had been a controversial plan for a downtown Orlando campus, and now the university has everything but the governor’s signature. No one is taking that for granted, though. Over the weekend, with pushes from Senate President Andy Gardiner of […]

Scott PowersMarch 5, 2016

Republican front-runner Donald Trump found his anti-establishment crowd in full throat in Orlando Saturday and assured them “If we win Florida, it’s over!” In an hour-and-12-minute speech to a raucous crowd at a packed University of Central Florida basketball arena, Trump offered few policy statements and little new. But he brought the bluster, vowing that […]

Scott PowersMarch 2, 2016

The Florida Board of Governors gave the University of Central Florida a critical green light Wednesday for a downtown Orlando campus focusing on workplace education. The solid but not unanimous majority means UCF has the Board of Governors’ blessing to seek $20 million from the state to build a multiuse building in downtown Orlando to […]

Scott PowersMarch 1, 2016

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is planning to speak at the University of Central Florida on Saturday. His website has announced a noon appearance at the CFE Arena on the UCF campus in Orlando. Tickets are being offered for free through Eventbrite.com. It will be Trump’s first appearance in Central Florida since the Sunshine Summit, […]

Scott PowersMarch 1, 2016

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The University of Central Florida has secured another $3 million in private donations – this time from Orlando-based Dr. Phillips Charities – and takes its bid for a downtown campus to the Board of Governors Wednesday still short but full of confidence. UCF President John Hitt and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer joined Dr. Phillips Charities […]

Scott PowersFebruary 29, 2016

The University of Central Florida announced Monday it has attracted another $2.5 million in private donations toward its proposed downtown campus but the university remains $7 million short of its pledge for the project. The university had pledged to the state it would raise $20 million toward the $60 million proposed downtown campus before asking […]

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