Analysis: Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Race & Other Primary Night Results
In one of the biggest upsets of the August 30th primary election, Aramis Ayala beat incumbent Jeff Ashton in the Democratic primary for the 9th Circuit state attorney. Political analysts Earnest...
View ArticleSmall Government, Free Market Themes at Orlando Summit Backed by Koch Brothers
Activists, lawmakers and entrepreneurs will kick off a two-day summit Friday in Orlando on ways to make the federal government smaller and the free market, freer. The 10th annual Defending the American...
View ArticleBill Clinton Campaigns in Orlando for Hillary Clinton
One day after Hillary Clinton’s campaign visit to Tampa, her husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, will stump in Orlando. Clinton will speak Wednesday morning at the Dr. James R. Smith...
View ArticleBill Clinton Rallies Florida’s Black Voters Behind Hillary
Standing before a crowd of longtime Hillary Clinton fans, former Bernie Sanders supporters, and on-the-fence voters in Orlando’s predominantly black Richmond Heights neighborhood, former U.S. President...
View ArticleIntersection: The Influence Of Latino Voters
The I-4 corridor is shaping up as a crucial part of Florida as the two presidential candidates try to win this swing state in November. Latino voters are an increasingly important part of the...
View ArticleFlorida Issues: What To Do About Lake Okeechobee?
State candidates and advocacy groups in Florida have made water a central issue in this year’s elections. One big debate deals with Lake Okeechobee and what do with polluted water flowing into and out...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Focuses On Disability Issues In Orlando Rally
Hillary Clinton focused on issues facing disabled Americans at a rally in Orlando Wednesday afternoon. About 300 people packed into a hall at the Frontline Outreach center. Clinton was introduced by...
View ArticleFlorida’s I-4 Corridor: A Stop In Volusia County
The I-4 Corridor stretches from Daytona Beach to Tampa, and has become a key battleground in the race for the White House. As unpredictable as it is essential, we teamed up with our sister station WUSF...
View ArticleElection 2016: Fact And Fiction Swirls Medical Marijuana Debate
12-year-old Christina Clark takes medical marijuana. Her mother Anneliese Clark uses it to treat the seizures her daughter has had since she was three months old. At her worst, “she just literally, she...
View ArticleFirst Presidential Debate Draws Tim Kaine to Orlando and Central Floridians...
Flanked by Hillary Clinton supporters, Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine said Monday night’s debate set a critical tone for the six weeks that remain in this election season. The...
View ArticleBlaise Ingoglia: Trump’s Message Effective In Presidential Debate
Republican Party of Florida chairman Blaise Ingoglia says Donald Trump had an effective message in last night’s presidential debate. Ingoglia said what voters like about Trump is that he doesn’t sound...
View ArticleAt First Rally Post Debate, Trump Stays On Anti-Clinton Message
Cheering, booing, and the ever-so-popular chant, “Build a wall!” colored Donald Trump’s one-hour speech at Melbourne International Airport in Brevard County, known for its strong Republican base....
View ArticleElections 2016: Medicaid Expansion The Key Health Care Issue for Advocates,...
Health care is a big issue in Florida. One reason? About 2.8 million of the state’s residents are uninsured. Health advocates say part of the answer is for the state to expand Medicaid, as proposed...
View ArticleNational Coalition Ramps Up Efforts to Get Florida’s 1M Puerto Ricans to Vote
A national coalition is ramping up its efforts to leverage the voting power of the more than one million Puerto Ricans in Florida. #QueVoteMiGente, which loosely translates from Spanish to ‘May My...
View ArticleJill Stein Campaigns In Orlando
Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein is campaigning in Orlando this evening. Stein says her plan will move “from the greed and exploitation of corporate capitalism to a human-centered...
View ArticleFLORIDA’S I-4 CORRIDOR: In Presidential Election, Suburban Mothers Wield...
It’s a hit. Spectators cheer and volunteers help as a child with special needs runs toward first base, his baseball helmet bobbing loosely on his head. Anne Aranda of Sanford is among the parents...
View ArticleElection 2016: Can Florida Afford More Tax Breaks For Homeowners?
Florida voters will decide in November on property-tax breaks for disabled police and firefighters, and for low-income seniors. They’re on the ballot as Amendments 3 and 5. In October of 2005, Orange...
View ArticleVP Joe Biden Rallies Central Floridians to Register to Vote Before Next...
“Bust your neck, folks, to get your friends to register and vote,” Vice President Joe Biden said to a crowd of Democrats Monday afternoon at Cheyenne Saloon & Opera House in downtown Orlando. With...
View ArticleSeminole Co. Elections Office Getting Sloppy, Redundant Voter Forms
Seminole County’s Elections Office said its busy processing “bad” voter registration applications. Supervisor of Elections Mike Ertel said there are groups such as the League of Women Voters doing a...
View ArticleVice Presidential Debate Fact Checking
Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence square off in the vice-presidential debate Tuesday night. NPR’s politics team, with help from reporters and editors who cover national security,...
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