1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1729+ words) Longtime Orange County teacher and School Board candidate Diana Moore’s confrontational personality has made both children and her fellow teachers cry at school, according to records obtained by Florida Politics. “As a mother, it is hard to stomach the thought…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (622+ words) Two Democratic Cabinet hopefuls are spending the weekend working South Florida’s union halls and church pews, trying to build momentum in a pair of uphill statewide contests. Annette Taddeo, the Democratic nominee for CFO, will meet with labor leaders in…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (313+ words) Rep. Alex Rizo just landed the endorsement of the man who controls when his election will happen. Term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis endorsed Rizo, a Hialeah Republican, for Senate District 39, which will be filled through a Special Election that DeSantis hasn’t…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (490+ words) Hialeah Republican Rep. Alex Rizo’s bid for the Senate now carries the blessing of the man poised to lead it and the chamber’s top designator of health and human services dollars. Senate President-designate Jim Boyd and Sen. Jay Trumbull are…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (372+ words) Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia is picking up a key endorsement in his campaign as the incumbent for the office in the Nov. 3 General Election. The Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is throwing its support behind Ingoglia. The Chamber…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (515+ words) Hialeah Republican Rep. Alex Rizo’s bid for Senate District 39 now carries support from Florida’s second-largest law enforcement union. The Florida State Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) this month gave Rizo, a six-year member of the House, an emphatic endorsement letter. Among…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (453+ words) Boynton Beach Commissioner Christina Romelus’ bid for the Palm Beach County School Board is gaining support from a local offshoot of the country’s largest feminist activist group. Women’s Issues NOW, a nonprofit created by the Palm Beach County chapter of…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (632+ words) Tiffany Moore Russell wants to be the next Orange County Mayor to stand up and defend the county government from the state eroding away local control. “It’s important that we protect home rule so we can make decisions about how…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (473+ words) A union representing some 4,000 firefighters and their families in the Sunshine State’s most populous region is throwing its collective weight behind Republican U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar’s re-election bid in Florida’s 27th Congressional District. Salazar’s campaign announced the endorsement from the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (957+ words) Coral Gables Commissioner Melissa Castro swore under penalty of perjury that her permit-expediting company has not pulled “a single permit” in the city since June 2024. Florida Commission on Ethics investigators then checked the city’s permit records. They found 132 permit applications…...