Politics

Ocoee’s “proven operative” has spent her life expanding voting opportunities for communities of color.

In a first, the town commission will not nominate the next commissioner to fill seat.

“The idea is to protect the city's neutrality with respect to political campaigns.”

Changes would allow commission to assert its authority, determine candidate qualifications and prevent future candidates from running for seats vacated in the same term.

Winter Garden, Ocoee, Oakland, Windermere could benefit without joining lawsuit.

Mayor John Rees admits hearing is not about threats to terminate city staff.

“This is our moment to reclaim our democracy.” 

CAIR has long positioned itself as the premier Muslim civil rights organization, but a new report from George Washington University traces the group's beginnings to a 1993 Hamas activist meeting in a Philadelphia hotel conference room.

“This is not the purview of the state government. It is the purview of the federal government.”

Student scholarships and an addiction awareness program may see the benefits if bills for two new specialty license plates are passed.