Rick Scott Still Rich, GOP Out of Money
Despite Republican Rick Scott’s near $50 million expenditure to secure his party’s gubernatorial nomination, he remains a wealth man. But, an irony looms: The Florida GOP is almost broke.
Despite Republican Rick Scott’s near $50 million expenditure to secure his party’s gubernatorial nomination, he remains a wealth man. But, an irony looms: The Florida GOP is almost broke.
After declining for the first time since the end of World War II, Florida’s population increased modestly by more than 21,000 residents between 2009 and 2010, the University of Florida said today.
Orange County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the near drowning of a toddler who fell into a pool on west Oak Ridge Road on Thursday evening. Although the child responded to resuscitation efforts, his final condition and likelihood of recovery is unknown at this time.
In marking the end of the American combat mission in Iraq, we have now welcomed home nearly 100,000 of our troops from that war. Across the country, family and friends have honored these returning heroes. Spouses have been reunited, and military moms and dads have held their children once again.
Linda Landman-Gonzalez, vice president of community relations and government affairs for the Orlando Magic, was the named the 2010 Osceola Hispanic Business Council’s Amigo Award winner at the 12th annual Gala Osceola on Saturday August 21, 2010.
Orlando Police officers are searching for a man wearing a long-sleeve shirt and black tie, who robbed a Trustco Bank at gunpoint on Leevista Boulevard around 3:30 pm on Thursday.
Construction of the new Evans High School is moving ahead with the erection of tilt-wall panels currently taking place. With a price tag of of $74.9 million, the new facility which is being built on the existing campus, is expected to open in January 2012.
In an effort to counter the prescription drug addiction epidemic, the Florida Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (FSIPP), with endorsements from the FMA, and the FSAM, launched a statewide community campaign called The Pain Truth, on September 1. Recent data from the Florida Medical Examiner shows residents are dying at a rate of at least 7 per day as a result of prescription drug abuse.
Billionaire Jeff Greene, who was unsuccessful in the race for the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee says, he’ll sue the St. Petersburg Times and Miami Herald, as the papers’ stories cost him his bid.
The driver of a tractor trailer on State Road 60, who lost control near the entrance to the Turnpike in Osceola County, killed an Orlando mother and toddler in a Chevy pickup on Wednesday evening.
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