Endorsement: Send John Lowndes to fight for locals in the Senate
A Google search for John Lowndes turns up two very different results: One for Maitland’s mayor, a popular elected leader in a small but prosperous Florida town since 2013. The…
Guest Commentary: Amendment 3 signals a tax shift, not a tax cut
The president emerita of the League of Women Voters of Orange County writes in opposition of Amendment 3, which would shift property taxes away from local rule and toward a…
Maxwell: Scandal-plagued Uthmeier has never been elected. He never should be.
Maxwell: Florida’s unelected attorney general, James Uthmeier, has been surrounded by scandal from the moment he was appointed to the job. Floridians deserve better.
Guest Commentary: Democrats should be rushing to convert more Trump skeptics
The most important measure to watch in the campaign’s final weeks is how Democratic candidates are performing among voters who disapprove of President Donald Trump.
Maxwell: Florida sheriffs, fiscal watchdogs say Amendment 3 is a misleading, financial disaster
Maxwell: Florida sheriffs have been among the loudest critics of Amendment 3, saying the proposed property tax cut would gut public safety budgets and increase response times. Conservative fiscal watchdogs…
Guest Commentary: Orange’s next mayor must lead region’s economic future
The CEO of Orlando's economic development driver says job creation, downtown revitalization and SunRail are among the challenges the next mayor of Orange County will face.
Endorsements: Taddeo for CFO, Atkins for Ag Commissioner
Florida’s state Cabinet is chosen by voters, not its governor — at least, that’s the way it’s supposed to be. Currently, two of the four positions onthe Cabinet were picked…
Editorial: Three Congressional races seek to flip the script
This has been a weird year for congressional politics in Florida — starting with the indefensible action, driven by Gov. Ron DeSantis at the behest of President Donald Trump, to…
Maxwell: Faith-based voucher schools can reject students with disabilities in Florida
Maxwell: A dirty little secret about school “choice” in Florida is that many families of students with disabilities actually have very few choices. Faith-based schools in Florida are allowed to…
Endorsement: Vote “no” on Amendments 1 and 2
If you want to know what hypocrisy in action looks like, take a good look at these proposed constitutional amendments on Florida’s general-election ballot.