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Happytown: Florida Action Watch holds Koch Bros. Protest Highlight: Tea Party blogger calls Sentinel’s Scott Maxwell “rude, radical and unprofessional” | 5/22/2013
Happytown: Is the manufacturing sales tax cut constitutional? Bill passed with less than 2/3 required supermajority | 5/22/2013
Council watch Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don't have to | 5/22/2013
Happytown: Another Tallahassee Medicare scandal Feds sue hospice provider tied to Florida Senate President Don Gaetz for Medicare fraud | 5/15/2013
Happytown: Mother of all sick-time protests Advocates send Mother’s Day video to Gov. Rick Scott urging him to veto House Bill 655 | 5/15/2013
Lizz Winstead bites back The political pundit and creator of The Daily Show discusses the feminist elite, slut-shaming, and the difference between essay and memoir | 5/8/2013
Happytown: 2013 Legislative session draws to anticlimactic end State legislature fails to come up with plan for Medicaid expansion but at least it killed the parent-trigger bill | 5/8/2013
Council watch Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don't have to | 5/8/2013
Florida House rejects federal health care money Proposed House plan calls into question the possibility of a Senate compromise | 5/1/2013
More time for booze? Orlando drinking hours debate resurrected | 5/1/2013
Attorney John Morgan backs marijuana legalization Local celeb-attorney is new chair of statewide marijuana advocacy organization United for Care | 4/24/2013
Council watch Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don't have to | 4/24/2013
Final countdown in Tallahassee Measures being bandied about in state legislature as session winds down: sharia law, alimony and “unborn quick children” | 4/24/2013
Gun-control free zone State House passes memorial bill telling Congress that Florida will resist or overturn federal gun-control measures | 4/24/2013
Alan Grayson does a Reddit.com Ask Me Anything Congressman talks about Social Security cuts, refuses to post photo of himself with a cat | 4/17/2013
Obstinance-only medication State goes to ridiculous measures in efforts to thwart expansion of Medicaid | 4/17/2013
'Til Death Do Us Part... The battle for a statewide domestic-partnership registry isn’t just a policy fight. It’s personal. | 4/9/2013
'Til Death Do Us Part... “You need to stop lying. I’m not going anywhere, but I really need you to stop lying,” I told Alan, my partner of 11 years, while he sat in a... | 4/12/2013
Council watch Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don't have to | 4/10/2013
Happytown: Parent-trigger bill passes Florida House Proponents say law would give parents more power over failing schools; opponents say it’s an attack on public schools | 4/10/2013
Happytown: State House wants to block sick-time ordinances Florida House votes in favor of bill that would pre-empt sick time ordinances by invalidating them before they pass at local level | 4/10/2013
Orlando Weekly's guide to the 2013 Florida Film Festival Central Florida’s annual festival of film and food returns for its 22nd year | 4/3/2013
Bill of Goods Senate Bill 58 would prevent foreign or religious laws from being used in stat courts | 4/3/2013
Happytown: More state bills attack reproductive rights Three new initiatives clear Tallahassee subcommittees this session | 4/3/2013
Happytown: Tuition hike proposed for state schools House Speaker Will Weatherford suggests 6 percent increase for all public universities | 4/3/2013
Happytown: Healthy Kids program seen as replacement for Medicaid expansion Sen. Joe Stuart says proposal would save state $127 million | 3/27/2013
Council watch Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don't have to | 3/27/2013
Happytown: Gay men can't give blood Local man starts petition to change longstanding ban | 3/27/2013
Happytown: Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll's odd resignation Carroll's ties to a company that ran so-called internet cafes | 3/20/2013
Happytown: Koch Bros. want to buy Tribune If it's true, it could put Orlando Sentinel in the hands of conservative political dabblers | 3/20/2013
Bill of Goods Senate Bill 306 – Professional Sports Facilities | 3/20/2013
Bills of goods: Senate Bill 258 – Florida Clean Indoor Air Act Bill would allow municipalities to restrict smoking | 2/27/2013
Happytown: Dove World Outreach protests pansexuals at Firestone Religious zealots threaten to rain on pansexual parade | 3/13/2013
Happytown: Will Weatherford attacks state pensions and Medicaid New Florida House Speaker flails and flip-flops on his stance on critical safety-net issues | 3/13/2013
Happytown: Priorities of the People Town Hall Englewood Neighborhood Center hosts event to discuss issues that affect Florida's working class | 3/6/2013
Happytown: Rick Scott visits Beefy King Florida Governor visits Orlando, eats a sandwich, talks about education and sequestration | 3/6/2013
What's in store for Florida's 2013 legislative session Legislators prepare to duke it out over more of the same: abortion, workers' rights, education, voting issues and campaign finance reform | 3/6/2013
Happytown: Rick Scott's Medicaid about-face Governor's announcement that he's expanding Medicaid surprises and disappoints his supporters | 2/27/2013
Council watch Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don't have to | 2/27/2013
Happytown: Mark Schmidter in jail again Judge Belvin Perry puts Fully Informed Jury Association member back in jail for "jury tampering" | 2/27/2013
Charter Schools: still sucking after all these years Orange County School Board Chair Bill Sublette says 23 of 34 charter schools in county are "responsibly run" | 2/20/2013
Bills of Goods SB 872 – Animal shelters or animal control agencies | 2/20/2013
The latest on Orange County's texting scandal Will LOLTEXTGATE be Mayor Teresa Jacobs' lasting legacy | 2/20/2013
Bill of goods: HOUSE BILL 403 Bills filed for the 2013 legislative session in Tallahassee that we think you should know about | 2/13/2013
Happytown: Sen. Marco Rubio, Republican savior He loves Pitbull, state's rights and Jesus | 2/13/2013
Happytown: No sick time for you Bill proposed that would prevent municipalities from enforcing worker protections | 2/13/2013
Happytown: Fast tracking Florida foreclosures Tallahassee bill could put people at risk of not being able to fend off foreclosure | 2/13/2013
Council watch Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don't have to | 2/6/2013
Bill of goods: House Bill 325 – School Safety Bills filed for the 2013 legislative session in Tallahassee that we think you should know about | 2/6/2013
Happytown: DPAC/FTA call truce Two organizations strike agreement to work together | 2/6/2013
Happytown: Pam Bondi exposed? Mayor Buddy Dyer invites the state AG to take part in an undie run | 2/6/2013
Alt.pets Interviews with people who own unusual animals | 2/6/2013
Happytown: Orlando gets C-plus for transparency Florida PIRG says city could be better at making government docs and policies more accessible to public | 1/30/2013
Happytown: Mayor Buddy Dyer to run downtown in underpants Dyer joins Belle Isle Mayor Bill Brooks in a Cupid's Undie Run for Children's Tumor Foundation | 1/30/2013
Bill of goods: House Bill 325 – School Safety Bills filed for the 2013 Florida legislative session that we think you should know about | 1/30/2013
Council watch Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don't have to | 1/30/2013
DPAC's dramatic pause Performing arts center's public rift with local theater producer calls its mission into question | 1/22/2013
Happytown: Activists demand answers in texting scandal Petitions call for criminal investigation of actions of Orange County commissioners | 1/23/2013
Happytown: Gov. Scott's about face on voting fiasco Florida governor backs away from bill that made voting such a headache for voters in 2102 | 1/23/2013
Happytown: Domestic partnership bill introduced in state legislature Sen. Eleanor Sobel, D-Hollywood, introduces bill for consideration in 2013 session | 1/16/2013
Council watch Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don't have to | 1/16/2013
Read our lips: New taxes in 2013 An epic fall off the fiscal cliff has been averted, but your taxes are still going up | 1/9/2013
Same text, different day Orange County LOLtextgate case reveals more business as usual | 1/9/2013
Remakin' Plakon Everybody's favorite ousted legislator, former Rep. Scott Plakon, is planning his return to politics | 1/9/2013
Alan Jordan, Sept. 20, 1962-April 8, 2012 Husband of Orlando Weekly's Billy Manes, dreamer | 1/2/2013
Dr. Richard Isay, Dec. 13, 1934-June 28, 2012 Revolutionary psychiatrist and gay-rights champion | 1/2/2013
Happytown: One out of five Florida nursing homes on state watch list Families for Better Care says there should be more public outrage about nursing-home oversight | 1/2/2013
Happy New Year, Gov. Rick Scott Governor rings in 2013 with dismal poll numbers | 1/2/2013
Happytown Sad-song saga of the gold-plated Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts | 12/26/2012
Local anesthesia Ten stories that rocked Central Florida in 2012 | 12/26/2012
Council watch Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don't have to | 12/26/2012
Happytown: Guns in our dumb state Florida gloats about gun ownership as another mass tragedy hurts the nation | 12/19/2012
Last Minute Gift Guide: Rock & Roll Heaven Just because you're an old drunk, it doesn't mean you're off the hook | 12/19/2012
Happytown: Ken Detzner is listening That voting reform law that ruined everything may have come from a bad place | 12/19/2012
Tallahassee's conflicted interests Why real ethics reform will never happen in Florida | 12/19/2012
Happytown: Merry Charlie Crist-mas, Democrats! To absolutely noone's surprise, former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist makes the official announcement that he's changing parties | 12/12/2012
Happytown: Florida Family Policy Council protests public school nondiscrimination policy John Stemberger's conservative organization says Orange County's attempt to be inclusive will lead to crossdressing and pedophilia in public schools | 12/12/2012
Happytown: More Affordable Care Act foot-dragging Health care advocates draft letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Katherine Sibelius urging feds to force Florida to take part in federal exchange | 12/5/2012
Happytown: Bright Futures security breach Private information belonging to nearly 200,000 students eligible for Bright Futures scholarships exposed in October | 12/5/2012
Happytown: Orange County Textgate continues Electronically challenged county still clinging to public records kept on commissioners' cell phones | 12/5/2012
Council watch Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don't have to | 12/5/2012
Happytown: Ethical quandaries Republican Party of Florida continues to implode and hell freezes over as League of Women Voters praises Republican leadership in Tallhassee | 11/28/2012
Happytown: A requieum for a Twinkie, more on elections aftermath Hostess goes out of business and takes 280 Orlando jobs with it, Gov. Rick Scott demands some answers about who made this elections mess, the final tallies on the amendment votes | 11/20/2012
Happytown: Poor Rich White Lady and Dorworth's out the door A Q&A with the worried woman who fretted on your TV all during campaign season; a recount votes state Rep. Chris Dorworth out of office | 11/14/2012
Council watch Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don't have to | 11/7/2012
Happytown: Endorsements Read our picks for this political season, then go vote like your life depends on it | 10/31/2012
The Amendments Our guide to the confusing mess of constitutional amendments appearing on your ballot | 10/31/2012
Whistlestops: Karen Castor Dentel vs. Scott Plakon and Linda Stewart vs. Bob Brooks Two prominent state House races frame the current disparity between left and right | 10/24/2012
Happytown: Bogus ballots in Palm Beach County, Dems name Rep. Scott Randolph to replace Earl K. Wood on the ballot Like so many abacuses rattling our anxious dreams, we're finding the calculations leading up to Votepocalypse Now more confusing and volatile with each day we... | 10/24/2012
Council watch Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don't have to | 10/24/2012
Kaleigh Baker is back in town She's got a new backing band and a more mature sound, and she's bringing it to the Beacham to play a show with Thomas Wynn and the Believers and... | 10/17/2012
Republican challenger William McBride takes on state Rep. Darren Soto Senate District 14 candidates lean toward caution and constituent ethnicity, at least on the surface | 10/17/2012
Happytown: The Home Defenders League tackles foreclosure in east Orlando and Tom Perriello tackles Mitt Romney's math We're all poor now! | 10/17/2012
Happytown: Orange County's LOLTEXTGATE The county accidentally sends Mayor Teresa Jacobs' private texts to a 'Sentinel' reporter, then gets mad at the reporter for reporting on them | 10/10/2012
Council watch Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don't have to | 10/3/2012
The Center prepares for growth Orlando's LGBT community center brings in new blood and broader attitudes to prepare for a presence beyond the 'gay' label | 10/3/2012
Happytown: Saunders vs. Peña Democrat Joe Saunders faces Republican opponent Marco Peña in the race for newly drawn state House District 49 | 10/3/2012
Happytown: Orange County man cited for not hooking up to OUC; scientists create bullet-detection technology. Orange County doesn't want you going off the grid and Weapon Detect doesn't want you bringing loaded guns into public spaces. | 9/26/2012
Happytown: Rick Scott's listening tour, Digital Domain goes bankrupt Gov. Rick Scott visits Fern Creek Elementary and Digital Domain sinks like the Titanic | 9/19/2012
Album Reviews Reviews of albums by Band of Horses, Dinosaur Jr., and Pet Shop Boys | 9/19/2012

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