SunRail could eat into future local road funds
By Dan Tracy Orlando Sentinel Florida has come up with a new plan to cover possible cost overruns from operating the $1.2 billion SunRail commuter train that is supposed to run through Central...
View ArticleSegal feels their pain, Stewart back to school in Orange mayor race
Orange County’s mayoral candidates hustled in different directions Monday on the last day before tomorrow’s primary election, with one trying to feel the pain of the unemployed, another catching...
View ArticleRick Scott listens to local lawmakers’ wants, hears “jobs”
Florida governor-elect Rick Scott spent much of his time at the Republican Party of Florida’s quarterly meeting this weekend meeting with Central Florida state lawmakers, some of them for the first...
View ArticleBuddy Dyer prods Rick Scott on SunRail
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer met with Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday, hoping to convince the governor to support Central Florida’s SunRail commuter system. Scott has delayed a decision on whether to fund the...
View ArticleTweeting their support of SunRail
A Twitter account called @SaveSunRail is trying to drum up some electronic buzz this afternoon for the now-delayed commuter rail project in Central Florida. Earlier today, the account sent out this...
View ArticleMaxwell: Gov. Scott’s “Re-inventing Rick Tour” could save SunRail
Columnist Scott Maxwell says: For rail watchers, this is a suspense-filled week. Will Gov. Rick Scott keep or kill SunRail? Obviously if Scott were a man of his word, he would kill it. He promised to...
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Photos, Video: LaHood signs off on SunRail
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood made it official, Monday, authorizing $77 million in federal funding for the SunRail commuter rail project, during a sun-scorched signing ceremony at Florida...
View ArticleNearly half of Orange voters confuse high-speed rail and SunRail
Federal officials turned $78 million in funds loose for the new $1.2 billion SunRail commuter train Monday, but it looks like a lot of Orange County voters may have been confusing it with the more...
View ArticleDean Cannon taps Matt Falconer for gov’t efficiency panel
Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, has tapped current and former lawmakers for his appointments to a Government Efficiency Task Force, along with former mayoral candidate Matthew...
View ArticleMayor Buddy Dyer touts Orlando’s diversification in HuffPo
Mayor Buddy Dyer praised the diversification of Orlando’s economy in a guest column posted Wednesday by the Huffington Post. Dyer writes that “transformational projects,” namely Medical City, Creative...
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