Corrine Brown

TALLAHASSEE – Democratic U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown was being facetious when she described her meandering congressional district stretching from Jacksonville to Gainesville, Sanford and the outskirts of Orlando as the "most popular" in America. But...

First of two parts Feeling overwhelmed by all this talk of redistricting? Well, the topic may sound complex, even boring. But you have a lot at stake. That's why I've produced: "Lies, secrets and shenanigans: The top 10 ways redistricting affects...

Mike Ertel, the ever-helpful elections supervisor in Seminole County, has looked at the proposed congressional and Senate redistricting maps put out today by the Senate Reapportionment Committee and produced a quick look at how his home county would be...

The Florida Senate's Reapportionment Committee released its long-awaited maps drawing new districts for the state Senate and adding two congressional seats to Florida's existing 25.  Eyeballing the congressional maps (available here), there are some major...

Scott Powers reports from Orlando International Airport that President Barack Obama touched down on Air Force One at 5 p.m. He was greet by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and veteran Democratic U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown of Jacksonville. Dyer was to give him a...

TALLAHASSEE –  At a Florida redistricting hearing in Jacksonville Monday, Democratic U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown called her meandering congressional district — stretching from the First Coast to Gainesville and touching Orlando — the “...

Car-crazy Los Angeles may get one of the nation's most extensive bikeway systems, according to the L.A. Daily News. Click here to read more. The mayor famously took a fall last year and broke an elbow after a taxi pulled in front of his bike. Meanwhile,...

Some notable moments at the kick-off event for SunRail at Florida Hospital's main campus in Orlando: State transportation chief Ananth Prasad, who with Gov. Rick Scott needlessly held up the commuter-train project for months, called Monday's gathering...

WASHINGTON — Don't like the Fair Districts amendments that passed last year? Disagree with how the provisions would push the Florida state legislature to create congressional districts that attempt to limit political influence and respect geographic...

By Scott Powers, Orlando Sentinel Calling Florida “ground zero” in a national war against voters' rights, the Rev. Jesse Jackson urged people rallying in an Orlando church Monday night to fight new voting laws approved by the state Legislature...

When the Legislature's redistricting committee heard public testimony at the Bob Carr Center in Orlando Wednesday, one local lawmaker was notable by his absence: House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park. Cannon's spokeswoman had said he stayed away so...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and congressional leaders may have sketched out a debt deal on Sunday, but that doesn't mean it'll be rubber-stamped by Congress — particularly in the House where fiscal hawks and liberal Democrats stand...