Dean Cannon

There's a new No. 1 this year. But before we get to him, let's first reveal the others who topped this year's list of "The 25 Most Powerful People in Central Florida." The top 10 includes three business executives, two mayors, two members of Congress, one...

Mike: Legislative sessions usually get as much attention as PBS documentaries. But that was before Rick Scott became the skinniest 800-pound gorilla ever to hit Tallahassee. We've never seen anything like this. No allegiances. No loyalties. No friends....

Florida House Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, and Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, served notice Wednesday they won't be calling lawmakers back to the state capital to work on a response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Cretul sent a...

The Rick Scott campaign has released a list of chairs and co-chairs that includes virtually every Republican member of Florida's congressional delegation and the Legislature. But there are a couple of notable exceptions: U.S. Rep. C.W. (Bill) Young of...

By Rene Stutzman, Orlando Sentinel Incoming- Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon will not sit down this morning in a law office in Orlando, take an oath to tell the truth then answer hard questions about his role in firing deposed Florida GOP Chairman Jim...

Mark Schlueb just filed this report Orlando's Democratic mayor, Buddy Dyer, has ditched party loyalty and urged voters to support Republican state Rep. Dean Cannon's re-election campaign — in a campaign mailer paid for by the Republican Party of...

Florida Republicans are poised to boost their numbers in the Florida Legislature, where they were already the comfortable majority party. Into the evening Tuesday, the GOP appeared on the verge of growing its presence in the 40-member state Senate from 26...

Central Florida's legislative incumbents kicked some serious tail yesterday, even those who weren't facing token opposition from an NPA or a Tea Party candidate. Consider: Eric Eisnaugle – 60 percent; Mike Horner – 61 percent; Steve Precourt...

TALLAHASSEE — In advance of his election as House Speaker on Tuesday, Winter Park Republican Dean Cannon was formally voted in as leader of the House Republican caucus Monday afternoon. And he used the occasion on the House floor to urg...

TALLAHASSEE — House Speaker Dean Cannon just talked to reporters briefly about his remarks bashing a majority of the Florida Supreme Court, which earlier this year removed three legislatively drawn constitutional amendments from the ballot. Cannon,...

He may have lost his bid for attorney general, but former state Sen. Dan Gelber apparently has no intention of going quietly back into private practice. In a blog post today — e-mailed by his campaign's press secretary, Christian Ulvert —...

Sen. Marco Rubio is a guest on "Central Florida Spotlight" this weekend. He will discuss government debt and entitlement reform....