June 2016 - Orlando Rising

Anderson Cooper talks about Pam Bondi interview during Orlando benefit

06/30/2016

Anderson Cooper said he had every right to ask Attorney General Pam Bondi about her stance on gay marriage during an Orlando interview earlier this month. “I wasn’t asking her about things she had done a year ... Read More

Logs show Pulse victims begged for help as bodies went numb

Associated Press

06/30/2016

Our Politics

Emergency call logs released Thursday show that victims of the Pulse shooting in Orlando pleaded with sheriff's deputies and dispatchers to save them as they described losing their breath and feeling their bodi... Read More

Abortion, budget, tax cuts among new Florida laws

Phil Ammann

06/30/2016

Our State

Florida legislators passed 279 bills during this year's session three months ago, and 162 of them take effect on Friday with the start of the state's fiscal year, affecting school choice, abortion, tax cuts and... Read More

Alan Grayson campaign to run bus tour, emphasize engagement with voters

Scott Powers

06/30/2016

Our State

The U.S. Senate campaign of Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson has released what it calls an internal stretch-run strategy memo that pushes a "Barnstorming Bus Tour" and as much direct engagement as possible wit... Read More

Two big Orlando relief funds to merge efforts

Scott Powers

06/30/2016

Our Politics

The two big relief funds set up to help victims and families devastated by the June 12 Pulse massacre have agreed to a partnership that will disperse the money in a unified process. OneOrlando, the fund set up... Read More

Local activists spread the word on problems posed by abortion bill

Larry Griffin

06/30/2016

Our Politics

On Thursday afternoon, LaQuinta Alexander with local activist groups Organize Now and Florida Institute for Reform and Empowerment (F.I.R.E.) traversed the Lynx bus stop station downtown with her associates, ha... Read More

Monthly Archives 06/30/2016

Anderson Cooper talks about Pam Bondi interview during Orlando benefit

Logs show Pulse victims begged for help as bodies went numb

Abortion, budget, tax cuts among new Florida laws

Alan Grayson campaign to run bus tour, emphasize engagement with voters

Two big Orlando relief funds to merge efforts

Local activists spread the word on problems posed by abortion bill