Rep. Doug Bankson won re-election to Florida House District 39 by defeating Marsha Summersill with 53% of the vote.

Both candidates, incumbent Rep. Doug Bankson (Republican) and challenger Marsha Summersill (Democrat) have ties to Apopka, and the district itself entails all of the city, which is the lynchpin to victory.

A recent survey found 69% of American adults are seriously stressed about the 2024 presidential election.

In what became known as the largest incident of Election Day violence in U.S. history, the tragedy in Ocoee stands as a stark reminder of the racist barriers Black voters faced as they attempted to exercise their basic right to vote.

It has become virtually impossible for pastors and rabbis to publicly apply social values to the world in which we live without political repercussions.

Florida has one of the most comprehensive laws to deal with election emergencies of this sort because it faces them frequently.

The executive order includes counties affected by Hurricane Milton and Helene. Orange County is included. on that list.

The complaint argues that state leaders’ refusal to extend the voter registration deadline in response to two life-threatening natural disasters in the final days of the voter registration period makes it impossible or difficult to register to vote by the October 7th deadline.

Criticism of Summersill's $13,200 PPP loan is surprising since Bankson also utilized the program. In April 2020, Victory Church World Outreach Center in Apopka, where Bankson is the lead pastor and founder, received a $207,000 PPP loan.

A press conference on Wednesday, October 2, at 10:00 a.m. at Hope CommUnity Center in Apopka kicks off this initiative.

Doug Bankson is the incumbent first-term representative of District 39 who spent six years on the Apopka City Council and won his seat in the Florida Legislature in 2022.

The DeSantis administration portrays the proposed changes as an attempt to make the parks more accessible.

In partnership with the City of Winter Park, the City of Orlando, and the League of Women Voters, Orange County will collect campaign signs to be used as a cleaner energy source.