Redistricting maps will spur big changes in Central Florida

Posted by Orlando News Center on Feb 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment

February 11, 2012|By Aaron Deslatte, Tallahassee Bureau Chief TALLAHASSEE — There is one undisputed fact in Florida's contested redistricting fight: The new legislative and congressional maps lawmakers have approved are destined to make changes large and small to politics across the map. in Central... 

U.S. Hispanics Choose Churches Outside Catholicism

Posted by Orlando News Center on Oct 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Courtesy of Miriam Acosta The Rev. Wilfredo de Jesus delivers a sermon at the New Life Covenant Church in Chicago. the church has grown from a congregation of dozens to thousands of families in just a few years. As their numbers grow, Latinos are not only changing where... 

Central Florida Hispanic growth key to state’s two new congressional districts – Hispanosphere – Orlando Sentinel

Posted by Orlando News Center on Jan 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment

If there’s power in numbers Hispanics in Central Florida have amassed quite a bit in the last decade. their numbers have grown by 70 percent and now they top 900,000 in the I-4 corridor.the question now is how to turn that...