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Orlando debuts new free self-driving SWAN shuttles in downtown’s Creative Village
If the pilot program is successful, the shuttles could be expanded throughout Orlando
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Orlando Area News reports on politics, community issues, crime, and local stories shaping daily life across Central Florida.
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There might be a new 14-story high-rise in Ivanhoe Village’s future
Is bigger even better?
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Orlando abortion clinic hit with $193K fine over waiting period law
The massive judgment ‘would likely force the Center of Orlando for Women into bankruptcy or closure’
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Gov. DeSantis says he’s ‘moved on’ from feud with Disney, wants company to drop lawsuit
‘I’m not fine with giving extraordinary privileges, you know, to one special company at the exclusion of everybody else,’ DeSantis said.
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All of Florida’s major theme parks saw drops in attendance last quarter. Why?
Well, Florida, among other things
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After DeSantis suspends Worrell, her chief of staff is fired while on maternity leave
Law enforcement showed up at Keisha Mulfort’s doorstep the day after DeSantis issued an executive order suspending state attorney Monique Worrell
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Orlando Weekly is now part of Chava Communications
Leaving the Euclid Media Group fold, four publications and experienced leadership create a new thing
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CEO Bob Iger says Disney World business has slackened amid a ‘softening’ of tourism
Iger didn’t address the entertainment giant’s continuing fight with Gov. Ron DeSantis
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‘Power to performers’: SAG-AFTRA members rally in Orlando amid ongoing actors’ strike
‘We’re not going to get on the screen until they show us the green, and that’s how it’s going to go down’
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Orlando community plans rally in protest of State Attorney Monique Worrell’s suspension
‘I am your duly elected state attorney and nothing done by a weak dictator can change that,’ Worrell declared Wednesday.
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No personal helicopters: Orange County considers ways to expand addiction services using opioid settlement funds
The county will get $26 million over the next six years alone, most of which must be used to directly combat the epidemic
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspends Orlando state attorney Monique Worrell, citing ‘neglect of duty and incompetence’
It’s the second time this year DeSantis has booted an elected state attorney
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State Attorney Monique Worrell decries police union criticism following shooting of Orlando officers
Yes, he was out on bond, Worrell said, but bond in Orange County is not determined by her office
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Lake County says ‘And Tango Makes Three’ is no longer banned from schools, wants lawsuit tossed out
The lawsuit alleges the district violated First Amendment rights when it removed the book, which is about a penguin family
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Orlando union buster Labor Pros has a history of skirting federal law
As the consultancy firm shows, flouting labor law is lucrative, it’s easy, and there are very few repercussions
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Orange County School Board approves new policy to completely ban cell phone use in schools
The ban comes just days before the new school year
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TableTalk begets civilized face-to-face conversations on flashpoint topics
It’s a concept that feels almost radical in our age of noxious political discourse
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Orlando Magic, Full Sail University CEO among donors funding DeSantis super PAC
Political action committee Never Back Down posted its finances for the first time
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Vice President Kamala Harris sets some things straight in Orlando today
Harris most recently appeared in Jacksonville to criticize Florida’s controversial new Black history curriculum
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Church Street Market retail space announces new tenants, including SAK Comedy Lab
New businesses will be opening over the next six months