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Florida Gov. DeSantis and Disney settle ongoing legal feud
The settlement also came as the district board on Wednesday appointed Stephanie Kopelousos to the $400,000-a-year position as district administrator
By Jim Turner, the News Service of Florida
Tags: Orlando Area News, Orlando Theme Parks, Ron DeSantis, Ron DeSantis, Disney World, Disney World lawsuit, Orlando theme parks
Icon Park’s Wheel renamed Orlando Eye in Merlin Entertainments purchase
What goes around comes back around
By Sarah Harwell
Tags: Orlando Area News, Orlando Theme Parks, Icon Park, Orlando Eye, The Wheel, Orlando theme parks, Orlando attractions
Orange County taxpayers will have to cover OnePulse’s unpaid property tax bill
'The OnePulse foundation took advantage of us, the victims and survivors of the shooting, and now they are taking full advantage of Orange County taxpayers,' said one shooting survivor.
By McKenna Schueler
Tags: Orlando Area News, Pulse, OnePulse, Pulse shooting, pulse nightclub, pulse Orlando, Pulse museum, Pulse memorial Orlando, Orlando Pulse memorial, Barbara Poma
Wells Fargo workers in Central Florida vote to unionize
Employees at a Wells Fargo branch in Apopka voted unanimously to join Wells Fargo Workers United
Tags: Orlando Area News, Labor, Wells Fargo union, Wells Fargo Apopka, Apopka union, Apopka Wells Fargo union, union Wells Fargo, bank union, banking union, Communications Workers of America, CWA union, Wells Fargo union Florida
Orlando named top city for sports events in the U.S.
Mayor Buddy Dyer's been right all along
By Chloe Greenberg
Tags: Orlando Area News, Orlando Sports, Orlando sports, Mayor Buddy Dyer, Sports Business Journal, 2024 Best Sports Business Cities
Orange County launches new fentanyl test strip program to help curb drug overdose
Project leaders plan to distribute test strips at bars downtown and during events deemed high-risk, like music festivals
Tags: Orlando Area News, Health, Orange County, opioids, fentanyl test strips, Project Opioid, Largest Heart, Dr. Thomas Hall, Orange County opioid settlement funds, opioid settlement funds, overdose, fentanyl overdose, get help for overdose
Walgreens to close Orlando distribution center, lay off hundreds
Employees are expected to be laid off in May
Tags: Orlando Area News, Walgreens, Walgreens layoffs, Walgreens Orlando layoffs, Walgreens layoffs distribution center, Walgreens distribution center layoffs
Florida metro areas are fastest growing in the nation, U.S. Census Bureau says
The Villages retirement community area ranked highest
By News Service of Florida
Tags: Orlando Area News, Florida metro areas, Florida communities, Florida population rates
University of Central Florida students advocate for free emergency contraception on campus
Students secured their first victory when the administration lowered the cost of generic Plan B to $6.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Health, Plan B, emergency contraception, EC vending machines, birth control, University of Central Florida, UCF, UCF Plan B, YDSA, UCF YDSA, Young Democratic Socialists of American, abortion
Orlando's Maxwell Frost among Florida congressmen to vote 'no' on measure banning TikTok
'This legislation is an infringement of our constitutional right to freedom of speech,' Frost said
By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix
Tags: Orlando Area News, Maxwell Frost, Tik Tok ban, Slideshow
13-year-old boy arrested during protest over vegan milk in a Winter Garden Starbucks
The boy is still in police custody
By Alexandra Sullivan
Tags: Orlando Area News, Orlando arrest, PETA, Starbucks, Winter Garden Starbucks
Orange County school district agrees to delay health insurance hikes, raise pay for school staff
The district reached a tentative agreement with the local teachers' union after a nearly nine-hour public hearing Tuesday
Tags: Orlando Area News, Education, Labor, Orange County teachers union, OCPS, OCCTA, teachers union, contract negotiations, Orange County Classroom Teachers Association, Florida teachers
HCA nurses in Central Florida rally for hospital improvements as union contract talks kick off
The primary issue nurses hope to bring attention to is short-staffing
Tags: Orlando Area News, Health, HCA, National Nurses United, HCA Osceola, HCA Lake Monroe, Sanford hospital, nurses union, Florida nurses, safe staffing, nurse union Florida
DeSantis taps Disney district chief Glen Gilzean as Orange County supervisor of elections
'This is an extremely important job that is now in the hands of a DeSantis loyalist,' Frost wrote
Tags: Orlando Area News, Glen Gilzean, Ron DeSantis, Disney World, Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, Orange County supervisor of elections
Universal Orlando unveils new details about DreamWorks Land opening this summer
Shrek’s swamp, a Trolls-themed coaster, Kung Fu training camp and more
Tags: Orlando Area News, Orlando Theme Parks, Universal Orlando, Dreamworks Land, Orlando theme parks, Orlando amusement parks, Slideshow
Orlando officials confirm Lake Eola Swans are dying from bird flu
Four swans have been found dead in the past two weeks
Tags: Orlando Area News, Environment, Swans, Lake Eola, Lake Eola Park, Orlando swans, Bird flu
Orange County school board and teachers' union spar over start time for impasse hearing on health insurance rate hike
The board says teachers won't be able to talk during the hearing anyway, while the union argues that teachers still deserve the right to be there
Tags: Orlando Area News, Education, Labor, Orange Classroom Teachers Association, Orange County teachers union, Orange CTA, OCTA, Orange County School Board, OCPS, union impasse, Orange County impasse
Wells Fargo workers at Apopka bank file petition to unionize
It's the second Wells Fargo branch in Florida to petition for union representation
Tags: Orlando Area News, Labor, Wells Fargo union, bank union, Wells Fargo bank union, bank workers union, Wells Fargo union Florida, Florida Wells Fargo, Florida Wells Fargo union, Orlando Wells Fargo union, Orlando union Wells Fargo, Apopka union Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo Apopka union
Orlando nonprofit Skate Bud looks to expand and improve Florida’s skateparks for youth
Their Legalize Wheels initiative works with local governments to help empower at-risk kids
Tags: Orlando Area News, Orlando Sports, Skate Bud, at risk youth, youth development, Orange County, Zach Moldof, Florida skateparks, Orlando skateparks, Legalize Wheels
Orange County poised to use federal pandemic relief funds to cancel medical debt
If approved, Orange County would be the first county in Florida to move forward with such an initiative.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Health, medical debt, Orange County medical debt, RIP Medical Debt, Orlando medical debt, medical debt relief, Florida medical debt relief, Florida medical debt, help for medical debt, medical debt cancellation
Orlando City Council likely to extend moratorium on new nightclubs downtown
It's likely that no new nightclubs will be coming to downtown Orlando for at least another six months.
Tags: Orlando Area News, orlando downtown, downtown Orlando, downtown Orlando nightclubs, Orlando nightclubs, Orlando nightclub moratorium, nightclub moratorium, Orlando night life
Orlando International Airport sees union flight attendants rally for fair contracts, against corporate greed
The action comes as over two-thirds of U.S. flight attendants are in negotiations for new union contracts
Tags: Orlando Area News, Labor, Orlando Florida, MCO, Orlando International Airport, Orlando flights, flight attendants, union action, strike for fair pay, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA Local 22, Transport Workers Union Local 579, Association of Professional Flight Attendants, federal Railway Labor Act
New Disney World ride Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will open this summer
A first look at the Tiana animatronic was also revealed
Tags: Orlando Area News, Orlando Theme Parks, Disney World, Tiana's Bayou Adventure, Disney attractions, Orlando news, Slideshow
Orange County teachers shouldn’t be forced to pay higher health insurance premiums, special magistrate rules
The school district had proposed raising the cost of health insurance by 64%, according to the union
Tags: Orlando Area News, Education, Labor, orange county schools, OCPS, Orange County Public Schools, Orange CTA, Orange County teachers union, teachers union, OCTA, Orange County union
Community activists Save Orange County share lessons from the latest war with developers over the Econlockhatchee River
To beat powerful and well-funded opponents, they had to be persistent
By Craig Pittman
Tags: Orlando Area News, Environment, Florida developers, Econ River, Econlockhatchee, St. Johns River, East Orange County, Pulte Homes, Sustanee, Sustany, The Grow Florida,, Emily Bonilla, Kelly Semrad, Columnar Holdings LLC, Rolling R Ranch, Orange County Commission, Ag Carbon Solutions, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Cover Story
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