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Local Government
Orlando City Council approved a plan to stick the public with the entire bill for $9 million in improvements that Universal Orlando wants.
Orlando SentinelHow can “we” have all the money we need in government to keep buying nice things, but “we” can’t afford the basics?
Florida TodayLeesburg wants a training center for firefighters that duplicates one available for their use and already paid for by taxpayers across the county.
Lake SentinelIt's possible local governments could use naming rights to bring in millions of dollars over time.
Daytona Beach News-JournalSanford welcomed its third police chief in little more than two years, on Monday swearing in Cecil Smith.
Orlando SentinelFlorida Legislature
Lawmakers have said some of their constituents feared the police would use drones to spy on legitimate and peaceful political gatherings.
Daytona Beach News-JournalA bill that tries to prohibit Islamic and foreign laws from affecting Florida court rulings — is now gaining steam.
Orlando SentinelLegislators are taking another run at gutting the organization that governs high school sports in Florida.
Orlando SentinelFew legislative proposals in recent years have simultaneously generated as much ardor and animus as a school-reform proposal.
Orlando SentinelEnvironment
Miami Corp. has dedicated more than 41,000 acres of conservation land to the counties, Florida Audubon and St. Johns River Water Management District
Florida TodayCongress
The message to Republicans in Congress is, "If you want this type of budget restraint, you have to raise some more taxes."
Daytona Beach News-JournalCourts
A bill that tries to prohibit Islamic and foreign laws from affecting Florida court rulings — is now gaining steam.
Orlando SentinelGambling
The Florida Senate passed a proposal that would outlaw the euphemistically named strip-mall casinos that suck in patrons with virtual slot machines.
Orlando SentinelSports
Legislators are taking another run at gutting the organization that governs high school sports in Florida.
Orlando SentinelEconomy
Volusia County's unemployment was 7.6 percent in February, down from 9.5 percent a year earlier.
Daytona Beach News-JournalK-12 Education
Few legislative proposals in recent years have simultaneously generated as much ardor and animus as a school-reform proposal.
Orlando SentinelEvaluations need to be fair and make sense, otherwise, the reformers who have moved this state toward accountability are fighting an uphill battle.
Orlando Sentinel
Letter To The Editor
The president has never had to make a payroll, match the...
Daytona Beach News-Journal
I think he is in favor of Obamacare because it will force more and more people to his palliative care facility as well as hospice facilities...
Daytona Beach News-Journal
It was good to hear that the St. Johns River Water Management District has agreed to hold one meeting in DeLand to discuss its land review process...
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Op Ed
It has always been my understanding that government's role was to provide security, defense and infrastructure. When did it become government's...
Orlando Sentinel
