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Florida’s brutal drought worsens; Orlando has hottest start to year on record

ORLANDO, Fla. — With less than 2 inches of rain this year, Orlando is enduring its second driest stretch from Jan. 1 to April 5 since the late 1800s and also its hottest on record for that period.

Orlando Sentinel

Gov. DeSantis’ new Reedy Creek board says Disney stripped its power

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ handpicked board overseeing Disney World’s government services is gearing up for a potential legal battle over a 30-year development agreement they say effectively renders them powerless to manage the entertainment giant’s future growth in Central Florida.

Orlando Sentinel

After DeSantis tussle, Disney World will host a major summit on gay rights

The Walt Disney Company will host a major conference promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in the workplace in Central Florida this September, gathering executives and professionals from the world’s largest companies in a defiant display of the limits of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign against diversity training.

Miami Herald

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Pat Schroeder, a pioneering female member of Congress, dies. She was 82

ORLANDO, Fla. — Pat Schroeder, a Colorado congresswoman, presidential candidate and longtime Central Florida resident, died Monday. She was 82.

Orlando Sentinel

Central Florida homes on state-run Citizens Insurance shoot up by 159%

Jeremy Seghers didn’t have much of a choice about moving his home insurance to the state-run insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance. His broker explained it was the only policy he could get after his previous company, Southern Fidelity Insurance, was liquidated by the state last year.

Orlando Sentinel

South Florida mayors back bid to dissolve travel visa backlog

More than a half dozen South and Central Florida mayors have hopped aboard a national travel industry campaign to persuade the U.S. State Department to speed up visa application interviews abroad for international travelers.

Tribune News Service

Legoland parks reach Certified Autism Center status

As of next month, all Legoland resorts in North America — from Central Florida to Southern California and over to upstate New York — will be Certified Autism Centers.

Orlando Sentinel

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Florida’s struggle to teach Black history has become a battle over who controls the past

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — For 71 years, the survivors of Rosewood controlled their history. They guardedly discussed their stories only at family gatherings, haunted by the threat of retaliation in their rural Central Florida communities.

Tribune News Service

Florida counties tally Hurricane Ian costs to recoup millions from FEMA

ORLANDO, Fla. — Four months after Hurricane Ian plowed through the state, Central Florida governments continue tallying the costs and assembling reports for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, hoping to recoup a chunk of the tens of millions of dollars spent on getting rid of debris, evacuating residents from flooded…

Orlando Sentinel

Puerto Ricans fleeing to Florida

The state's affordable housing crisis has made it almost impossible for storm victims to get back on their feet

Salon

Mulling the merch, from Disney ears to Earl the Squirrel's jaws

ORLANDO, Fla. — If you've got shopping on the brain — and who doesn't this time of year? — Central Florida attractions are basically enablers for you. But let’s not go crazy. We can just browse a while as a Disney executive talks about what’s hot (How can Crocs still…

Orlando Sentinel

‘Strange World’ animator inspired by Disney World attraction

ORLANDO, Fla. — Like many kids who grew up in Central Florida, Michael Woodside had an annual pass to Walt Disney World. But little did he know that his family’s frequent visits to the theme parks would lead him out of this galaxy and to a “Strange World” as part…

Orlando Sentinel

What happened to monkeypox? LGBTQ community appears to have quashed spread for now

Despite concerns that the end of summer vacation or even pride events could further exacerbate monkeypox’s spread, the virus has fallen dramatically in the U.S. and in Central Florida since peaking in August — though there’s no guarantee it will stay that way.

Orlando Sentinel

Fall festivals help Central Florida farms stay green with cash

UMATILLA, Florida — On an unusually cool October morning in Central Florida, farmer Bill Baker waited for a kindergarten group to finish touring greenhouses at Sunsational Farms in Umatilla.

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GOP again deploys task force to challenge ballots in Central Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. — As mail-in ballots start to come in and early voting begins, Republicans in Central Florida are taking advantage of the new election law to challenge mail-in ballots as the number of partisan poll watchers also has increased, according to Central Florida election officials.

Orlando Sentinel

Transcript details ‘ghost’ candidate’s aid in probe of spoiler scheme

After Jestine Iannotti filed to run for a Central Florida state Senate seat in 2020, she went to great lengths to avoid addressing her candidacy, asking for “privacy” in a press release and leaving the country during campaign season.

Orlando Sentinel

40 thoughts for Epcot’s 40th anniversary

ORLANDO, Fla. — I don’t have documentation for this, but I might end up at Epcot more than any other Central Florida theme park. One reason is it’s the one friends and relatives are most likely to invite me to tag along. “We’re going to Epcot. Want to meet us…

Tribune News Service

Hundreds remain in Florida shelters after Hurricane Ian; untold numbers left without a home

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — At least 1,700 people remain in emergency shelters five days after Hurricane Ian ravaged the Southwest Florida coast and parts of Central Florida, a figure that demonstrates the enormity of the post-hurricane crisis as recovery efforts are underway.

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Central Florida floodwaters rising after Hurricane Ian unleashed "unprecedented rainfall"

Orlando saw "not only the wettest September, but also the wettest month ever on record for this site," the NWS said.

Orlando Sentinel

Central Florida struggles with Ian’s ongoing sewage crisis

ORLANDO, Fla. — Days after Ian’s last gusts, the Orlando region’s sewage systems are fighting to recover and losing ground in many cases, swamping homes with wastewater, sending streams across roads without warning and pouring untold thousands of gallons into lakes.

Reuters

Hurricane Ian strikes South Carolina as Florida counts cost of destruction

Hurricane Ian slammed into South Carolina on Friday afternoon, making another landfall after a deadly march across Florida that washed away houses, stranded thousands and left an unknown number of people dead.

Miami Herald

Is Disney World and Cinderella’s Castle storm-proof? What we know as Ian crosses Florida

MIAMI — Ian is crossing the state Thursday, making its way through Central Florida before exiting through the east coast.

Miami Herald

Hurricane Ian rapidly weakens to Category 2 storm; Florida still battered by ‘catastrophic’ surge

MIAMI — Hurricane Ian is quickly weakening as it treks up toward Central Florida, downgrading to a Category 2 — marking the beginning of the end for the historic storm that crashed ashore near Punta Gorda with 150 mph winds just hours earlier.

WEKU

Hurricane Ian is now a Category 4 storm. Here are resources for Florida's homeless

Various counties across central Florida are opening up various shelters for the general population. Here are some of the resources being made available for the homeless.

Orlando Sentinel

Planning a big bash? Airbnb debuts technology to block that

ORLANDO, Fla. — Airbnb has launched new “anti-party” technology to prevent guests from holding rowdy gatherings that have plagued some neighborhoods in Central Florida and across the nation.

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