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December 03, 2023

Morning report: Central Florida foster care agency | Orlando Museum of Art director | Split Oak

Fired Orlando Museum of Art director answers email, FedEx label, forgery claims • Split Oak defenders see new hope in toll road fight
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Orlando Morning Report

Sunday, December 3, 2023

Central Florida foster care agency | Orlando Museum of Art director | Split Oak

Good morning. It's Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. The weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a high of 84 and low of 71. Click here for more weather.

Central Florida foster care agency failed to pay bills, caused kids to sleep in offices, suit says

Contractor claims Embrace Families needed it to house and transport kids because there was no space in foster homes.

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Fired Orlando Museum of Art director answers email, FedEx label, forgery claims

Aaron De Groft, the fired Orlando Museum of Art director, spoke to the Orlando Sentinel about his countersuit against the institution.

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Split Oak defenders see new hope in toll road fight

Defenders of Split Oak Forest now hope to persuade a state board to keep protective restrictions in place on the 1,700-acre preserve and block the Central Florida Expressway Authority from building a toll road on a sliver of it. Energized by the Orange County commission's surprise decision to withdraw support for the road, Split Oak […]

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Embattled Florida GOP chief Ziegler says he has no plans to step down

Christian Ziegler, in an email to party members, called the sexual assault allegations "false" but said he was "a bit limited" on what he could say.

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DeSantis super PAC chair Laxalt steps down in another high-profile departure

Adam Laxalt, a former Nevada attorney general and a longtime friend of Gov. Ron DeSantis, has stepped down as chairman of the pro-DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down, according to a person familiar with the decision. Laxalt, who ran unsuccessfully for one of Nevada's U.S. Senate seats in 2022, is the second top official to leave the […]

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State attorney says criminal charges against Judge Ashton not supported by evidence

Orange-Osceola Circuit Judge Jeff Ashton will not face charges of child abuse after a review by the state attorney's office concluded allegations were "unsupported by the facts." The abuse allegations came to light in an executive order signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in October accusing Ashton of "lewd and lascivious molestation on a child under […]

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DeSantis hits Iowa campaign milestone but is still far behind Trump, who again mocked his campaign

Ron DeSantis has completed his campaign promise to visit each of Iowa's 99 counties. He held an event Saturday to celebrate crossing a symbolic but also tactical threshold. Former President Donald Trump, who still remains far ahead of DeSantis, held his own rally at the same time about 100 miles away. The Florida governor's moment, much like the months of campaigning so far, took place under Trump's towering shadow. DeSantis and others remain far behind Trump just six weeks before Iowa goes to its first-in-the-nation caucuses on Jan. 15. DeSantis told his supporters that he considers himself "a servant, not a ruler." Trump, meanwhile, compared DeSantis to a "very seriously wounded bird."

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Orlando Housing Authority tabs developers for public housing rebuild effort

Two development companies will work with the Orlando Housing Authority to replace six deteriorating public housing complexes with brand-new, higher-density residential communities, GrowthSpotter reported, including the pollution-plagued Griffin Park next to Interstate 4. Miami-based Related Urban Construction and New York-based Property Markets Group were awarded bids to deliver thousands of units to a total of […]

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Sorry, Paul Finebaum, FSU — not Alabama — has earned its way into College Football Playoff | Commentary

Finishing 13-0 should be enough to get the unbeaten, untied, unconquered Seminoles into the College Football Playoff over either one-win SEC champion Alabama or one-win Big 12 champion Texas.

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Beede's Breakdown: How Magic's 9-game winning streak ended in Brooklyn

The Magic allowed 43 points in the opening quarter of Saturday's road loss to the Nets. Orlando's nine-game winning streak was snapped.

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