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March 15, 2024

Walt Disney World growth | Orange commissioner's mural | Public records fight

Mural in Orange County commissioner’s office honors icons, draws scrutiny • Securing public records in Florida can take cash, patience and lawyers
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Orlando Morning Report

Friday, March 15, 2024

Walt Disney World growth | Orange commissioner's mural | Public records fight

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$60 billion question: How might Walt Disney World grow?

Disney plans to spend $60 million on theme park projects, and experts speculate on how that will play out in Orlando

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Mural in Orange County commissioner's office honors icons, draws scrutiny

Mike Scott's office ordered new carpet to accompany the artwork, which might be painted over by a successor.

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Securing public records in Florida can take cash, patience and lawyers

Getting public records in Florida increasingly takes waiting months, shelling out hundreds if not thousands of dollars, hiring a lawyer and in one recent case even having the police called.

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Sanford group completes 1st step toward ousting City Commissioner Wiggins

The task force argues that Kerry Wiggins — first elected in 2018 and again in 2022 — failed to bring affordable housing to the mostly low-income, historic Black community of Goldsboro.

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Salvation Army struggles with some Osceola neighbors as it seeks temporary site after fire

Capt. Ken Chapman, the Salvation Army's area commander, said he's faced "a NIMBY mentality" trying to open the temporary facility after the blaze in Kissimmee.

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Florida free speech advocates say they killed several censorship bills this year

For the first time in years, free speech advocates said they scored some major victories this legislative session, pushing back against bills that would have expanded government censorship and likely led to more lawsuits.

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Investigators hunted one of Florida's most prolific serial rapists for decades. A true crime podcast uncovers new details

"Be a good girl, and you won't get hurt." Those are the words a young secretary heard as she was jolted awake in the early morning hours of May 1, 1981, by an intruder who had slipped into her Miami apartment through a balcony door. He yanked a pillowcase over her head and raped her in the darkness. Before the summer was over, police would investigate the rapes of four more women by the same assailant in the same apartment complex, called Alisian Lakes. They were the first of what investigators believe to be more than 40 attacks over five […]

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Editorial: Sunshine is a birthright Floridians should fight for

Public records in Florida are under attack. Defend the public's right to know.

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Commentary: County party chair's suspension shows dysfunction of Florida Democrats

Miami Dade is one of few places in Florida where Democrats consistently win. So why did state party chair Nikki Fried suspend Robert Dempster? Personal gain.

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Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival: Behind the scenes with Orlando painter Stephen Bach

Stephen Bach will display his landscape paintings of dramatic sunrises, rural scenes and seascapes in booth 185 during the event March 15-17.

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Madame Tussauds: Dua Lipa figure now in Orlando attraction

The "Levitating" singer can now been seen in International Drive location

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UF holds off Georgia to advance in SEC tournament

The Gators play No. 19 Alabama in the quarterfinals today. Florida and the Crimson Tide each won at home to split the regular season series

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Magic set to start two-game series with new-look Raptors

Sellers at the deadline, the Raptors have re-worked their roster since the last time the Magic faced them in November.

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