Orange County

The Orange County School Board has adopted a new policy that puts a procedure in place for challenging books beginning next school year.

Florida’s wetlands have historically served as natural sponges but are now filled with explosive growth and development. Throw in climate change concerns, and many wonder whether 2022’s flooding represents a new norm.

In 2019, President Trump announced a challenge to lower HIV case rates by 75% by 2025 and 90% by 2030. It was and is an ambitious goal, but a local team has a plan that focuses on diminishing stigma and increased testing.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office has 1,500 free scent preservation kits - including thumb drives for photos and other information.

Unite Here Local 737 says an adult worker with no dependents would need to earn $18.19 an hour to make a living wage, while a family with two children would need both parents earning $23.91 an hour.

County Comptroller Phil Diamond said tourist development tax collections for September were more than $24 million, a 48.6 percent increase over the same period in 2021.

The move comes just months after the district pulled the book from classrooms and libraries.

Epidemiologist Elena Cyrus echoes other experts in saying recent COVID numbers are no where near previous surges and the dominant variant is less severe than previous ones.

Democratic lawmakers say the dissolution of the Reedy Creek Improvement District will be increased taxes for residents of Orange and Osceola Counties.

Dr. Raul Pino, who biecame a trusted info source for Orange County during the COVID pandemic but was put on leave during a state investigation in an email he sent, has accepted a position as director of the county's Health Services.

Six men in the county have been diagnosed with meningitis this year, and three men in their 30s have died from the illness. It's the most cases the area has seen in five years.

A panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal upheld an Orange County circuit judge’s dismissal of a lawsuit in which bars sought damages for what is known as “inverse condemnation.”