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Media obsess over the polls that show a tight race in Florida between Biden and Trump. But polls are a lazy, shallow and often errant way to cover politics.
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Las Vegas leaders stepped in to save Sin City’s monorail system using tourist taxes. Orange County should also use hotel taxes to help SunRail and buses
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Orlando is a fantasy land of theme parks for visitors. But many of the workers here can’t even make ends meet and end up living in sad-sack motels in Kissimmee.
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Donald Trump talked oil-drilling. Visit Florida launched a new campaign. Shaq reduced the price of his Isleworth mansion. Mask ordinances challenged. Get quizzed on Florida news.
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With the Supreme Court questioning Gov. Ron DeSantis' attempt to appoint an unqualified judge, DeSantis is attacking the Orlando legislator who wants him to follow the rules
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Bruce Antone drops out of Orange school board race after opponent says he lives in the wrong district. In Florida, no one really checks to see if candidates live where they claim.
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It has been more than 130 years since Winter Park elected any black resident to its city council, thanks partly to an ’at-large’ election system that city leaders like
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis brought in a doctor to downplay the value of COVID-19 testing among students. What a reckless and dangerous idea.
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Daily Orlando Sentinel Now podcast: Florida cuts ties to Quest over coronavirus test dump, nursing homes reopen to visitors, summer arts camps, and Scott Maxwell on convention center spending.
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It would be nuts to expand a 7 million square foot convention center during a pandemic and recession. But records show Orange County kept spending $5 million on plans to do so. How irresponsible.
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After 69 years, the Orlando Sentinel is vacating its signature offices. Now we’ll find a new place for our newsroom - and all the crazy, curious, exciting and heart-breaking things that happen inside
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When the last Visit Orlando CEO retired, he walked away with $826,000 in retirement benefits. Orange County leaders claim they don't know what George Aguel is getting this time. Nor are they trying to find out.
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Daily Orlando Sentinel Now podcast: Mask enforcement team, Scott Maxwell on government’s ‘swamp dwellers,’ and Garden Theatre balances safety and artistry.
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Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran is yet another legislator who parlayed politics into a cushy state job. Team DeSantis used to have a name for those people: 'swamp dwellers'
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Biggest election news in Central Florida: Orange County residents ousting Commissioner Betsy VanderLey, voting for Nicole Wilson - and against nonstop development and tourism funding.
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Florida's for-profit charter-school industry wanted former teacher Karen Castor Dentel off the Orange County School board, replaced with a guy who has a background in porn
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COVID-19 has prompted many people to mail in ballots early. But there are still some who love voting on Election Day. I'm one of them.
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Late, big money funds a mix of feel-good ads and nasty, bogus attacks to help Monique Worrell, Betsy VanderLey, Jason Brodeur and developers in Seminole County
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School or no school? Go back to the office? Making tough calls during the COVID-19 pandemic is easier once you accept that there are no perfect choices ... just some that suck less than others
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Time for Osceola Clerk Armando Ramirez to go. The latest findings - in a report commissioned by Ramirez himself - cited “a pervasive pattern of inappropriate activity” in the office
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Daily Orlando Sentinel Now podcast: Orlando City sets sights on home games after loss, Scott Maxwell on social-distancing at school, and Philharmonic returns money after flap over Pulse sensitivity.
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Florida voters demanded small class sizes in 2002, but lawmakers didn't listen. So now Florida has more work to do to shrink classrooms down to meet social-distancing guidelines in COVID-19 age.
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Florida Republicans worried about Jason Brodeur's chances against Democrat Patricia Sigman are trying to help another Democrat in this hotly contested state senate race
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The Orlando Sentinel editorial board called for kicking Rick Singh out of office ... which is why it was odd to see Singh quote the piece in a campaign ad
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It's election time in Florida. Do you know which politicians deserve your vote? Do you remember which ones screwed up the unemployment system or protected the environment? Here's how to find out.
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Readers have thoughts! They're ticked off about bogus write-in candidates, exploited migrant workers, expanding the convention center again and a certain '****-head' columnist
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Florida says "health directives" should dictate whether schools are safe to open. But state health officials seem reluctant to offer any directives
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Gov. Ron DeSantis' latest pick for a Supreme Court justice doesn't have the 10 years legal experience mandated by state law. So an Orlando legislator is suing him over it.
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Orange Commissioner Betsey VanderLey didn't pay county business taxes on her private firm ... which is located inside an engineering company whose payments she didn't disclose
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I'm waiting for my daughter's delayed COVID test results to come back. Too many people are waiting too long for testing. Especially 4 months into this pandemic.