MCO Opens New Checkpoint Lanes as TSA Crisis Peaks
As TSA officers at airports across the country logged the longest security lines in the agency’s 24-year history, Orlando International Airport’s governing board voted to add workers to its checkpoints — and that plan went live this week. The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) board unanimously approved the contract on March 18, at the peak…
Orange County Commits $35M to Pursue NBA All-Star Game and Olympic Qualifier Events
The Decision Orange County commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to invest up to $35 million in public funding to pursue two marquee global sporting events: the…
Convention Center Wins $560M Approval With Lone Dissent
Orange County commissioners voted 5-1 Tuesday to approve $560 million for the Convention Center Grand Concourse, the largest single construction investment in county history. Commissioner Moore was absent.…
Orange County Adopts ICE Resolution After 63-Speaker Surge
Orange County commissioners unanimously opposed a proposed ICE detention warehouse Tuesday, passing the resolution on the consent agenda after 63 residents lined up to speak against the facility.…
Orange County Adopts 100% Affordable Housing Rules for Church Land
Orange County unanimously adopted affordable housing rules Tuesday far stricter than state law requires, mandating 100 percent affordability on all housing built on church-owned land — a framework…
OCPS Opts Out of Later School Start Times Despite State Mandate
Orange County Public Schools will keep its current school start times, rejecting a state mandate that high schools begin no earlier than 8:30 a.m. The school board on…
Orange County renews trafficking safe house contract; advocates push for more beds
Orange County commissioners unanimously renewed a $3.75 million contract Tuesday to operate the county’s only dedicated safe house for adult human trafficking survivors — a critical program advocates…