Shortly before his resignation, Orange County Fire Chief Anthony Rios denied having a new vehicle — but records obtained by News 6 tell a different story.

Seminole County Public Schools is two weeks away from the start of the school year — and district leaders are navigating tens of millions of dollars in budget cuts, a projected drop in enrollment and a push to prepare students for a rapidly changing future.

Seminole County is voting to transfer $1 million from reserves to cover higher processing costs for its recycling program.

Orlando leaders say a proposed Florida property tax overhaul could create major budget shortfalls, leading to hiring freezes, service cuts and delayed projects.

Seminole County emergency leaders are taking steps to ensure a key hurricane response tool remains funded — even if the state stops paying for it. The platform, called WebEOC, connects public safety, logistics, operations and field teams through live dashboards, alerts, and reporting. Emergency management teams across Florida rely on it to coordinate disaster response, from requesting generators, temporary dams and other critical infrastructure.

Seminole County commissioners pushed back hard against LYNX during a budget work session this week, raising pointed questions about skyrocketing paratransit costs, a shifting funding formula and the county’s future role in Central Florida’s regional transit system.

Seminole County plans for 2027 budget, while also bracing for a statewide property tax ballot measure that could dramatically reshape county finances starting in 2028.

While Florida voters weren’t casting ballots Tuesday night, the results from primary elections across several states are still reverberating through Tallahassee. On this week’s episode of Politically Motivated, the focus turned to what analysts are calling the continued “Trump Effect” — the growing influence of President Donald Trump’s endorsements and how loyalty to the president is increasingly shaping Republican politics nationwide.

Several longtime teachers at Millennium Middle School, including a Teacher of the Year, will not be returning next school year after the district chose not to renew their contracts. At Millennium Middle specifically, 17 positions were not reappointed. Of those, four are not being filled due to a loss of staffing allocations. Across Seminole County Public Schools, 243 positions were not reappointed at the school level, and 61 at the district level.

Parents are raising concerns about an out-of-state travel policy change after Seminole County Public Schools denied travel to a tournament in September.

The City of Longwood will hold a budget workshop as state lawmakers are set to discuss eliminating property taxes.

Britain’s Labour government is seeking to shift the political narrative with a tax-raising budget aimed at boosting economic growth and reducing child poverty.

Seminole County’s Commission approved the budget for the upcoming year on Tuesday. It includes a property tax hike for the first time in nearly two decades.

Central Florida school districts are starting the year with tighter budgets, despite billions in federal funds recently released after being frozen during the Trump administration’s review of the education budget.

There’s no filibuster in the House, but Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries essentially conducted one anyway.

One of the more-contentious Florida legislative sessions in recent history comes to a close.

Six weeks after the state budget was expected to be completed, Florida legislative leaders have finished negotiating details of a spending plan.

House and Senate budget leaders Monday rushed to finalize a new state spending plan, while Gov. Ron DeSantis continued calling for giving property-tax rebates.

Needing to finish a budget for the July 1 start of the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the House and Senate on Tuesday began slowly rolling out proposals to resolve spending and policy differences.

Florida lawmakers next week will start the annual legislative session.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a $116.5 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, after vetoing close to $950 million in spending approved by lawmakers in March.

It's graduation season, so the gifts for grads can really add up between family and friends.

Florida’s 60-day legislative session is expected to end on time Friday after the release Tuesday of a $117.46 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

With spending plans topping $115 billion, the House and Senate continued moving closer Wednesday to negotiations on a final budget for next year.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday held a news conference in Fort Pierce to sign Florida’s “Framework for Freedom” budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday made proposals for a new, $114.8B “Framework for Freedom” 2023-24 state budget.

Florida TaxWatch on Thursday released a list of 166 “turkeys” in a newly passed state budget but suggested that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office should give extra scrutiny to all 1,221 local projects that lawmakers put into the record spending plan.

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