Florida has an election in August. Hereโs how your vote gets counted and verified
Florida keeps a rigorous standard for how votes are counted, and while each countyโs system may vary, they must operate within the framework created by the state, which you can read on the Florida Division of Elections website.
โSomething illegal is going on:โ Homeowner receives more than 600 traffic citations, toll bills addressed to strangers
Several times a week, Pattie Malone stops by her neighborhood mailbox and pulls out a large stack of envelopes that often includes traffic citations, parking tickets, and tollway invoices.
UCF summer camp introduces kids to photonics
The University of Central Florida's College of Optics and Photonics, or CREOL, is only one of six such engineering programs nationwide. CREOL hosted three week-long summer camps for students in 10th through 12th grade interested in physics and engineering.
Hereโs what exactly led to creation of Pulse advisory committee for permanent memorial
As the city of Orlando moves forward with efforts to create a permanent memorial for victims of the Pulse shooting in 2016, survivors and family members of the victims have long waited for a permanent memorial.
TIMELINE: Efforts to create a Pulse memorial
In the early morning of June 12, 2016, a gunman stormed the Pulse Nightclub, killing 49 people, physically injuring 53 others and psychologically wounding countless others. Since then, the community, former nightclub owner Barbara Poma, the City of Orlando, Orange County and the now-dissolved OnePulse Foundation have all grappled with how to remember those lost and honor the survivors.
Orange County leaders approve higher property tax for fire, emergency services
For the first time in 17 years, Orange County leaders have approved an increase to the Fire & EMS property tax. The increase will add an estimated $150 per $250,000 of taxable value of single-family homes in unincorporated Orange County.