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Scott PowersJanuary 21, 2017

By the end of this year Orlando’s gleaming new $211 million train station should be virtually finished at Orlando International Airport, but it may be many years before trains start rolling in – if at all. The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority is building a train station based on a vision of the future in which […]

Scott PowersJanuary 2, 2017

A before-and-after time line now exists for Orlando – June 12, 2016 – and on this side of the Pulse massacre the city may be seen by the world and through its own citizens’ eyes as a very different place, with a new political perspective. Before June 12, Orlando was a city without an an […]

Scott PowersDecember 2, 2016

Orlando has been named “Gay City of the Year” by the gay travel site GayCities.com, which praised the City Beautiful for its outpouring of compassion and unity following last summer’s horrific massacre at the Pulse nightclub and then noted Orlando had been a strong city for gays all along. “GayCities honors the city & community […]

Scott PowersNovember 23, 2016

As Orlandoans gather round dinner tables with family and close friends, let us start by being thankful that those of us who can be are there to gather. Let’s give thanks for a community that found comfort, faith, and strength in each others arms during the dawn following our darkest day, and for the commitment […]

Terry RoenNovember 16, 2016

Nine miles of aisles of rocking rides, super-sized inflatables, and a preview of the future through virtual reality goggles are just some of the enticements at the 98th annual Attractions Expo. More than 30,000 buyers and engineers from amusement parks, water parks, family entertainment centers, zoos, aquariums, science centers, museums, and resorts jammed the International Association […]

Scott PowersOctober 12, 2016

Democratic U.S. Congressional candidate Val Demings said Wednesday she was shocked and disappointed to find Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica had used her picture and a quote in a campaign mailer and said she in no way endorses him. Democrat “Stephanie Murphy is the right choice for the people of District 7. She will be […]

Scott PowersOctober 6, 2016

Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs has ordered a countywide curfew starting tonight and running through Saturday morning, and Sheriff Jerry Demings said his patrols will be making sure only essential emergency drivers are on the roads. The curfew will run from 10 p.m. Thursday through 7 a.m. Saturday. Earlier, Seminole County declared a curfew running […]

Scott PowersOctober 5, 2016

Cautioning that “we’ve been through this before” — a reference to the dark period during and following 2004’s Hurricane Charley — Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs advised Central Florida residents Wednesday to prepare for major Hurricane Matthew damage and the prospect of several days with limited services, including power, afterwards. Jacobs was joined by U.S. Rep. John Mica […]

Larry GriffinSeptember 30, 2016

Friday’s Tourist Development Council ended positively as the board agreed to reallocate Tourist Development Tax funding to help complete the second phase of the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center and establish a bid for multiple sporting events. The funds as agreed upon include an additional $45 million to go towards the Dr. Phillips center, which […]

Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

In the next move in Orlando’s tourism money chess match, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs has agreed to put $45 million toward finishing Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The move, assuming Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer agrees and the appropriate boards all sign off, means the postponed-into-limbo final phase known as the acoustic […]

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Orlando is building the train station, not sure when or if trains will arrive

Politics in Orlando now takes place in a post-Pulse city

Orlando named ‘Gay City of the Year’ by gay travel site

Orlando’s cornucopia of thanks runneth over for area leaders

Attractions Expo gives a glimpse of the future of entertainment

Val Demings furious about being featured in John Mica mailer

Teresa Jacobs declares curfew for Orange County

Teresa Jacobs advises all to prepare for Matthew and 3 days of post-hurricane ‘in-home sheltering’

TDC passes plan for Tourist Development Tax money to fund Dr. Phillips center, sports events

Teresa Jacobs agrees to put tourist tax money to finish Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center