Reedy Creek Improvement District

A powerful Central Florida lawmaker appears to be holding up a bill that would help the firefighters who protect Walt Disney World in future labor negotiations with the giant resort’s personal government. House Majority Leader Steve Precourt, R-...

Of all the additions Walt Disney World will make during the next few years as it transforms its Downtown Disney shopping district into the larger “Disney Springs,” none will be more important than a pair of parking garages. The twin garages,...

Orange County lawmakers agreed Wednesday to support an effort by Reedy Creek Improvement District firefighters to gain a measure of leverage over the Walt Disney World-controlled government. The county’s legislative delegation voted unanimously to...

After yet another bruising round of contract talks, the firefighters who work at Walt Disney World are turning to Tallahassee for help. Firefighters with the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the Disney-controlled public agency that provides government...

It was the summer of 2010 and profit margins were down at Walt Disney World. The giant resort had been forced to reduce prices amid a weak economy. Managers were searching for ways to trim costs. One place they found? Their property-tax bill. That summer,...

Ann Scott, wife of Governor Rick Scott, will visit Reedy Creek Elementary in Osceola County at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Her visit is to recognize the school's “strong push and spotlight on the First Lady's Reading First initiative,” according to a...

Bill Nye The Science Guy will headline this week's celebration of National Engineers Week at Walt Disney World. Nye, the mechanical engineer with a passion for science who is known for his television series and children's books, will have presentations at...

Samantha Zaino has a simple philosophy that has helped her as she prepares to compete in her second Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon on Sunday, May 2. “I like to go for the big stuff, because if you go for the small stuff first, the big stuff looks...

Walt Disney World has pulled a $15 million building permit to construct the Journey of the Little Mermaid, the Little Mermaid-themed dark ride at the center of the Magic Kingdom’s sweeping Fantasyland expansion. The permit, which was issued by the...

Problems at a nuclear power plant on Florida’s Gulf coast have created a bit of a headache for Walt Disney World. Progress Energy’s nuclear plant in Crystal River has been shut down since late last year, after workers in the midst of a maintenanc...

Though it was publicly neutral, Walt Disney World lobbied behind the scenes against a bill this session that would have given firefighters with the Reedy Creek Improvement District more leverage in future contract negotiations with the Disney-controlled...

Although publicly neutral, Walt Disney World lobbied behind the scenes against a bill this session that would have given Reedy Creek Improvement District firefighters more leverage in future contract negotiations with the Disney-controlled government,...