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Orlando City investor: Larger financial stake in soccer-specific stadium possible
Orlando City Soccer Club investor Flávio Augusto da Silva was “surprised” earlier this month when he heard the Florida Legislature rejected state funding for a proposed $110 million soccer-specific stadium in Orlando. With the shock and...
Tags: Local Government, Soccer, Teresa Jacobs, Florida Legislature, Sports
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Top secret: Details about ticket sales to Paul McCartney's Orlando concerts
Takiing NamesSir Paul McCartney finished his two sold-out shows last night in Orlando. And if you’re still wondering who got pre-sale access to the show – the first shot at good seats and the coveted right to pay face-value to tickets – well,...Tags: Taylor Swift, Services and Shopping, Paul McCartney
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City offers jobs incentives for Creative Village, SunRail projects
Orlando revamped an economic development program Monday to offer job-creation incentives to companies that match the Dyer administration's favored downtown projects: the Creative Village and SunRail. Since 2006, the city has offered incentives of as...
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City enacts tougher rule for sex offender housing
Orlando made it tougher for sex offenders to find a place to live Monday, expanding a buffer zone around schools and other places where children congregate. State law prohibits certain sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice
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What we think: Brodeur, Stewart top class
On Sunday we graded Central Florida's state senators on their performance during this year's session of the Florida Legislature. Today we'll grade some from the House, based on their priorities and effectiveness in the 2013 session, which concluded...Tags: Andy Gardiner, Titusville, Apopka, Orange County (Florida), Labor Legislation
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Orange Clerk of Courts Lydia Gardner remembered at memorial
Mourners packed First United Methodist Church of Winter Park on Friday to attend a memorial service for Orange County Clerk of Courts Lydia Gardner, who died last week at 68 after a long battle with cancer. The service, which featured heartfelt...
Tags: Online Media Industry, Local Government, Human Interest, Teresa Jacobs, Orange County (Florida)
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Bars oppose later drinking hours for downtown competitors
Orlando's plan to extend last call at downtown bars to 3 a.m. isn't the first time the idea has been raised. When Mayor Buddy Dyer was first elected, his transition team recommended a 3 a.m. closing time — but it became so controversial the idea...
Tags: Demographics, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Dining and Drinking, Downtown (Miami, Florida), Business
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Oprah program gives Crocs to kids
An initiative meant to spark children's imaginations gave away 100 pairs of shoes to kids in Parramore on Thursday. Children at the Callahan Neighborhood Center wrote essays explaining how they use their imaginations for the event, part of Oprah...
Tags: Oprah Winfrey
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Simulator shows Orange teens the dangers of texting, driving
A close friend of Colonial High School senior Lora Abdulhak was killed by a driver who was texting. But it wasn't until she tried a simulator that imitates the hazards of texting while driving that Abdulhak, 18, vowed to stop doing it herself. The...
Tags: T-Mobile, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Florida Highway Patrol, Labor Day, Teaching and Learning
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Dramatic headline alert: Stadium plans die a fiery death in legislative session
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Legislature ended its 2013 session Friday by passing an elections do-over and the largest budget in state history, but without delivering tax subsidies to the Miami Dolphins, Orlando soccer boosters and a cadre of other...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Don Gaetz, Soccer, Rick Scott
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No Major League Soccer in Orlando? Blame the Miami Marlins
In many ways, sports teams and leagues are like children. You have the spoiled brats who are used to getting everything they want when they want it. And when they don't, they hold their breath, stomp their feet and threaten to take their ball and go...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Miami Dolphins, Daytona International Speedway, Florida Legislature, Sports
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Weatherford and Gaetz discuss session wins, losses
Senate President Don Gaetz and House Speaker Will Weatherford gave a run down on the wins and losses of the 2013 legislative session. - No decision on health care expansion "We obviously were not able to figure out the game plan when it comes to...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Regional Authority, Government, Executive Branch, Rick Scott
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