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OFFICE HOURS

The commissioner is in

District 1 County Commissioner Nicole Wilson holds office hours to hear constituent concerns.

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RENT CONTROL

Cities may not have to comply with Orange County’s rent capping measure

Even if the ballot measure passes in November, cities can opt out by passing their own ordinances.

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COURT DEBT

Debt driven

Traffic tickets can have families choosing between paying the fine … or paying for food.

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BLACK HISTORY

Rep. Thompson: DeSantis anti-critical race theory bill highlights need for “fact-based” Black history to be taught in public schools

Democratic lawmaker wants people to “understand the difference between critical race theory and African-American history.”

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REDISTRICTING

OC panel OKs two redistricting maps for county commissioners; board to review, make changes by mid-March

Both maps propose Ocoee be consolidated into District 2, while Winter Garden, Oakland and Windermere remain in District 1.

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REDISTRICTING

Orange County redistricting committee to hold public hearing on map that consolidates Ocoee into District 2

Map is still likely to change before reaching the Board of County Commissioners.

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CENSUS

Census shows significant population growth, greater racial and ethnic diversity in the region from Ocoee to Oakland

Orange County's new online census dashboard provides detailed population data, showing a significant population growth in Oakland, Ocoee, Windermere and Winter Garden

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COVID-19

What you need to know about the new Delta variant

It's contagious. It's nasty. And cases are doubling every two weeks among unvaccinated people. Infectious disease specialist Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University gets us up to speed.

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COVID-19

New coronavirus variants detected. What does that mean for our back-to-normal summer?

VoxPopuli asked William Schaffner, M.D., professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, to weigh in with the details.

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COVID-19

Vaccine expert answers vaccine skeptics

We ran the top concerns of vaccine skeptics, culled from a Nextdoor thread, by Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Here's what he had to say.

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