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HOMELESS CAMPING BAN

Orange County spends millions to house homeless people in jail. Is there a better way?

74 Orlando arrests for public camping since January.

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ORANGE COUNTY REDISTRICTING

Three more maps fail in Orange County redistricting process

Concentrating the Black vote, splitting cities, voting precincts tank latest efforts.

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ORANGE COUNTY REDISTRICTING

Another map bites the dust

Redistricting Advisory Committee overwhelmingly rejects latest map submission, which failed to pass legal review, split key communities and diluted minority representation.

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ORANGE COUNTY REDISTRICTING

Who’s who on the Orange County Redistricting Advisory Committee?

Meet the people tasked with moving 60,000 residents out of each of Orange County’s six existing districts to create eight new ones.

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ORANGE COUNTY REDISTRICTING

Orange County Redistricting Advisory Committee accepts first map for consideration

Map upvoted for largely maintaining the status quo.

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ORANGE COUNTY REDISTRICTING

Let’s talk redistricting!

Orange County Dems offer virtual training sessions to help residents provide effective public comments during redistricting meetings.

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BLACK HISTORY

Celebrating May 20 Emancipation Day

When enslaved Floridians learned they “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”

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ORANGE COUNTY REDISTRICTING

More than two months in, Orange County advisory committee votes down latest redistricting map

Considerations for future population growth and fair representation for minority groups factor in latest failure as September deadline approaches.

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ORANGE COUNTY REDISTRICTING

Orange County Redistricting Advisory Committee rejects two more maps

Vetoed maps did not reflect county diversity, split cities like Winter Garden, Ocoee, Pine Hills

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