Pat Williams, as president and co-founder of Orlando City Baseball Dreamers, LLC, is expected to pitch a plan to the Orange County Tourist Development Tax Citizen Advisory Task Force promising Orlando’s own MLB team and stadium.

For the first and only time, tonight Republican Senator Marco Rubio is set to square off against U.S. congresswoman Val Demings for the U.S. Senate seat.

Orange County commissioners voted Tuesday to send a penny sales tax to the November ballot, giving voters the ultimate say on whether it will pass.

Orange County’s mayor is meeting with business leaders Tuesday to deliver a final push for his transportation initiative.

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings will provide an update on COVID-19 at a Thursday news conference.

The vaccination site at Barnett Park will soon be moving to Camping World Stadium in effort to free up traffic at the park, according to Orange County officials.

As the strategy from mass vaccination at the convention center phases into reaching neighborhoods, Orange County leaders and the Department of Health opened new vaccine sites in all corners of the county.

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings announced that the county is working with the department of health on a plan to phase out the county's mask mandate and social distancing restrictions.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. Orange County leaders lifted its 10 p.m. curfew Monday, saying it was no longer needed. Orange County Mayor Demings made the announcement during a regularly scheduled coronavirus briefing. Leaders issued the county-wide curfew as hours-long protests continued to pop up throughout the Orlando area, attendance numbers growing into the thousands. With demonstrators wearing face masks and social distancing, there is no need to continue the curfew, the county posted on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/Q1geRt996G Orange County FL (@OrangeCoFL) June 8, 2020After the second weekend of protests, Orlando police say officers did not make a single arrest.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Some of Orange County’s smaller attractions said they have strong guidelines in place for keeping guests safe, and they want to open by the end of the week. Leaders from Fun Spot America, Gatorland and Icon Park presented their plans to the Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force on Monday. “Our priority is number one the customer’s safety comes first,” said Chris Jaskiewicz with Icon Park. “Keep things clean and keep people healthy.”All three parks have been closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Our goal is to seek approval from the task force and from Mayor Demings and open our park this Saturday, May 23,” said Mark McHugh with Gatorland.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – How far apart can customers stay from each other? [MORE ORANGE COUNTY HEADLINES]He said if a Coronavirus vaccine is not developed, businesses and hospitals must continue health safety protocols as they reopen. Florida Department of Health Orange County Director Dr. Raul Pino said the number of positive Coronavirus cases, by percentage, continues to fall, even as testing increases. “Because it sounds like from this it could be weeks and weeks and weeks,” Whittall said. The task force meets again next Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.You can email your question to the task force by 5 p.m. the day before the meeting to economicrecovery@ocfl.net.

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