The University of Central Florida used $10 million intended for operating expenses on construction and improvements to existing buildings, on top of the $38 million that leaders admitted last week was misspent on the new Trevor Colbourn Hall.

In addition, university leaders say they used nearly...

Listing the staggering number of new retail and entertainment developments in the pipeline for the once-rural Lake Nona neighborhood could wind an auctioneer.

An inflatable waterpark. A brewery. A container park. A 60-foot-tall ropes course. A wakeboard cable park. Beach volleyball courts. A high-end...

Former University of Central Florida President John Hitt rated his chief financial officer as “outstanding” in nearly every area of his annual evaluation in February, as he had for each of the past 12 years.

“He enjoys my full trust and confidence,” Hitt wrote in February 2008, the most recent...

The Orange County Supervisor of Elections is disputing a new ACLU report that claimed the county had the highest rate of rejected vote-by-mail ballots in the entire state.

But the author of the report said he was only going by the numbers Orange County itself reported to the state– and said even...

The number of homeless school kids in Central Florida has steadily declined during the past four years — bucking the national trend — and the region also has made considerable progress in housing veterans and people with disabilities, a new report says. But to continue the progress, the region...

Ron DeSantis was tight-lipped Wednesday about a potential rift with President Donald Trump during a campaign stop at an Orange County private school.

The GOP candidate for governor, visiting the Deeper Root Academy grade school near Gotha to tout his education plan, broke with Trump last week after...

A Republican mailer in House District 47 targets Democrat Anna Eskamani for “extremely vulgar” language.

She’s facing Republican Stockton Reeves in the Nov. 6 election. The two are scheduled to debate Friday, hosted by the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce.

The ad, funded by the Republican Party...

As he prepares to take office as Orange County mayor, Sheriff Jerry Demings has assembled a 37-member transition team — many considered leaders in government, business, education and nonprofits — to advise and help him.

The roster, announced this week, is led by co-chairs Linda Chapin, first elected...

Orange County commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday urging boaters to slow down and lakefront property owners to mark submerged docks because of high water levels on more than 50 county lakes.

Commissioners lack statutory authority to take tougher action or mandate “no wake” zones.

Commissioner...

Mayor Buddy Dyer said the Orlando Police Department will keep an eye on Washington Shores, where neighbors have been concerned about a new gun shop that opened in the neighborhood.

However, city commissioners said Monday they can't take legislative action because state law bars local officials...