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Orange Soil & Water Board Declares Removal Process Against Supervisor Morales Invalid

January 18, 2020
Written by: Mellissa Thomas
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN NEWS) – With the Orange Soil & Water Conservation District Board’s compliance issues, the Board couldn’t hold the vote to remove the only Hispanic and longest serving member, Supervisor Daisy Morales during Friday’s monthly meeting. “More than 256,000 Orange County voters voted to re-elect me to another four-year team,” Morales said. “This Board, along…

January 16, 2020
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FILE: Orlando Magic Community Ambassadors Bo Outlaw (pictured) and Nick Anderson and Orlando Magic volunteers joined Orlando Commissioner Robert Stuart to feed the homeless at the Christian Counseling Center in District 3 in 2016. File Photo: Mellissa Thomas/Florida National News.

ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – Source: Orlando Magic // The Orlando Magic, through the Magic Volunteer Program (MVP) and in partnership with Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, will participate in the City of Orlando’s Great Day of Service to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 20 from…

January 16, 2020
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President Donald Trump smiles during an event on prayer in public schools, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade agreement Thursday that rewrites the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico and gives President Donald Trump a major policy win before senators turn their full attention to his impeachment trial. The vote was 89-10. The measure goes to Trump for his signature.…

January 16, 2020
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Attorney General William Barr speaks to reporters at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, to announce results of an investigation of the shootings at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida. On Dec. 6, 2019, 21-year-old Saudi Air Force officer, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani, opened fire at the naval base in Pensacola, killing three U.S. sailors and injuring eight other people. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. training for more than 800 Saudi Arabian military students could be restarted “in the coming days,” the Pentagon said Thursday, nearly six weeks after a shooting by one Saudi trainee killed three sailors at a Florida base. The Pentagon had stopped all flight and field training for the approximately 850 Saudi…

January 3, 2020
Written by: FNN NEWS
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN NEWS) – One day after the start of the New Year, four Orange County constitutional officers–Sheriff John Mina (2019), Tax Collector Scott Randolph, Clerk of Court Tiffany Moore, and Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles–all filed for 2020 re-election at the Supervisor of Elections office. Orange County has six countywide constitutional officers, which also…

December 18, 2019
Written by: Randy Ross
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN NEWS) – After the vote tonight, Democrats will be taking a victory lap off a cliff and Republicans will be rightfully fuming. But what’s next… There’s a reason why that’s not in the form of a question. The reality is, this action by Democrats in Congress will fire up the Trump base…

December 17, 2019
Written by: Randy Ross
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President Donald Trump gives the media thumbs up as he exits Air Force One. Photo: AP.

ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN NEWS) – On a pretty regular basis I hear or observe gay people bashing our President. Often, especially on social media, when I engage to simply inquire where the basis of that anger or hate comes from I am met with a plethora of responses, but rarely with any substance or facts.…

November 25, 2019
Written by: FNN NEWS
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN NEWS) – Orange Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor Daisy Morales, in partnership with Mustard Seed of Central Florida, donated nearly $10,000 worth of school uniforms to a private school and two church groups in West Orlando ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Supervisor Morales distributed hundreds of brand new uniforms for students ranging from…