Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer released a statement Thursday after the state painted over the rainbow crosswalk in front of the Pulse nightclub site overnight. “We are devastated to learn that overnight the state painted over the Pulse Memorial crosswalk on ...

What feels small today is already growing into something dangerous and we must stand firm before it’s too late.'

Orlando repurposes buses as mobile shelters offering 42 beds for the homeless in collaboration with the Christian Service Center.

When Mayor Buddy Dyer thinks of Orlando, he sees the cow pastures it came from and the flying cars that, he says, are on their way.

Dyer pledged to remove barriers and modernize land use zoning to help private developers under his initiative called Orlando Unlocked. The program is helping to build more townhouses and apartments — like in the up-and-coming Packing District that recently opened a YMCA, a food hall and 800 housing units on the city’s west side, Dyer said.

City Beautiful Voices choir, composed of City of Orlando Employees, opens the State of the City ceremony performing America the Beautiful at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. /Orlando Sentinel) Orlando Poet Laureate Sean Welcome shares a poem to and introduces Mayor Buddy Dyer at the 2025 State of the City Address at The Plaza Live in Orlando,