Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia holds a news conference in Orlando.

In a news conference, Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia said, based on his DOGE/FAFO audit team’s methodology, the county overspent by $48,445,891.

With a Florida House panel finishing a two-day review of property-tax issues, city and county officials defended their financial management amid Gov. Ron DeSantis’ push to ask voters next year to slash taxes on homesteaded properties.

It’s a question of whose numbers you believe. In dueling news conferences Monday, CFO Blaise Ingoglia and Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings battled over whether the county was overtaxing residents, with the two men citing contradicting data.

Florida’s chief financial officer is once again accusing Orange County of “playing games” when it comes to the state’s DOGE audit of the county, saying the county made his team chase down every employee to deliver subpoenas.

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings is denying claims that his staff did not fully cooperate with an audit by the state’s DOGE team earlier this month. On Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia announced the state would issue investigative subpoenas for county employees.

A whistleblower says more than 300 million Americans' Social Security data was put at risk after Department of Government Efficiency officials uploaded sensitive information to a cloud account not subject to oversight.

Personnel representing Florida's Department of Government Efficiency descended on Orlando Monday, launching its audit of the city.

Florida’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, is set to begin its audit of the city of Orlando’s finances.

State auditors are scheduled to arrive at the Orange County Administration Building Tuesday to begin an on-site review of county financial records, particularly expenses related to diversity programs and a new multicultural center.

Florida’s Department of Government Efficiency will be in Orlando Tuesday to get access to Orange County facilities for an extensive audit of the county’s records.

State auditors are scheduled to arrive at the Orange County Administration Building Tuesday to begin an on-site review of county financial records, particularly expenses related to diversity programs and a new multicultural center.

This week, Florida's DOGE task force is going to local governments as part of a massive effort to audit local government spending. Orange County gets its turn Tuesday and Wednesday. Here's what DOGE is looking for.

On Friday, the city released a letter it received from the Florida Department of Government Efficiency, dated July 30. Orlando's mayor said the city will comply and show that it is financially responsible.

Orange County is the latest government agency to get audited by Florida’s Department of Government Efficiency. It requests DOGE access to whatever county facilities, data systems and personnel are needed to investigate a trove of information going back to 2019 on everything from contracting to personnel salaries to DEI and environment-related programs to homeless services.

President Donald Trump is threatening to cut Elon Musk’s government contracts as their fractured alliance rapidly escalated into a public feud.

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to block court orders requiring Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to turn over documents about its operations to a government watchdog group.

Amid an escalating feud between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled House, the chamber’s budget chairman on Friday sent letters to six state agencies seeking a broad array of documents as part of a probe into government spending.

On Monday, a 63-year-old woman from Orlando called News 6 for help as she has tried for over 10 days to get in contact with anyone from Social Security.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing people’s private data at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Personnel Management.

New requirements that Social Security recipients go online or in person to a field office to access key benefits, instead of just making a phone call, will pose challenges for many people.

Protesters gathered in front of the Tesla dealership along John Young Parkway to decry Elon Musk and the policy changes they say he’s influenced within the government.

The Associated Press has found that the Trump administration has stalled at least $60 million in funding intended largely for affordable housing developments nationwide.

Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is encouraging Republican lawmakers to skip town halls that have been rife with protesters.

President Donald Trump's administration says federal agencies should begin planning to eliminate employee positions.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held a news conference to introduce a new task force to review and improve the government’s efficiency.

The National Treasury Employees Union and former IRS employees say around 100 or 1/3 of employees at the Orlando offices received their termination letter on Wednesday or Thursday. Why workers say this could impact you.

The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner has stepped down from her role at the agency over Department of Government Efficiency requests to access Social Security recipient information.

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis has written a letter to Elon Musk requesting the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) audit what he calls “censorship grants” made federally to some public universities.