Seminole County’s on-demand “SCOUT” micro-transit service keeps growing — but passengers say the wait times still need improvement since the transportation service first hit the road. Now, the county is hoping $1.5 million in state funding will continue to support its mission to make the service faster, more accessible and better connected for the thousands of riders who depend on it every day.

Seminole County is moving forward with plans to build a major indoor sports complex — a facility officials say could generate $2.4 billion in economic impact. News 6 has been following the project and how the county plans to pay for part of it with revenue from the new tourism improvement district fee. But at least one family-owned hotel says the assessment is costing them thousands of dollars a year — and they’re nowhere near where the facility will be built.