Morning Briefing: Orlando — August 29, 2025

Good morning, Central Florida. Here’s what you need to know today.

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We’ll kick off our Friday with a mix of sun and clouds, allowing us to heat up into the upper 80s and lower 90s across the region. But as we get deeper into the afternoon hours, seabreeze boundaries will begin to kick up some showers and storms across the area.

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Around Central Florida

1. Florida watches for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to empty after email appears to reveal state’s plan
Spectrum News spent Thursday outside the immigrant detention camp in the Florida Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” attempting to get visual confirmation of the state’s plan to transfer all detainees.

2. 16 Orange County employees subpoenaed by the state following DOGE audit
Orange County leaders have confirmed that Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia has subpoenaed 16 county employees in connection with an audit of the county’s finances.

3. City of Melbourne issues boil water notice after E. Coli found at sample point
The City of Melbourne issued a boil water notice Thursday after E. coli bacteria were found at a single sample point at 1215 Sun Circle East, Melbourne.

4. Melbourne community center partially opens after roof collapse last month
A city of Melbourne community center is partially re-opened after strong storms caused part of the roof to collapse last month.

Around the Nation

1. Investigators look for a motive in a deadly mass shooting at Minneapolis church

2. After CDC director’s firing, Kennedy says agency ‘troubled,’ requires ‘getting rid of some people’

3. Noem renews call to localize disaster response

4. Federal Reserve official Lisa Cook sues Trump administration to block her attempted firing

5. Judge questions if Spanish-language journalist can stay in immigration detention without charges

Quote of the Day

When President Donald Trump’s administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons.

Instead, it handed the project on a military base to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a small business that has no listed experience running a correction facility and had never won a federal contract worth more than $16 million. The company also lacks a functioning website and lists as its address a modest home in suburban Virginia owned by a 77-year-old retired Navy flight officer.