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Abe Aboraya

Abe is the Local Government Accountability Reporter for Oviedo Community News and is a Report for America corps member. His work has appeared on NPR, ProPublica, Kaiser Health News and StoryCorps. He spent 2018 investigating post-traumatic stress disorder in first responders, and investigated why paramedics didn’t enter Pulse nightclub to bring out victims. In 2018, the Florida Associated Press Professional Broadcasters Contest awarded that series second place in the investigative category and first place in the public affairs category. Aboraya holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Central Florida. His first journalism job in 2007 was covering the city of Winter Springs in Seminole County. A father of two, Aboraya spends his free time reading and writing fiction and enjoying his second home in the Hyrule kingdom.

Reach Abe by email at abeaboraya@oviedocommunitynews.org

Abe's Latest Articles

Ryan Elijah victory party
Ryan Elijah upsets Rep. Cory Mills for U.S. House District 7

Embattled incumbent Cory Mills, facing ethics investigations, falls to former Fox 35 anchor Ryan Elijah, who now hopes to reach across the aisle.

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Election results: Primary Election 2026

Seminole County School Board incumbents Kristine Kraus and Autumn Garick won big on election night, with a narrow race going down to the final count for the third seat.

Judicial candidate Erik Swenk responds to allegations he falsified time cards

Judicial candidate Erik Swenk says FDLE has evidence he "was never on the clock when I was campaigning."

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Exclusive: Judicial candidate Nathan Skop not rehirable by state attorney’s office

‘It takes a lot to be un-rehirable,’ a former judge said, after a case Nathan Skop was a prosecutor for was ordered to be retried. Skop is now running for judge in Seminole County.

Cory Mills investigations press conference
Watch: Rep. Cory Mills defends ethics investigations, saying he hasn’t been convicted of anything

U.S. Rep. Cory Mills is facing multiple ethics investigations amid reports of a ‘quiet’ criminal probe.

Seminole County property tax increase
Winter Springs votes for property tax rate cut as Amendment 3 looms

‘This is a miracle,’ one commissioner who’s up for reelection says after tax cut vote.

How Rep. Cory Mills and his challengers will vote on property tax reform

In U.S. House District 7 race, two Republicans are planning to vote no, and one Democrat is planning to vote for Amendment 3

Seminole County mail ballots
Watch: Seminole County judicial candidates answer questions about Supreme Court cases

One Seminole County judicial candidate says the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade was the most significant in recent history. ‘Everything I learned in law school went out the window.’

Winter Springs water spill broken pipe
Winter Springs to add cameras, more no trespassing signs after reclaimed pipe break

Officials said no report to the Florida Department of Environmental needed after city says vandals likely broke pipe near drain field, causing a reclaimed irrigation water spill.

How neighbors’ water bills are shaping votes on the property tax amendment

The Florida property tax exemption referendum, better known as Amendment 3, could save one woman $165 per month, but make city and county budgets unstable.