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Orlando special election results: Democrats LaVon Bracy Davis and RaShon Young advance, head to general elections this fall
LaVon Bracy Davis and RaShon Young both won their Democratic primaries Tuesday and head to general elections in September.
Legal Public Notices 6/25/25
Orlando Legals Legal Public Notices Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location and times indicated: July 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage, 292 W Central Pkwy, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714 (407) 378-6671. CHANEL PRESLEY-Home furniture The auction will…
What to watch: ‘The Bear,’ ‘Squid Game,’ ‘Smoke,’ ‘Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel’
Plus everything else debuting on the streams this week
College Park Diner, ‘Orlando’s oldest diner,’ closes permanently
‘While we were given the option to clean and reopen, we made the difficult decision to permanently close instead’
Halloween Horror Nights announces two new original houses for 2025
‘El Artista: A Spanish Haunting’ and ‘Hatchet and Chains: Demon Bounty Hunters’ are on the way
City approves funding to support upcoming LGBTQ-owned restaurant Outpost near Lake Eola
The DTO Restaurant Program helps support restaurants with up to $475K of city funding.
Buñuel, the new project of Oxbow’s Eugene Robinson, goes berserk at Conduit this week
Today Is the Day (?!) open
Social media groups urge Florida to continue blocking ban for kids
The groups say parents should make decisions about their children’s social-media use
Florida Attorney General asks U.S. Supreme Court to let state enforce blocked immigration law
If the Supreme Court grants Uthmeier’s request, the state could enforce the law while what could be a lengthy court battle plays out
Guy Fieri’s Chicken Guy! officially closes its doors in Winter Park
So long, Flavortown
Funding for free prison phone calls makes it into Florida’s 2026 budget
Advocates hope the proposal, included in the $115 billion budget passed by the Legislature, will survive DeSantis’ veto pen
Gov. DeSantis signs legislation to relieve financial burdens on Florida condo owners
The measure follows tightened regulations enacted after the 2021 Surfside condo collapse in South Florida
Florida wants judge to toss out lawsuit over deal allowing Seminole control of online sports betting
Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office last week filed a 34-page motion to dismiss the lawsuit
Hilton hotel workers in Orlando score wage increases, job protections in new union contract
According to the union, the new four-year contract includes increased protections for immigrant workers who face an uncertain future under the Trump administration.
ICE raids among issues poised for votes at U.S. Conference of Mayors this weekend in Florida
Also on the table are discussions on handling natural disasters, homelessness and public safety
Top state Republican ally Marva Johnson is now FAMU president despite widespread pushback
Her appointment has prompted protesters’ concerns that she may prove a political president
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could be bad news for Florida health care, advocates say
Florida leads the nation in Obamacare enrollment in 2025, with 4.7 million people enrolled in the marketplace
Florida flights return 300 Americans evacuating Israel, DeSantis and FDEM say
According to DeSantis, Florida has helped ‘effectuate’ more than 1,500 people’s exit from Israel
Orlando Rep. Maxwell Frost introduces legislation to make ICE more accountable
Frost argued that ICE agents are abusing the rule of law, skirting due process, and targeting nonviolent working people
Florida officials open door for state colleges to increase out-of-state tuition by up to 15 percent
In-state tuition has not been raised since 2013
Orlando metal stars Trivium plan to end 2025 fall tour at Hard Rock Live
Celebrating 20 years of ‘Ascendancy’
Orlando Democrat Josh Weil to run for U.S. Senate, wants to raise funds for other Dems
Weil stunned political observers this year by raising more than $15M in a district that had elected a Republican by 33 points just five months earlier
Divided court refuses to halt order requiring manatee protections in Florida
The protections include temporarily preventing new septic tanks in the Indian River Lagoon area
Nomadic musician Dean Batten says farewell to Orlando at Will’s Pub this week
Batten plays on a bill with Jensey, David Julia and Jonnie Morgan
Osceola Arts hosts a Juneteenth Fashion Show this week
Local creatives take over the runway
Orlando International Film Festival provides a long weekend of challenging cinema at UCF’s downtown HQ
Nearly 250 films on offer
‘You Must Dance’ at this benefit rave for Orlando’s Peer Support Space
Music, dancing and a raffle
Melrose Pop Festival at the downtown library features big names like Homeboy Sandman and B. Howard
E-Turn, Jessica Delacruz and Kristen Warren also feature
Spooky Empire’s summer edition is this weekend in Orlando with Simon Pegg and Danny Elfman in tow
Former Sentinel syndicatee Joe Bob Briggs will be in the house
Orlando’s Dewey Robbins returns to music in a big way with the cinematic indie of The Left Joins
Scene luminaries like Marc With a C and Chris LeBrane join on this sonic adventure
Federal judge holds Florida AG James Uthmeier in contempt of court over immigration
‘Litigants cannot change the plain meaning of words as it suits them,’ the judge wrote
Surprise! Cardiel are back in Orlando, and don’t miss out on new locals Hutch
Cardiel, Hamiltons, M.A.C.E., Hutch
Nuri’s Tavern in downtown Orlando squares the circle with spectacular tavern-style pizzas
‘Nuri’s is like modern Pizza Hut for millennials and I’m in love’
What to watch this week: ‘We Were Liars,’ ‘Somebody Feed Phil,’ ‘Trainwreck: Poop Cruise’ and more
Everything mostly not crappy premiering on the streaming platforms
Orlando concert calendar: Homeboy Sandman, Lil Poppa, Aquabats, Heart Attack Man
Your weekend of live music around town, June 19-22
Orlando food news: Beignets + Brews, Smashville Hot Chicken, Meltwich and more
Restaurant openings and dining events around town
Young Orlando hardcore band Watts hits the road this week to spread the bad word
Catch them at their tour kick-off show Wednesday at Will’s Pub
Orlando wrestlers get ready to rum… er, ‘Grapple for Good’ in Sanford this week
The show benefits Hollerbach’s Has Heart
DeSantis erases ‘LGBTQ and Hispanic communities’ from Pulse remembrance statement
Last year’s statement referred to the massacre as a ‘horrific act of terrorism against the LGBTQ and Hispanic communities’
LGBTQ nonprofits in Orlando report loss of federal funds under the Trump administration
Advocates also shared concerns about proposed cuts to the national 988 suicide hotline during a League of Women voters luncheon at the Winter Park Events Center.
Florida teachers unions score milestone victory in DeSantis’ war on public sector unions
At least 100 local teachers unions in Florida have managed to survive new requirements imposed by a stringent law passed in 2023.
