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What do Florida’s new ‘whitewashed’ Black history standards mean for the state of education?
An interview with UCF Professor Robert Cassanello, who specializes in Florida’s civil rights history
McKenna Schueler
General news reporter for Orlando Weekly, with a focus on state and local government and workers' rights. You can find her bylines in Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, In These Times, and Facing South.
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How Florida’s new industry-backed landlord tenant law will affect Orange County renters
HB 1417 affects two local tenant rights laws in Orange County, and more than 40 statewide
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Testing drugs for xylazine, aka ‘tranq,’ could prevent serious harms, but it’s still illegal in Florida
A new law decriminalized a tool to test drugs for fentanyl, but excludes drug-checking equipment for the animal sedative xylazine, which is involved in a rising number of overdoses
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Florida Democrats in Congress commit to not intervene if UPS Teamsters strike
Last year President Biden intervened to prevent a railroad strike, leaving workers feeling betrayed
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Shop for your favorite misfit at Bazaar Botanica’s night market
Ivanhoe Park Brewing hosts vendors, artisans and a darkwave dance party
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Eskamani warns anti-choice activists are ‘stalking’ advocates of Florida’s abortion rights ballot initiative
Website reports precisely where pro-choice petitions are being gathered, so anti-choice petition gatherers can show up
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UPS Teamsters in Orlando prepare for looming nationwide strike
If the union and UPS don’t reach an agreement by the end of July, UPS workers could join the nation’s second-largest single-employer strike in U.S. history come Aug. 1.
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Orange County Sheriff’s Office proposes $23 million boost as part of new county budget
By comparison, housing programs get short shrift
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‘Not on our f*cking watch’: Florida Democratic Party chair releases new party ad blasting state GOP, DeSantis
The 70-second ad blasts the state GOP, blaming the majority party for issues such as unaffordable housing and income inequality in Florida
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Florida hospital workers approve new union contract, addressing wages and safe staffing concerns
While the contract doesn’t fix all of the issues raised, the union describes it as a ‘step in the right direction’
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New pregnancy care center in Kissimmee aims to offer ‘choices’ – just not abortion
The nonprofit plans to open its new anti-abortion pregnancy center less than a mile from a Planned Parenthood clinic.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis approves another industry-backed bill gutting local tenant protections
Critics have described the bill as predatory, anti-consumer, and a prime example of Big Government trampling local governments’ freedoms.
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‘Free Florida: The People’s Rally for Our Rights’ happens, appropriately, on July 4 in downtown Orlando
Celebrate the Fourth with some truly all-American protest
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Leveraging the moment: Florida Rep. Eskamani organizes rally and canvass to get abortion access on the ballot
The event falls on the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade
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Abortion clinic escort group SWAN throws a combo birthday party-fundraiser at Redlight Redlight
Organization celebrates first birthday in style
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Orange County commissioner urges community to attend town halls providing input on county’s future
Vision 2050 town halls are scheduled throughout the county this month
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Florida public employees get mailers rife with disinformation about the state’s new union bill
The anti-union mailers were sent by an out-of-state think tank in response to Florida’s newly passed SB 256
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Orlando volunteers come together to spread trans joy again on Thursday
Feeling the weight of Florida’s mass of anti-LGBTQ legislation? Take some time out.
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Sanford nurses rally for safe staffing, joining a national day of labor action
‘Some nurses say they fear for their license,’ said one nurse. ‘I fear for a patient’s life.’
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Nazi demonstrators wave DeSantis sign and swastikas outside Disney World in Orlando
P!nk tweeted out what we were all thinking: ‘ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME????!!!!!!!!’