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Orlando rent is still unaffordable for low-income renters, even with a housing voucher
In Orlando and other Florida metro areas, the value of housing vouchers hasn’t kept up with surging rent prices.
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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Orlando rallies for ‘our dreams and freedom’ on International Workers Day
Advocates and activists show community organization is very much alive in Central Florida
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Florida Uber and Lyft drivers launch effort to organize for better pay, better app policies
Local rideshare drivers are organizing with a group that’s come under scrutiny in the past by some labor activists and organizers.
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Florida House passes bill that could gut Orange County’s tenant bill of rights and fair notice requirements
All in all, an estimated 46 ordinances in 35 cities and across the state of Florida would be gutted by the bill’s passage
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Florida Republicans pass anti-union bill, reject Democrats’ attempts to soften its blow
Florida legislators approve a gut punch of a bill to public employee unions, largely along party lines
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‘We will not disappear’: LGBTQ activists rally at Orlando City Hall
LGBTQ Floridians question whether new education and healthcare policies are simply a move to eradicate their presence in the state
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Sodexo management allegedly orchestrated a ‘no-union’ rally at Rollins College, after workers filed to unionize
Many of the concerns raised at the ‘no union’ rally were false or mistaken.
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Orlando abortion clinic escorts stand guard as Florida’s six-week ban looms
With reproductive rights under attack, one volunteer group has committed itself to standing up to anti-choice propaganda outside an Orlando abortion clinic
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Florida Supreme Court decides not to take up Orange County rent control fight
Rent control isn’t coming to Orange County after all.
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Florida Republicans take aim at ‘living wage ordinances’ and, by extension, working families
‘It’s painfully obvious that the GOP doesn’t give a damn about the working class of this state.’
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Community Resource Guide: What to do when you need help in Orlando
Whether you need utilities or help with a bad landlord, we’ve got you covered
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Rollins College dining workers formally file for a union election
Rollins College could gain a union on campus for its dining workers
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Here we go again: Florida anti-union bill teed up for a full House vote despite mass opposition
The bill, described as ‘union-busting’ by critics, now heads to the full House for a vote
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Orlando’s former Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith announces bid for Florida Senate in 2024
He’s running for the seat currently held by Sen. Linda Stewart, who’s term-limited from seeking re-election to office.
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Florida unions zero in on Republican lawmakers, calling directly on them to kill the anti-union House Bill 1445
The bill targets public sector unions and has already gotten the OK from the Florida Senate
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Florida Republican targeting public sector unions got $19,000 from business groups last month
His PAC also got a $10,000 donation from a political committee tied to Florida’s ‘ghost candidate’ probe
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Orange County school board member Alicia Farrant claimed the district prioritizes LGBTQ students. That didn’t go over well
After the Moms for Liberty member got pushback from colleagues, she complained ‘Since day one, I’ve only been attacked’
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Florida’s local elected officials worry state preemption bills could ‘chill’ local policymaking
The bills undermine efforts to pursue local solutions to issues affecting their communities
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Florida bill decriminalizing fentanyl test strips sails through Senate with bipartisan support
The Florida Senate unanimously approved a bill that’s meant to help prevent fentanyl overdose