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Florida legislators vote to decriminalize fentanyl test strips to help address overdose crisis

In a rare bipartisan move, legislators agree on the bare minimum in smart drug policy, which now heads to DeSantis.

by McKenna Schueler May 4, 2023July 19, 2025

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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.

by McKenna Schueler May 4, 2023July 2, 2025

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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

by McKenna Schueler May 2, 2023April 22, 2025

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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.

by McKenna Schueler May 1, 2023June 15, 2025

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Orlando residents gather to ‘spread trans joy’ by creating care packages for transgender Floridians

by McKenna Schueler April 27, 2023May 24, 2025

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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

by McKenna Schueler April 26, 2023July 29, 2025

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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

by McKenna Schueler April 26, 2023November 17, 2024

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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

by McKenna Schueler April 25, 2023January 14, 2025

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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.

by McKenna Schueler April 25, 2023June 21, 2025

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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

by McKenna Schueler April 19, 2023June 27, 2025

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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.

by McKenna Schueler April 18, 2023June 22, 2025

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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.’

by McKenna Schueler April 18, 2023July 17, 2025

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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

by McKenna Schueler April 14, 2023May 4, 2025

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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

by McKenna Schueler April 13, 2023March 19, 2025

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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

by McKenna Schueler April 12, 2023December 15, 2024

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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.

by McKenna Schueler April 10, 2023June 18, 2024

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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

by McKenna Schueler April 7, 2023June 24, 2025

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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

by McKenna Schueler April 6, 2023September 17, 2024

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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’

by McKenna Schueler April 6, 2023June 4, 2025

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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

by McKenna Schueler April 5, 2023July 22, 2025