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Florida AG Uthmeier submits rewritten Amendment 3 language for review
His proposed new title is “Increased Homestead Exemption, Lower Cap on Increases in Non-Homestead Property Assessments.”
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Florida spent more on treatment for children with autism, special needs than any other state in recent years
Florida in the past two years has spent more money than any other state in the nation providing a therapy called applied behavior analysis to children with special needs
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Groups invest in campaign to ‘move on from Moms for Liberty’ in Orange County, among others
The mailers are for “candidates in critical Florida school board races,” which include four in Orange County
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Nearly 1.5 million Floridians have voted in advance of Tuesday’s primary elections
Among outstanding vote-by-mail ballots, Democrats had about 100,000 more, 401,250, to the Republicans’ 302,317.
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Florida’s roundest house is back on the market
Dome homes are extremely energy efficient, can withstand extreme temperatures and, most importantly, they’re designed to deflect hurricane-force winds.
Posted inOrlando Area News
Orange County task force recommends tourist-tax funding for big projects downtown, but no baseball stadium
Their recommendations go to the Board of County Commissioners now
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DeSantis says Central Florida will start testing flying cars by the end of the year
The governor referenced “Back to the Future” and “The Jetsons” several times while making the announcement
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U.S. appeals court approves test of radioactive waste as road paving material
Phosphogypsum emits radon and is not permitted to be deposited anywhere but open-air stacks.
Posted inLabor
‘Don’t subcontract the magic’: Disney workers urge Disney to drop contract with third-party restaurant operator
Disney World’s largest third-party restaurant operator, the Patina Group, has been accused by employees of wage theft, ignoring sexual harassment, and union-busting.
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Judges grill DeSantis administration attorney over Medicaid termination letters
Florida was first sued three years ago over how it disenrolled people from the safety net health care program in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Byron Donalds says he’ll remove local officials who indulge in ‘sanctuary’ policies
Byron Donalds is positioned to succeed Ron DeSantis in the governor’s mansion next year
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Trump was secretly transported via catering truck amid Iran threats, report says
He was secretly taken to the back of a catering truck and shuttled to a nearby smaller Air Force C-32A plane
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DeSantis takes aim at AOC, says it’s not time to let Dems off the hook for ‘Woke 1’
DeSantis never uttered Ocasio-Cortez’ name, instead describing her as “one of the big lefties.”
Posted inFood News
Late-night eatery Los Tres Golpes shuts doors suddenly amid string of Orlando closures
The Los Tres Golpes team posted a notice on Instagram that the spot is closed until further notice and deleted all of its posts.
Posted inElections
Orange County elections office gets heat for ditching sample ballots for 2026 primary election
The Supervisor of Elections Office confirmed they will be bringing sample ballots back for the general election, following critical voter feedback.
Posted inFlorida News
FIU students file federal lawsuit over ICE protest clampdown
Per the lawsuit, the students left the auditorium on their own, the protest lasted less than five minutes, the students were silent, and the conversation on stage continued throughout.
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David Jolly blasts Byron Donalds’ ‘attack’ on LGBTQ+ rights amid Florida governor’s race
Donalds says he won’t back down on ‘cultural differences’ with Jolly
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With new tactics, ICE reaches new high in monthly arrests
“The focus is so much on the arrest numbers that the mission seems a little confused to the general public”
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Florida pediatricians rebuke Trump’s vaccine order
“We go by evidence-based science, we don’t go by politics and politicians.”
