Vol. 37, No. 24
‘We’re not birds and mice’: Costuming cast members want Disney World to close the gender pay gap
The predominantly female workers are compensated at a lower scale than their mostly male peers classified as stage technicians
By McKenna Schueler
Disney World workers approve new contract delivering an $18 minimum wage in 2023
Disney World workers approve new contract delivering wage raise and paid family leave
Florida House lawmakers want to cut funding for Visit Florida tourism-marketing agency
Tourism officials warn the changes would harm efforts that last year helped lead to tourism numbers topping pre-pandemic levels
By Jim Turner, NSF
Join Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer in Bike to Work Day this week
Pump up your tires and roll those khaki slacks
By Reina Nieves
How to file your taxes for free — without TurboTax
Time to dig your receipts out from under that stack of beach towels — you’ll need both in the next couple weeks.
By Kristen Doerer, ProPublica
All the anti-LGBTQ+ laws being proposed in Florida — and how you can fight back
Be proud and get loud
Florida House and Senate advance proposed record spending plans for 2023-2024 year
DeSantis has requested that funding for the state guard go from $10 million in the current year to more than $95 million in 2023-2024
By Ryan Dailey and Jim Turner, News Service of Florida
‘This is an attack’: Florida's extreme abortion ban will likely pass the Senate Thursday
The six-week ban is contingent on a constitutional challenge to Florida's current 15-week ban
By Chloe Greenberg
Florida’s Republican-controlled Senate approves anti-union bill, largely along party lines
Five Republicans crossed party lines to vote against the bill with Democrats.
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
Office of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody says abortion legal precedents are ‘clearly erroneous’
Lawyers in Moody’s office filed a 67-page brief arguing that justices should uphold a 2022 law that prevents abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy
By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida
Florida’s constitutional carry gun law gets final approval, heads to Gov. DeSantis
The bill would allow people to carry concealed weapons without having to meet requirements such as firearms training and background screening
By Ryan Dailey, NSF
Florida Senate votes to change requirements for death sentence
The issue emerged after Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz was sentenced to life in prison
By Jim Saunders, NSF
Florida Senate committee advances controversial measures targeting trans bathroom use, drag shows
The bills are part of a series of moves by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature targeting transgender minors and adults
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
Florida House votes to expand ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law, ban preferred pronouns in schools
The expansion would prevent instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity through eighth grade
Florida House passes proposal to let school-board candidates run with party labels
The House on Friday also passed a bill that would change residency requirements for school-board candidates
Proposals in the Legislature aim to help mobile dental clinics expand their reach
Florida leads the nation in number of individuals living in dental health professional shortage areas.
By Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection
Measure to push back school start times approved by Florida House
The changes would have to go into effect by July 2026
By News Service of Florida
Gov. DeSantis signs Florida’s ‘constitutional carry’ gun bill into law
The bill will do away with a decades-old licensing process, including background checks and training
Florida Republicans want to make it harder to declare public-health emergencies
The bill comes after a statewide public-health emergency that lasted for more than a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic
Bill to ban abortion after six weeks advances in Florida Senate
The bill will now go to the House, where it is expected to pass
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
Free Will Astrology: More Geminis will sign up for an exotic trip to the space hotel than any other sign
Horoscopes for the week of March 30 to April 5
By Rob Brezsny
MegaCon takes over the Convention Center for four days of pop-culture fandom
By Matthew Moyer
Take in the fresh air and fresh art at this weekend's Spring Fiesta in the Park at Lake Eola
New community art supply closet to be unveiled at Joybird Books on Saturday
Dogfest Orlando celebrates our four-legged friends — for a good cause — in April
Registration is free, but you can and should donate
PAW Patrol Live show on a roll into Orlando this summer
An interactive, family-friendly live show jam-packed with visual effects and catchy tunes
Orlando Book Festival brings author panels and more next weekend
Plus writing activities and keynote speech from R.L. Stine
Orlando Sings Symphonic Chorus gets a handle on Handel with awe-inspiring results
By Kyle Eagle
Some parting words from longtime theater producer Beth Marshall
Marshall is leaving Orlando after nearly 30 years of amplifying local talent
By Seth Kubersky
Orlando Burger Week kicks off 15 days of $10-and-under local burger deals on Wednesday
By OW Staff
Get hoppy at Sunday BUNday at Ellipsis, grab Spanish-American brunch at Egg-Celente, Gogi Hotpot comes to West Colonial
All the crunchiest Orlando food news
By Faiyaz Kara
Every dish we ate at Juju's ‘Nigiri-Kase’ dinner
Orlando chef Lewis Lin stages multi-course dinners of dry-aged nigiri every Wednesday at Juju
Michelin announces eight Orlando additions to its restaurant guide
Full 2023 Florida guide to be revealed May 11 in Miami
Guy Fieri is coming to Orlando to debut new menus at Chicken Guy! this week
Flavortown just got a little closer to home
Mr. J Hand-Pulled Noodle in Ocoee brings a taste of Lanzhou to the west side
Chef Meng is from Gansu Province, home to more than a thousand noodle shops
The SteelDrivers bring their soulful bluegrass sound to Tuffy’s
By Bao Le-Huu
Hear possible futures of Orlando hip-hop from Kaelin Ellis, Flozigg, Maddie Barker and more at the Henao Center
The HIRS Collective cancel this weekend's show at Will's Pub due to injury
Tuff Turf brings dystopian retrofuturism to Orlando on a bill with Future Bartenderz, Pressure Kitten and more
Caustic Bats release mini-album ‘Dark Omens,’ a dive into their urgent, nocturnal realm
Orlando events promoter Ricky Padilla moves to the radio airwaves at FLY 103.1 with DJ Nasty
For a good time, call Ricky Padilla
By Sarah Kinbar
Meet Me @ The Altar close out their first headlining tour with a hometown show at the Abbey
This trio of 20-something women of color forged a path in a music scene historically dominated by white guys
By Ida V. Eskamani
John Cusack comes to the Enzian as part of Florida Film Festival
I want my two dollars.
Prime Video debuts ‘The Power,’ in which the teenage girls of the world gain the ability to electrocute anyone on a whim
Plus, call your mom: Celeste Barber got a show and it premieres this week
By Steve Schneider
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Orlando restaurants burned rubber at the 2024 Michelin Guide ceremony
The Hammered Lamb faces business hit after Orlando Sentinel shares incorrect health inspection data
Open House and Oh Hey Cafe open on Lee Road, Bar Kada opens next to Soseki in Winter Park, and Kōri opens soon in Mills 50
Iconic Motown diva Diana Ross has come a long way from the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects in Detroit, and now she's putting her…
By Colin Wolf
Atmospheric indie-rockers Beach Fossils enthralled a loyal crowd at the House of Blues in Orlando. [content-1]
By Grayson Keglovic
The castle-like remains of an eccentric scholar's unfinished artist sanctuary is now on the market in Florida. Located in Monticello, near Tallahassee,…
It was a gorgeous day of "music, art and freedom" when the Florida Groves Festival returned to the Orlando Amphitheater at the…
By Matt Keller Lehman
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