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Pressure builds for Florida Gov. DeSantis to veto bill to block local workplace heat protection measures

The bill has gained national attention as an attack on working-class Floridians who work outdoors.

by McKenna Schueler April 8, 2024February 8, 2025

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Central Florida advocates uplift effort to expand Medicaid in Florida

A campaign to expand Medicaid in Florida through the ballot box in 2026 was officially launched in February.

by McKenna Schueler April 5, 2024July 4, 2025

Arts + Culture

Halloween Horror Nights will kick off earlier than ever this year at Universal Orlando

We’ll see you in the fog

by Alexandra Sullivan April 4, 2024March 19, 2025

Food + Drink

Kaya has been named a 2024 James Beard Award finalist for Best New Restaurant

‘OH MY GOD AHHHHHHH!’

by Faiyaz Kara April 3, 2024July 31, 2025

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Abortion advocates plan Orlando rally this month to support abortion rights measure

Florida voters will get to decide in November whether to extend Florida’s abortion limit to roughly 24 weeks of pregnancy

by McKenna Schueler April 2, 2024December 3, 2024

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What the Florida Supreme court abortion rulings mean for voters

The court approved a six-week ban, but will also give voters a chance to ensure access to abortion with ballot amendment in November

by Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix April 2, 2024January 7, 2025

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DeSantis suspends Orlando commissioner Regina Hill days after arrest

Hill was indicted last week on charges of elder exploitation, personal ID fraud and mortgage fraud

by McKenna Schueler and Chloe Greenberg April 1, 2024July 29, 2025

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Orlando will continue to block opening of new nightclubs downtown for another six months

Downtown Orlando won’t be seeing any new nightclubs downtown (with limited exceptions) until at least late September

by McKenna Schueler April 1, 2024May 22, 2025

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tops the list of the year’s worst failures of government transparency

The Foilies 2024: Sunshine laws blocked in the Sunshine State

by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock News March 27, 2024January 12, 2025

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Orange County taxpayers will have to cover OnePulse’s unpaid property tax bill

‘The OnePulse foundation took advantage of us, the victims and survivors of the shooting, and now they are taking full advantage of Orange County taxpayers,’ said one shooting survivor.

by McKenna Schueler March 26, 2024May 19, 2025

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Wildlife advocates threaten lawsuit to get Florida manatees reclassified as an endangered species

At least part of the spike in deaths in 2021 and 2022 was related to a lack of seagrass in areas such as the Indian River Lagoon

by Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida March 21, 2024August 6, 2024

Arts + Culture

Snap! Orlando opens ‘Timeless,’ a show of photos documenting icons of hip-hop culture

Photographers Brian Cross and Eric Coleman, aka Mochilla, travel light but prepared

by Richard Reep March 20, 2024July 22, 2025

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Walgreens to close Orlando distribution center, lay off hundreds

Employees are expected to be laid off in May

by McKenna Schueler March 18, 2024June 24, 2025

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University of Central Florida students advocate for free emergency contraception on campus

Students secured their first victory when the administration lowered the cost of generic Plan B to $6.

by McKenna Schueler March 14, 2024June 6, 2025

Music

Jazz superstar Christian McBride lands in Orlando for a three-night run at Judson’s Live

Bringing along his first ‘all-millennial band’

by Kyle Eagle March 13, 2024July 10, 2025

Music

Weezer, Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. are coming to Orlando — together! — in September

Weezer will play the ‘Blue Album’ in full every night

by Matthew Moyer March 12, 2024November 3, 2024

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Florida Legislature approves bills to weaken Florida’s child labor laws

The legislation now heads to Gov. DeSantis for his signature or veto

by McKenna Schueler March 11, 2024May 10, 2025

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Florida Legislature passes follow-up to union reform bill, sends it off to DeSantis

The ‘glitch legislation’ closes holes in a sweeping anti-union law passed last year that has already caused thousands of public employees to lose their union representation

by McKenna Schueler March 7, 2024June 17, 2025