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Gov. DeSantis signs bill to overturn Disney development agreement
DeSantis signed the bill as Florida’s legislative session comes to an end
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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.
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‘Heaven has borders’: Florida Republicans advance controversial immigration bill
The bill includes includes stepping up requirements on businesses to check the immigration status of workers
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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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‘We thought we got rid of these’: Proposed Taintsville dog kennel resembles puppy mill
Canadian small-dog breeder wants to build a ‘commercial kennel’ in northeast Orlando
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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 flight interrupted because man has beef with crying baby
The only sure things in life: death, taxes, and any plane in or out of MCO is full of kids.
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Mass hysteria, grumpiness ensues as Florida Division of Emergency Management ruins everyone’s morning
They later apologized for the test alert, saying it was meant to be on TV, not phones
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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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Gov. DeSantis signs Florida’s six-week abortion ban into law
Whether the limit takes effect will be determined by how the Florida Supreme Court decides a challenge to last year’s 15-week law
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Florida Film Festival returns for a 32nd year, bringing wild and wide-ranging cinema to Orlando
10 days of cinema from around the world
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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 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
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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
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Starbucks illegally withheld credit card tipping option from union workers, NLRB complaints allege
The NLRB alleges that Starbucks illegally withheld credit card tips from union baristas, while paying it to nonunion workers
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Chain dollar stores harm communities, says report from the Institute for Self Reliance
‘Predatory tactics’ enable ‘a public health disaster’
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Disney World unions reach tentative deal delivering $18 minimum wage in 2023
Disney World cast members score a better ‘best’ offer from Walt Disney World, celebrated as a victory on Thursday