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Top state Republican ally Marva Johnson is now FAMU president despite widespread pushback
Her appointment has prompted protesters’ concerns that she may prove a political president
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Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could be bad news for Florida health care, advocates say
Florida leads the nation in Obamacare enrollment in 2025, with 4.7 million people enrolled in the marketplace
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Florida flights return 300 Americans evacuating Israel, DeSantis and FDEM say
According to DeSantis, Florida has helped ‘effectuate’ more than 1,500 people’s exit from Israel
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Florida nonprofit scrambles to continue overdose prevention program after state cuts off funds
The Florida Harm Reduction Collective has been delivering hundreds of overdose prevention kits to Floridians by mail since 2023.
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Orlando Rep. Maxwell Frost introduces legislation to make ICE more accountable
Frost argued that ICE agents are abusing the rule of law, skirting due process, and targeting nonviolent working people
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Florida officials open door for state colleges to increase out-of-state tuition by up to 15 percent
In-state tuition has not been raised since 2013
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Orlando Democrat Josh Weil to run for U.S. Senate, wants to raise funds for other Dems
Weil stunned political observers this year by raising more than $15M in a district that had elected a Republican by 33 points just five months earlier
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Underground legends Quintron and Aaron Dilloway promise ‘Sunshine and Lollipops’ at Friday Will’s Pub gig
But will they jam? Maybe!
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Divided court refuses to halt order requiring manatee protections in Florida
The protections include temporarily preventing new septic tanks in the Indian River Lagoon area
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Melrose Pop Festival at the downtown library features big names like Homeboy Sandman and B. Howard
E-Turn, Jessica Delacruz and Kristen Warren also feature
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Federal judge holds Florida AG James Uthmeier in contempt of court over immigration
‘Litigants cannot change the plain meaning of words as it suits them,’ the judge wrote
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Orlando food news: Beignets + Brews, Smashville Hot Chicken, Meltwich and more
Restaurant openings and dining events around town
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Nuri’s Tavern in downtown Orlando squares the circle with spectacular tavern-style pizzas
‘Nuri’s is like modern Pizza Hut for millennials and I’m in love’
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What to watch this week: ‘We Were Liars,’ ‘Somebody Feed Phil,’ ‘Trainwreck: Poop Cruise’ and more
Everything mostly not crappy premiering on the streaming platforms
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Orlando concert calendar: Homeboy Sandman, Lil Poppa, Aquabats, Heart Attack Man
Your weekend of live music around town, June 19-22
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Young Orlando hardcore band Watts hits the road this week to spread the bad word
Catch them at their tour kick-off show Wednesday at Will’s Pub
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‘Pathetic, weak lame duck’: Group wants a safe place for anti-Trump Republicans in Florida
The organization has chairs in 17 states and is working to establish a presence in all 50
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Florida lawmakers approve $115.1 billion budget after session marked by ‘conflict and controversy’
The budget, which will take effect with the July 1 start of the 2025-2026 fiscal year, remains subject to DeSantis vetoes
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Florida’s $1.3 billion tax package would give tax cuts on school shopping, hurricane supplies, commercial leases
But Senate Appropriations Chairman Ed Hooper said nobody will ‘get rich and go have a European vacation’ on the tax cuts
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Florida rejects lawsuit filed by woman held at gunpoint at a Steak ‘n Shake
A three-judge panel said she needed to seek a determination about whether she could receive workers’ compensation before filing the Brevard County lawsuit
