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Florida house panel advances bill to require schools to show anti-abortion group’s video in classrooms
Critics say the video is misleading and contains medical inaccuracies
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Bill targeting fluoride in drinking water is approved by Florida House subcommittee
The bill would also take steps to block labeling of plant-based food as meat, milk, poultry and eggs
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Cirque du Soleil’s Caroline Bernier-Dionne thinks puppeteering is ‘therapeutic for mankind’
Give a big hand to the dancers and puppeteers of ‘Drawn to Life’
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New on Netflix: In ‘The Residence,’ what do you call a murder in the White House with 157 suspects?
A good start! Plus everything else debuting on Prime Video, Hulu, Apple TV+ and the rest
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Tiger Sugar opens first Orlando outpost in Mills 50; Sushi Saint and Pisco Peruvian Gastrobar open second locations
Plus more Orlando restaurant openings and food events
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Gyukatsu Rose sizzles with sear-it-yourself beef cutlets, but will wagyu lovers sniff it out?
Stop and smell the rose
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Local vocalists Helena Collective revive ‘6/VIII,’ their tale of Henry Tudor’s ill-fated wives
Singing ghostly songs of six unlucky queens
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An adults-only lounge is coming to Epcot this year
The 21-and-up lounge is set to open inside the geodesic sphere that houses Spaceship Earth
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‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live tours into Orlando’s Hard Rock Live mixing anime and big-band vamps
This band has deep Orlando roots
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Florida Republican lawmaker proposes legislation to regulate hemp-infused drinks
It would ban those drinks being sold at any locations other than ones already licensed to sell alcoholic beverages, adding additional prohibitions and requirements
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Orlando Rep. Maxwell Frost urges Florida to question what Republicans plan to do with Medicaid
‘If you support cuts to Medicaid, do you not realize that you’re supporting cuts to the Florida budget? That’s how this works’
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Florida insurance regulators struggle to explain why stunning 2022 report wasn’t made public
Florida property insurers were pleading for legislative reforms because of liabilities from major storms and excessive litigation. Nevertheless, they were paying billions of dollars to affiliated companies
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Florida lawmakers question claims that insurance companies are hiding profits while claiming losses
‘Our purpose today is to find out if insurance companies have been allegedly ripping us off, ripping the citizens of Florida off, why rates are so high’
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Court upholds Florida gun law that bars people under 21 from buying rifles
The ruling came after seven years of legal wrangling in the National Rifle Association’s challenge to a 2018 law passed after Parkland shooting
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He fought officers in front of the Capitol. Now he wants to be Florida’s next U.S. senator
Native New Yorker Jake Lang was one of the more than 1,500 people charged with offenses related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol
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Judge denies request to block Florida’s social media ban for young teens
The social media law, which was supposed to take effect Jan. 1, would block anyone under 16 from using some social media
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Migrant children fleeing abuse could have a harder time getting residency in Florida
John Barry, a lawyer who represents immigrant children for the Orlando Center for Justice, calls the bill unethical
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Orlando Fringe Festival announces 2025 dates and theme
Get ready to get weird, Fringe fanatics
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DeSantis to speak alongside Trump border czar Tom Homan at New College of Florida event
The event takes place two years after DeSantis transformed the small, formerly progressive liberal-arts campus into a beacon of conservatism
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Is this the year Florida restores the rights of 18-year-olds to purchase long guns?
Tampa Rep. Dianne Hart said the measure was a ‘slap in the face’ to the families who suffered through the Parkland shooting