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DeSantis appoints Florida Sen. Jay Collins as lieutenant governor
Collins was tapped for the long-vacant position amid speculation that he could run for governor in 2026
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Florida wins federal approval to restrict soda, candy for SNAP recipients
The trend is part of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda to ‘make America healthy again’
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Adoptable dog Ocho is looking for a patient new friend who can restore his faith in humans
As a stray, he was hurt so bad he lost not just his confidence, but also his faith in people
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Florida healthcare advocates are organizing in Orlando to expand Medicaid – and invite you to join
Advocates with Youth Action Fund and the Eskamani-linked People Power for Florida hold a canvass and phone bank Wednesday evening to help get Medicaid expansion on the 2026 ballot.
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Zymarium Meadery throws a Bee-Day bash this weekend with food, mead and (yes) bees
Baba Yaga, Pizza Slut and Ascension Tattoo will be in the house
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Enzian Theater gets weird with an all-nighter film celebration this weekend
No films have been revealed yet — why do you ask?
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Nate Bargatze wants to see your ‘big dumb eyes’ in the audience over two nights in Orlando
Nice Margaret Keane riff
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Hear what’s next in Orlando heaviness when Skeletizer, Hutch, Torchmouth and Blunder Club play Will’s
Do you enjoy blizzards of Oz?
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Orlando classical ensemble Answers emerge from the ‘Basement’ with new music
‘Nothing was planned. Everything was felt.’
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Restless L.A.-via-Miami no-wavers Period Bomb return to Uncle Lou’s
There will be blood
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What to watch: Daniel Dae Kim is targeted for death by his daughter in ‘Butterfly’
Plus Vanessa Kirby in ‘Night Always Comes,’ French teens go wild in ‘Young Millionaires,’ and everything else premiering this week on streaming
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Little Radical Theatrics stages ‘Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy’ in Orlando
Hot nun summer
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Taco’s Lab in Winter Park conducts an experiment in weird science
Some of it works, some of it doesn’t
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The Aaron Irwin Trio present a live snapshot of adventurous New York jazz at Kiwi Camera Service (!?)
Geez Louise, it’s free
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Orlando has less than a week to ride Rip Ride Rockit for the last time
Universal says it’s making way for an unnamed new attraction
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More than a dozen Florida insurers are proposing double-digit healthcare increases
Florida is not alone in these rate hikes — insurers nationwide are filing double-digit increases
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Florida wildlife officials appear poised to OK the state’s first bear hunt in a decade
The FWC gathers this week in North Florida for a final vote
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Mosaic Fertilizer gets draft permits that could lead to injecting wastewater underground in Florida
Mosaic, a major player in the state’s phosphate industry, applied in early 2024 for approval to drill exploratory wells at sites
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Gov. DeSantis now faces lawsuit alleging he violated Florida Constitution over judicial seat
The case alleges that DeSantis did not comply with a requirement to make an appointment within 60 days of receiving a list of candidates from the 8th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission