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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
Tags: Views + Opinions, Cover Story
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
Tags: Arts Stories + Interviews, Snap Downtown, Cover Story
The battle over Florida's unions is driven by political favors, out-of-state interest groups, and confusion
'Florida has become a billionaire's playground'
By McKenna Schueler
Tags: Florida News, Labor, Ron DeSantis, Florida union bill, Freedom Foundation, Mackinac Center, Workers for Opportunity, Florida SB 256, Florida unions, Blaise Ingoglia, Dean Black, union busting, SB 1746, HB 1471, Cover Story
U.S. Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost brings MadSoul Music Festival to Orlando this weekend
Our list of the can't-miss-'em artists, plus a conversation with Frost
By Matthew Moyer and Alexandra Sullivan
Tags: Music Stories + Interviews, Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Niyah Lowell, Chris Murie MadSoul, music festival, Orlando, Muna, Palomino Blond, Kaelin Ellis, I Met a Yeti, Nohemy, Lin-Manuel Miranda, A Love Supreme PAC, Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Anna Eskamani, Rep. Justin Jones, Jasmine Burney Clark, Loch Haven Park, Cover Story
Spring Guide 2024: Festivals, fairs, markets, concerts and more throughout Central Florida
Get outside!
By Jessica Bryce Young, Kristin Howard and Matthew Moyer
Tags: Things to Do, thinhgs to do in Orlando, spring festivals, Central Florida fairs, pop-up markets, outdoor concerts, Orlando spring guide, Cover Story
Community activists Save Orange County share lessons from the latest war with developers over the Econlockhatchee River
To beat powerful and well-funded opponents, they had to be persistent
By Craig Pittman
Tags: Orlando Area News, Environment, Florida developers, Econ River, Econlockhatchee, St. Johns River, East Orange County, Pulte Homes, Sustanee, Sustany, The Grow Florida,, Emily Bonilla, Kelly Semrad, Columnar Holdings LLC, Rolling R Ranch, Orange County Commission, Ag Carbon Solutions, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Cover Story
‘Don’t give up’: VA Orlando Healthcare offers esketamine for treatment-resistant depression
One veteran in Central Florida felt a difference within the first week of treatment.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Health, veteran mental health, Orlando VA esketamine, veteran esketamine treatment, esketamine Orlando VA, depression, veteran depression, veteran PTSD, veteran treatment, treatment for depression, depression treatment for veterans, Cover Story
OnePulse spent $680,000 in state taxpayer funds on salaries, but will not be audited by state
That money is gone.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Pulse, Pulse memorial, Pulse museum, onePULSE, OnePulse, OnePulse foundation, Orlando Pulse, Orlando Pulse shooting, Pulse shooting, Cover Story
Top Tables: The finest restaurants that opened in Orlando in 2023
By Faiyaz Kara
Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Orlando restaurants, new restaurants in Orlando, 2023 restaurant openings, best restaurants, Cover Story
The most useless Florida bills to look out for in the 2024 legislative session
Lawyers for animals, private-plane tax breaks, lab-grown meat and more
By Orlando Weekly Staff
Tags: Florida News, Florida legislative session, useless Florida bills, Florida bill, Slideshow, Cover Story
Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra deck Orlando's halls
A bold, blue and brassy Saturday night of holiday sounds
By Shelton Hull
Tags: Live Music Picks + Previews, jazz in Orlando, things to do in Orlando, live music in Orlando, downtown Orlando, Walt Disney Theater, holiday concerts, Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Cover Story
Book review: ‘Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades,’ by Rebecca Renner
Renner is a natural storyteller, and she does superlative service to wild Florida
By Jessica Bryce Young
Tags: Holiday Guide, Books, Florida books, narrative nonfiction, Rebecca Renner, Florida wildlife, Florida FWC, poachers, alligators, local books, local writers, Cover Story
Book review: ‘How to Live: A Memoir-in-Essays,’ by local author Kelle Groom
Groom’s ‘memoir in essays’ could almost be called a memoir in poems, so lyrical is her language
Tags: Holiday Guide, Books, Kelle Groom, local books, local writers, Orlando authors, Florida writers, local memoir, Florida essays, confessional poetry, Atlantic Center for the Arts, I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl, Cover Story
A new history of punk in South Florida makes a perfect gift for those on the 'naughty' list
Fun in the sun?
By Brian Costello
Tags: Holiday Guide, Books, Local gifts, local music, local books, Orlando bands, Florida punk, Punk Under the Sun: '80s Punk and New Wave in South Florida, Joey Seeman and Chris Potash, Hozac Books, The Eat, The Front, Teddy and the Frat Girls, "Roddy Piper's Rowdy Hearts Club Band" by F, The Cichlids,, Cover Story
Get merry, Orlando: Holiday events, markets, movies, concerts, turkey trots and more
Find the reason for the season in 2023
By Jessica Bryce Young and Kristin Howard
Tags: Holiday Guide, things to do in Orlando, holiday events, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Chanukah, Christmas, Orlando holiday markets, Orlando holiday movies, Orlando holiday concerts, Orlando holiday turkey trots, runs, walks, 5Ks, Cover Story, Slideshow
Rockin' around the Christmas tree with Orlando band Violectric
Who needs Mannheim Steamroller? We've got our own home-grown metal/carol mashup band
By Grayson Keglovic
Tags: Holiday Guide, Orlando holidays, Orlando Christmas, holiday events, things to do in Orlando, Orlando winter, Vioelectric, Michelle Jones, Orlando holiday traditions, family-friendly events, Walt Disney Amphitheater, Lake Eola Park, Cover Story, Slideshow
2023 guide to all the Christmas events and attractions at Orlando theme parks
From holiday lights and festive foodie fare to parades, there’s something for everyone
By Chelsea Zukowski
Tags: Things to Do, Orlando Theme Parks, Orlando holiday events, Orlando theme park, theme park events, Christmas events, Disney World, Universal Orlando, Legoland, Cover Story, Slideshow
Marc Ribot meets Charlie Chaplin in Orlando this week
Esteemed guitarist-composer plays a solo set plus a live soundtrack to ‘The Kid’ at Dr. Phillips Center
By Kyle Eagle
Tags: Music Stories + Interviews, Marc Ribot, Dr. Phillips Center, Pugh Theater, live music in Orlando, things to do Orlando, downtown Orlando, Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Cover Story
Fall Concert Guide: A metric ton of recommended Orlando gigs between now and Thanksgiving
By Kristin Howard, Jessica Bryce Young and Matthew Moyer
Tags: Live Music Picks + Previews, Concert Announcements, live music in Orlando, shows to go to, Orlando music scene, Mills 50, downtown Orlando, I-Drive, Universal, Disney, House of Blues, Hard Rock Live, Will's Pub, Conduit, The Abbey, The Social, The Beacham, Orlando things to do autumn,, Cover Story, Slideshow
Orlando’s Global Peace Film Festival returns for its 21st year
‘Peace is not the opposite of war’
Tags: Orlando Film News, Orlando film, film festivals, anti-war movies, social justice movies, Nina Streich, GPFF, Global Peace Film Festival, Cover Story
Landlords can't legally discriminate against people with housing vouchers in Orange County, but they do it anyway
And due to toothless enforcement systems, it goes largely unchecked
Tags: Orlando Area News, orange county tenant rights, Orange County rent, Orange County Florida rent, Section 8 discrimination, section 8 discrimination, source of income discrimination, housing discrimination Orange County, rent discrimination, Orlando rent discrimination, housing discrimination Orlando, tenant laws Orlando, Florida tenant laws, Florida housing laws, Cover Story
Best of Orlando 2023 — Yes, Queens!
The best, bravest and brightest of Orlando
Tags: Intro, Cover Story
Florida fights to preserve the future of gender studies: ‘This is about to be the entire country’s problem’
Far-right conservatives ban what they fear most: youth being taught to think critically about bias against women, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals
By Aviva Dove-Viebahn
Tags: Florida News, Education, women's studies ban, gender studies ban, diversity in Florida, equal rights Florida, Ron DeSantis, higher education in Florida, censorship, trans bans, Stop WOKE, Florida HB 999, Florida SB 266, LGBTQ rights, Cover Story
Orlando union buster Labor Pros has a history of skirting federal law
As the consultancy firm shows, flouting labor law is lucrative, it’s easy, and there are very few repercussions
Tags: Orlando Area News, Labor, union buster, union buster Orlando, Orlando union buster, Florida union buster, union buster Florida, union avoidance, union buster in Florida, the Labor Pros, the Labor Pros Orlando, union busting, Orlando unions, Cover Story
It’s your last chance to see Florida artist Emily Martinez’s ‘1-800-Eternity’ installation
The FAVO show closes this weekend
By Victor Rodriguez
Tags: Things to Do, Visual Arts, things to do in Orlando, FAVO, art in Orlando, FAVO: Faith Arts Village Orlando, Cover Story
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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill to end squatters' rights, increase penalties
By News Service of Florida
Moody Mills 50 absinthe house Death in the Afternoon hits the bull's-eye
Orange County taxpayers will have to cover OnePulse’s unpaid property tax bill
As opening day for the highly anticipated Epic Universe gets closer and closer, Universal Orlando continues to share information about what will…
By Alexandra Sullivan
The waterfront mansion formerly home to DJ Khaled is now on the market, and it comes with some wild amenities. The Grammy-winning…
By Chloe Greenberg
The home of "The Suntan King" has finally found a new owner. Hawaiian Tropic suntan lotion founder Ron Rice passed away at…
By Colin Wolf
Orlando Amphitheater on Saturday hosted Music Fest ORL, an outdoor concert set to feature a number of big names in the hip-hop…
By Matt Keller Lehman
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