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UF professor opines Florida's new anti-DEI law is behind the push to drop sociology from schools
Senate Bill 266 forbids institutions of higher education from spending state funds on diversity and equity programs, while the study of society inevitably touches on those topics
By Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida education, Florida colleges, DEI Florida, sociology Florida, diversity equity inclusion Florida
Florida prisons could use winter months to install AC in prisons — if lawmakers allow it
Soaring temperatures are a factor in high guard staff turnover as well as medically dangerous for the aging prisoner population.
Tags: Florida News, Health, Florida prisons, air conditioning in prisons, Florida jails, Rep. Angie Nixon, Florida Cares Charity, prison conditions, Florida Department of Corrections, Florida prison guards
Some New College of Florida students feel ‘trapped’ in DeSantis’ ‘hostile takeover’ of their school
Students held an alternate commencement rather than listen to the administration's choice of speaker, a former Trump adviser
Tags: Florida News, Education, Ron DeSantis, New College of Florida, Sarasota, school takeover, DeSantis education, conservative agenda in Florida, diversity equity inclusion Florida
Proposals in the Legislature aim to help mobile dental clinics expand their reach
Florida leads the nation in number of individuals living in dental health professional shortage areas.
Tags: Florida News, Health
Chain dollar stores harm communities, says report from the Institute for Self Reliance
‘Predatory tactics’ enable ‘a public health disaster’
Tags: Florida News, poverty, food deserts, small business
Orlando schoolkids work with World Wildlife Fund on easy solutions to combat food waste
Tags: Orlando Area News, food waste, Florida schools, climate change solutions
In Florida, gentrification and increased property values follow hurricanes, says new study
Tags: Florida News, climate crisis, housing crisis, intersectional disaster
Florida's poor oral health is an ‘untreated crisis,’ say dental access advocates
Sixty-six of Florida's 67 counties don't have enough dentists to provide necessary care
Tags: Florida News, healthcare, Medicaid
Florida HBCU uses religious exemption to disband faculty union
Edward Waters University is named after a prominent African American labor leader.
Tags: Florida News, labor, unions, education
Proposed titanium mine near Florida's Okefenokee wildlife refuge moving forward after Army Corps of Engineers drops protections
Tags: Florida News
Gov. Ron DeSantis' redistricting plans would cut Florida's Black representation in half
Tags: Florida News, Elections + Politics
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged to save state's solar industry with veto
Tags: Florida News, Elections + Politics, Florida, solar power, Ron DeSantis
Florida approved for more than $1B in food stamps for kids, after being the last state to apply
Tags: Bloggytown
Florida rep's bill to ban ‘race or sex scapegoating’ sparks a call to teach African American history year round
Tags: Bloggytown, CRT, critical race theory, Randy Fine, Florida, racism, sexism
DeSantis’ ‘anti-riot’ bill advances in the Florida House, but it may be dead on arrival in the Senate
Tags: Bloggytown, protest, anti-riot, Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, Florida legislature, House Bill 1
Florida lawmakers propose yet another load of anti-science abortion bans for 2021 session
Tags: Orlando Area News, Bloggytown, Abortion Rights, reproductive rights, female health, XX, equal rights
Despite confusion, thousands of Florida's former felons voted successfully in November general election
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida, voting, returning citizens, felons voting rights
It's open enrollment for Obamacare in Florida, as SCOTUS weighs striking down the healthcare law
Tags: Bloggytown, coronavirus, florida, orlando news
Florida's number of children without health coverage is soaring
Tags: Bloggytown, children's health, Florida healthcare, Medicaid expansion, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, repeal, coronavirus
Floridians battling dementia get new tools for end-of-life decisions
Florida businesses hoping bipartisan bill will give $25 billion in stimulus to Postal Service
Tags: Bloggytown, US Post Office, elections, stimulus, federal, pandemic, covid-19, coronavirus
Jacksonville locals praise Trump's convention cancellation
Tags: Bloggytown, Jacksonville, coronavirus, COVID-19, Duval County Florida, public health, safety, reopening, Ron DeSantis, Republican National Convention, RNC
Protester at Gov. DeSantis briefing: 'We need to hold these folks accountable'
Tags: Bloggytown, Orlando, coronavirus, COVID-19, Orange County Florida, public health, safety, reopening, Ron DeSantis, protester, press conference
State teachers union says unfunded order to reopen Florida schools is unsafe
Tags: Bloggytown, Orlando, coronavirus, COVID-19, Orange County Florida, public health, safety, schools, reopening, education, teachers
Visit virtually: Popular Florida parks and attractions adjust to COVID-19
Tags: Bloggytown, Orlando, coronavirus, COVID-19, Orange County Florida, public health, safety, parks, virtual reality, VR
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Guy Fieri's Chicken Guy! restaurant in Winter Park faces eviction over unpaid rent
By Chloe Greenberg
Two Orlando restaurants to offer exclusive 'Godzilla X Kong'-themed ramen and cocktails
By Chelsea Zukowski
Walgreens to close Orlando distribution center, lay off hundreds
By McKenna Schueler
Fall Out Boy has a presence that can only be described as “electrifying” — something they embody both literally with pyrotechnics and…
By Alexandra Sullivan
After years of trying to unload his massive Florida estate, "The Piano Man" is becoming more and more motivated to find a…
By Colin Wolf
Living in such close proximity to some of the most popular theme parks in the world can have its perks (sometimes). But…
By Orlando Weekly Staff
An oceanfront home built for a Coca-Cola Bottling heir is back on the market in Florida. The award-winning house, located at 489…
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