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Marian Summerall/Central Florida Public MediaA plan for Orange County Public Schools to provide employees with affordable housing faced resistance at a public meeting Wednesday. -
Nam Y. Huh/APThe Escambia County School Board deposed student plaintiffs in a book ban lawsuit, including a 7-year-old who wanted access to a picture book. Now, board members are asking the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to let them avoid getting deposed themselves, arguing "legislative privilege" shields them from questioning.
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The first-in-Florida database will make it easier for people to identify potential abusers in dating or childcare. -
A Florida circuit court judge listened to arguments Tuesday regarding the state’s reluctance to expand Florida KidCare – a subsidized children’s health insurance program. -
The board will vote on the new policy -- which also involves other micro-mobility devices, like e-scooters -- at a meeting next Tuesday, July 28. -
Moms for Liberty Florida has not made any contributions to local school board candidates across Florida. -
Five Central Floridians with different political identities discuss the state of the country, their concerns about democracy, and what motivates them to vote. -
Jared Isaacman's donation is the largest gift the nonprofit Astronaut Scholarship Foundation has ever received. -
In Central Florida, environmentalists fear the changes create risk for key manatee protections and habitat.
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Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk ended a 26-day hunger strike on Friday that helped galvanize a youth movement that's become one of India's largest protests in recent years, but demonstrators vowed to continue until the education minister resigns. -
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, said that President Trump was committed to the work "if conditions and factors have changed to make that possible." -
The Justice Department is dropping the subpoenas it filed demanding grand jury testimony and phone records from New York Times journalists after sharp questioning Thursday from a federal judge. -
The United States will slap taxes of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 countries accounting for 99% of U.S. imports, charging that they have inadequately enforced bans on goods produced by forced labor. -
English teachers are excited to have a new adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey to use to get students excited about the epic poem. -
A Supreme Court ruling stripped Haitian migrants of their temporary legal status. Those with U.S.-born children face an agonizing choice if deported: Should they take them to a still-dangerous Haiti?
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