Central Florida News

Central Florida Public Media is covering the day of protests in communities across the region.

Beverly Juarez was joined Friday by about 40 protesters in front of a Customs and Immigration Enforcement field office in Orlando.

The U.S. House has narrowly approved a proposal to take back $1.1 billion in federal funding for public media in Central Florida and across the nation.

Thursday June 12, 2025, marks a solemn time of reflection as communities across Central Florida remember the friends and family lost at the Pulse Nightclub nine years ago. Engage speaks with survivors about how that night changed the rest of their lives. We hear the voices of a first responder and a grief counselor about the continuing efforts to provide healing for a scarred community. Zebra Youth’s Pride Prom provides a safe space for LGBTQ+ youth.

The program comes days after LA activists were revealed to use doxxing as part of protests in California.

About 250 people are participating in the visits. Among them are family members of 25 of the 49 people killed by the gunman.

If you think it was hotter than normal in Central Florida, you’re right. Summer heat got off to an early start in April and May, and heat-illness reports climbed too.

Central Florida Public Media and StoryCorps are bringing together strangers with differing political views for a guided conversation. Zander Keig, a center-right transsexual man, sat down for a One Small Step conversation with Dave Shine, a former Republican who has a transgender son.

The bills create harsher penalties for some sexual offenders who commit another sexual crime and establish new rules for social media platforms to combat deepfakes.

Tim McKinney has been working with the “forgotten community” of Bithlo, asking for homeless shelters, especially now with Florida’s camping ban.