Category: News
Minimum-wage exception bill is a lifeline for small businesses | Opinion
On Nov. 3, 2020, Florida voters enacted an amendment to the Florida Constitution calling for the minimum wage to begin increasing by $1 per year…
Editorial: Florida’s fire risk keeps climbing. Don’t ignore it
Florida is in the grip of a record drought. Floridians can see it in the withered tones of roadside vegetation and hear it in the…
Editorial: Florida’s fire risk keeps climbing. Don’t ignore it
Florida is in the grip of a record drought. Floridians can see it in the withered tones of roadside vegetation and hear it in the…
ASK IRA: Will Myron Gardner spark the Heat, or get someone killed out there?
Q: Ira, what are we going to do about Myron Gardner? The kid’s got a bit – shall we say – too much energy. –…
Six Orlando-area standouts burst on scene at UA Combine
There were nearly 800 players who descended on Bishop Moore Catholic High School on Saturday, the largest Under Armour Combine in the country, all looking…
Raise out-of-state tuition, don’t limit students | Letters to the editor
I have recently learned of Florida House Bill 1279, sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Kincart Jonsson of Lakeland, aimed at reducing the current cap on out-of-state…
Dom Amore’s Sunday Read: CT native manages to grow Israel baseball; Fudd’s favorite Cava bowls, more
When Brad Ausmus first visited Israel he found just two baseball fields in the entire country, one a high school-level facility, one short of that….
Broadway hit ‘Shucked’ brings some corny country comedy to the Bushnell
“Shucked” took its sweet, corny time getting to Hartford. The rural comedy ran for a year on Broadway, closing in January 2024. The first national…
Commentary: Florida must finally tell the truth about the Ocoee Massacre
So much is happening at the state and national levels to radically limit voting and other important rights for women and people of color. We…
Commentary: As seniors struggle, Meals on Wheels answers the call
Despite delivering more than 650,000 meals in 2025, Meals on Wheels (MOW) service providers throughout the Central Florida region were unable to meet the growing…