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• Florida agriculture commissioner Adam Putnam says he wants more information about a South Florida detention facility for unaccompanied immigrant children. This week, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and fellow Florida Democrat, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, were denied entry to the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children.
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• The event is a global initiative to raise awareness of the dangers of drowning, one of the leading causes of death in children. Free swim lessons will be provided at five Orlando community pools.
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• Governor Rick Scott says he doesn’t agree with the children being separated from their families at the border in a letter sent to the Department of Health and Human Services yesterday.
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• Volusia County Manager Jim Dinneen will leave his job at the end of the week. Dinneen faced calls for his immediate removal at a contentious council meeting Tuesday.
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• A central Florida company has no comment about its contract to run a federal detention center for migrant children.
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• This year is the 12th year a summer camp aimed at helping ease the burden on low income and immigrant families in Apopka is serving the community. The three-week camp is one program at Hope CommUnity Center and this year it’s open to families that were not already involved. Alex Saunders and Yoseline Rodriguez join us to talk about the camp and what the Kids Camp offers to kids and their parents.
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• Covering a traumatic event like a mass shootings presents a practical and psychological challenge that can stretch the resources of a newsroom and its reporters. The Orlando Sentinel’s Naseem Miller and the San Antonio Express-News’ Silvia Foster-Frau join Intersection to talk about the support network they formed- Journalists Covering Trauma.
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• Orlando International Airport’s new terminal – where airlines will begin service in 2021 – is designed to connect rail service to the airport. But how soon will trains roll into the terminal? Greater Orlando Aviation Authority CEO Phil Brown and senior director of Public Affairs and Community Relations Carolyn Fennell join us to discuss expansion plans and the future that airport leaders envision as a multi-modal transport hub for Central Florida.
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• Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity announced that Florida’s unemployment rate dipped to 3.8% in May due to accelerating job growth.
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• The Volusia County School board will meet today to approve a new partnership with Florida Hospital to establish the Healthy Futures Program at existing medical career academies in Volusia county schools.
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