• Orange County Public Schools has put out a call for mental health counselors as schools nationwide struggle with a shortage of mental health professionals.
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• A major project to shore up the dike around Lake Okeechobee and revamp the rules for managing the state’s largest lake is nearing completion.
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• Here are some early-voting and vote-by-mail tips with help from Lake County Supervisor of Elections Alan Hays.
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• Lake County opened its early voting locations Thursday, and WMFE’s Joe Byrnes stopped by The Venetian Center — the Leesburg location — to talk with voters about what drove them to the polls ahead of the Aug. 23rd primary.
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• The state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has surpassed 1 million policies for the first time since 2014. Created as an insurer of last resort, Citizens has been absorbing a flood of policies as private insurers drop customers and push for large rate increases because of financial losses.
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• School is back in session but several Central Florida districts are down bus drivers. The staffing issues are leaving remaining drivers with more routes to run.
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• Republican Rep. Randy Fine is calling on the Florida commissioner of education to investigate an alleged student on student sexual assault at a Brevard County middle school. The only problem? The district says the incident never happened.
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