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Archive for Thursday, April 30, 2015
Senate President Gardiner Calls For Special Session In June
Senate President Andy Gardiner said lawmakers will have to find a way to get past the public acrimony that’s surfaced since the Florida House adjourned early and without a budget. Gardiner has requested a June special session.
Published in Central Florida News
Published in Central Florida News
Vietnamese Vets Still Fighters Forty Years After Fall of Saigon
Our week-long coverage of the fortieth anniversary of the Fall of Saigon continues this afternoon with a glimpse into the lives of Orlando’s Vietnam veterans. Much is known about the nearly 3 million American soldiers who fought in South Vietnam against the Viet Cong guerilla forces.
But the Vietnamese soldiers who fought alongside Americans have a lesser known legacy.
90.7’s Renata Sago spoke with two Vietnamese veterans who settled in Orlando after the war.
Published in Central Florida News
Published in Central Florida News
Volusia Teachers And District Reach Tentative Deal
After nearly a year of negotiations and teacher protests, Volusia County teachers reached a tentative agreement with the district Wednesday night. Volusia Teachers union president Andrew Spar says employees feel like they’re finally being listened to with this deal.
Published in Central Florida News
Published in Central Florida News
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Florida Ban on Campaign Contributions
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Florida’s ban on elected judges from asking for campaign contributions.
Published in Central Florida News
Published in Central Florida News
Snap! Orlando
On Friday, Snap! Orlando launches its annual photography festival and this year’s edition, titled YOU ARE HERE, is an eyeful. Instead of being confined to one primary location for a weekend, Snap is spreading itself across the city and the calendar: Snap events happen every day in May, in 24 different locations in Orlando, Winter Park, Tampa, Daytona and Melbourne. In its previous incarnations, the Snap festival has been neither this sprawling nor this focused. Whereas earlier editions were content to show stunning photography from around the world, this year Snap’s hallmark is social commentary – even, in some cases, social advocacy. Some examples? Zun Lee’s “Father Figure” explores lesser-seen facets of Black fatherhood. In “7 Days of Garbage,” Gregg ...
Published in Archives
Published in Archives
Chasing Traditional Medicine in Little Vietnam
Celisa Perez is at a small shop in the heart of a Vietnamese community, not far from Little Vietnam, getting small needles pushed into her face.
Published in Central Florida News, Health, Health WMFE
Published in Central Florida News, Health, Health WMFE
Ta-da! Explaining The Low Income Pool With A Magic Trick
Ta-da! Explaining Florida's complex Low Income Pool for the uninsured using a simple magic trick.
Published in Central Florida News, Health, Health WMFE
Published in Central Florida News, Health, Health WMFE
Central Floridians Remember Vietnam War
The central Florida Vietnamese community commemorated the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon - the capture of the South Vietnam capital that signaled the end of the Vietnam War.
Published in Central Florida News
Published in Central Florida News
Citizens Weigh In On Florida’s Low Income Pool
The Agency for Health Care Administration took public comment for the first time today on a new Low Income Pool proposal.
Published in NPR News
Published in NPR News
Halifax Humane Society: We Will Be A No-Kill Shelter By 2020
The Halifax Humane Society says it wants to become a no-kill shelter by 2020. That means welcoming every animal that arrives at its door. The Halifax Humane Society not only takes unwanted pets, it also accepts whatever animal control drops off from ten of the 17 cities in Volusia County.
Published in Central Florida News
Published in Central Florida News
