Archive for Thursday, March 31, 2016
Alex Morgan, Other Players Accuse U.S. Soccer Federation of Wage Discrimination
Five women’s soccer players, including Orlando Pride's Alex Morgan, accused the U.S. Soccer Federation of wage discrimination.
Published in Central Florida News
Published in Central Florida News
Voter Application For Dead Pet Sparks Seminole Co. Elections Supervisor To Launch Website
The Seminole County Supervisor of Elections has launched a new website to help residents tell the difference between mailings that are really from his office…and mailings from outside political groups that just look official. Elections Supervisor Mike Ertel says he made the move after learning a county resident was mailed a voter registration application for a deceased pet.
Published in Central Florida News, SwingVote16
Published in Central Florida News, SwingVote16
Gov. Scott Signs Bill Compensating Families Of Students Buried At Infamous Dozier School
Governor Rick Scott has signed a bill that will help pay for reburying the remains of children found on the site of the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Mariana.
Published in Central Florida News
Published in Central Florida News
Citizens Push To Make Urban Developments Tougher In East Orange
Hundreds of Orange County residents are expected at a county meeting today, pushing to make urban developments tougher in east Orange County.
Published in Central Florida News
Published in Central Florida News
Orlando Museum of Art Candyland fantasias
Depicting women as edibles is a dicey proposition, no matter how beautifully they’re painted. A new exhibition running to June 5th at the Orlando Museum of Art shows the work of New York artist Will Cotton, whose stock in trade is images of nubile girls dressed in pastry, whipped cream, and candy. This could easily offend. Some might think it sexist to portray women as empty creatures obsessed with empty calories. Or, seeing the sets and costumes Cotton designed for Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” video, they might just be grossed out by the whipped-cream-squirting bra. And yet, the way Cotton creates his Candyland fantasias is undeniably rigorous. He bakes the pastry in his studio; he builds the cotton candy clouds ...
Published in Commentaries, From the Pages of Orlando Weekly
Published in Commentaries, From the Pages of Orlando Weekly
In Florida, The Doctor Will See You – Eventually
A poll by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NPR and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds Floridians have a harder time than most Americans getting an appointment to see a doctor.
Published in Health, Health Nerd, Health WMFE
Published in Health, Health Nerd, Health WMFE
Florida Denies Permit For Lakeland Woman To Keep Her Gator Named Rambo
Florida Fish and Wildlife said time has passed for a Lakeland woman to appeal the denial of her permit to keep and exhibit her pet alligator, Rambo.
Published in Central Florida News
Published in Central Florida News