• A $16.3 billion dollar bill signed by President Obama Thursday is aimed at freeing up some of the delays at VA clinics across the country- including in Central Florida.
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• August 7, 2014 | WMFE, Orlando – You would never guess they’re living on the street or in shelters. Yet more than 7,000 of Central Florida’s youth are homeless. Kenneth Wilson is a 20-year-old young man who currently attends Full Sail University. Kenneth is about 5 feet 9 inches, well-dressed in a fitted polo and jeans. He seems like your ordinary college kid. You would never guess that he lives in a homeless shelter. “You know, it was my freshman year of college, and you don’t sit here and think, I’m excited I got into a homeless shelter my freshman year of college.” When Kenneth was 18 he moved to Orlando from the midwest for college. At first he stayed …
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• Marco Rubio says there’s a ‘disconnect’ between the American people and the space program that needs to be bridged if NASA is to get the funding it needs
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• WMFE, Orlando – Gov. Rick Scott says he’s making the environment a priority for 2015 as he continues his re-election campaign. But Scott remained vague on climate change Wednesday at a news conference at Wekiwa Springs State Park. The governor wants to put $1 billion toward protecting Florida’s waters. Half would go toward alternative water sources, and the other half toward springs. When asked whether climate change is a problem for Florida, however, Scott had this to say: “I don’t think I’m qualified to make that decision. What I’m qualified to do is solve problems, and that’s what I’ve done. I’ve focused on, tell me the issue and I’ve done my best to solve it, whether it’s the Everglades, whether …
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• The Orange County Sheriff’s office has confirmed the body found off SR 532 near Reunion as missing teen Alexandria Chery
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• 90.7 economic analyst Hank Fishkind says the latest batch of economic news is about as good as it gets. But, as he reminds us, good times can’t last forever. In fact, he has a prediction regarding just how long the numbers will stay positive and some thoughts on what might turn things around.
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• Billy Manes talks about the ruling by Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis to revise the congressional redistricting map to fix two districts he had previously declared unconstitutional.
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