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• Holes large enough to swallow several large vehicles opened up overnight Wednesday in Central Florida, and environmental authorities are investigating whether they are sinkholes, or fractures caused by something else.
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• Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law this week that will give Attorney General Ashley Moody access to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.
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• Cybersecurity experts from the Department of Homeland Security met with Supervisors of Elections in Florida to discuss ways to make elections more secure.
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• Demings said the money collected from a sales tax referendum would help pay for more buses, trains, and pedestrian walkways. He also called on county employees to make a minimum wage of $15 dollars an hour by 2021.
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• The number of people who are homeless in Central Florida has continued to decrease since 2017.
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• A group of Central Florida women are building affordable homes for other women and their families in Apopka.
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• Analyst Dale Brill with think tank Orlando Economic Partnership studies trends in the local housing market. He says people need to make at least 36,000 dollars a year to afford a one bedroom apartment in Central Florida.
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• It will also act as a research hub between the UCF School of Medicine and HCA hospitals nationwide.
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• Officials expect voter turnout to be up in Central Florida for November’s elections. That’s why Orange County is adding early voting sites including one at the University of Central Florida.
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• With the schoolyear under way, most children will not go hungry during the day. Local nonprofits want to make sure kids are well-fed after school hours.
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