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• Education is often a key campaign issue in Florida, but this year there’s a new wrinkle, the so-called testing opt-out movement. Each spring, 3rd graders in the state’s public schools must take a standardized reading test. Students who fail can be held back. But a group of parents is challenging the state’s retention policy in court, and they want lawmakers to back them up.
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• It’s a hit. Spectators cheer and volunteers help as a child with special needs runs toward first base, his baseball helmet bobbing loosely on his head.
Anne Aranda of Sanford is among the parents watching from the stands at Eastmonte Park in Altamonte Springs. Her 13- and 12-year-old boys are among the volunteers.
She says it’s her busy family life that prevents her from deciding how to vote in this neck-and-neck presidential race.
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• The Orange County Charter Review Commission delivers its final report to the Orange County Commission Tuesday including measures heading to voters.
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• Hillary Clinton says if she gets the job as president, she plans to create 10 million more jobs. The democratic presidential nominee outlined her first 100 days in the White House during a stop in Kissimmee Monday night.
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• Leaders of the nation’s largest Latino civil rights group say one key place to advocate for jobs and education is the voting booth. The National Council of La Raza annual conference kicked off Saturday in Orlando with a strong message from Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren.
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• A conference put on by National Council of La Raza, the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights group meets in Orlando this weekend. It features speakers from both sides of the aisle, including democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren. And for the first time the organization’s history, presidential candidates will not attend the conference.
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• Members of the Libertarian Party are expecting record attendance at their national convention in Orlando this weekend. That’s as delegates prepare to nominate a ticket strong enough to face off against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton this November. 90.7’s Renata Sago has more.
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• Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush stumps in Orlando today. The former governor of Florida will meet with Church leaders and hold a small business tour and meet and greet.
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• Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera is expected to announce his bid for the Senate Seat vacated by Marco Rubio. He joins a crowded field for the seat. 90.7’s political commentators Dick Batchelor and Lou Frey talk the Senatorial campaign.
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• Congressman Alan Grayson is running for U.S. Senate. He told 90.7 News he is entering the race for the seat vacated by Marco Rubio.
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