• Orlando is paying tribute to the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting, five years ago. The bell at the First United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando tolled 49 times as the names were read out.
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• During a roundtable meeting with members of the aviation industry at Fort Lauderdale International Airport Friday, Gov. DeSantis stressed that air travel is vitally important to Florida’s economy, and encouraged residents and people outside the state not to be scared to book flights.
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• A district judge in Leon County has blocked a state order that required schools to open for on-campus learning this month despite the pandemic.
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• Orlando area attractions Gatorland and Fun Spot say they’re ready to re-open by the end of the week- if they are allowed to do so.
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• Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency in Florida because of novel coronavirus. Health Reporter Abe Aboraya spoke to 90.7’s Nicole Darden-Creston about the news that Florida has two presumptive positive cases of COVID-19, and what the state of emergency means.
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• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says two people in his state are the first to test “presumptively positive” for COVID-19 as he ordered health officials to declare a public health emergency surrounding amid the global spread of the coronavirus.
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• In January, this station featured readings of the U.S. Constitution and Amendments. I was thrilled to be asked to read Article 1 Section 8, meaning I got to say “piracy on the high seas.” But it’s the 14th Amendment that our state government needs a refresher on. Specifically, the line that says, “No State shall … deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” That includes poor people, to our governor’s chagrin. The people of Florida passed Amendment 4 in 2018, restoring the vote to released felons. But the law was written in a way that disregarded the will of the people, only restoring the vote to those who can pay every cent of fines, …
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