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• Artist Mira Lehr has been making environmentally themed art for sixty years. Her Miami Studio is on the water, and with King Tides and the threat of climate change, there’s even more of a sense of urgency about her art. Lehr talks about her new exhibition, High Water Mark, opening in Orlando this weekend at the Menello Museum of American Art.
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• Virgin Trains broke ground on an expansion of the rail system that will bring passengers into the Orlando International Airport. The project will expand their passenger rail service from Miami to Orlando and adds an additional 170 miles of new track.
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• A planned passenger train connecting Miami, Orlando and Tampa is moving forward even as local elected officials raise concerns that the train is missing crucial stops.
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• One of the largest health care providers for people living with HIV in South Florida might lose its contract. Protests are planned in Fort Lauderdale.
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• Negroni’s Trio was nominated for three Latin Grammy awards, they perform at festivals around the world and they have a new album out: New Era, which was recorded in Puerto Rico.
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• Florida Senator Marco Rubio joins fellow Republican Presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz and Rand Paul. But what are Rubio’s chances in a crowded primary field? Does he have what it takes to beat another potential presidential candidate from Florida – his one-time mentor Jeb Bush?
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• South Miami officials want to break Florida into two states. They claim Tallahassee isn’t addressing the challenge of climate change. Central Florida is caught in the cross hairs – half of the region would fall into the state of “North Florida”, and the other half in “South Florida”.
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