‘Climate insurance bubble’ could hurt Florida’s economy, study says

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/22 4:55A Tribune News Service

MIAMI — Florida already has deep property insurance problems. Rates are skyrocketing for tens of thousands of homeowners. Four private companies have abandoned the state this year, a dozen more have gone belly up in recent years and others have...

Could the UAW auto workers strike reach Orlando?

Orlando Weekly 9/22 3:20A McKenna Schueler

Auto workers represented by the United Auto Workers walked off the job last Friday at three manufacturing plants in Ohio, Missouri, and Michigan in a historic strike that, if it continues, could have...

Energy grid still biggest challenge 6 years after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico’s governor says

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/22 1:00A Natalia Jaramillo

In the six years after Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico, Eduardo Colon still remembers the trauma and difficulty of the weeks after. Colon, who owns Melao Bakery that has expanded...

Tropical-storm-force system heads to North Carolina; 2nd Atlantic system likely, NHC says

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/22 12:23A Richard Tribou

A growing system with winds up to 50 mph that formed off the coast of Florida on Thursday is now targeting North Carolina with a high chance to become a tropical storm before landfall. Meanwhile the...

Week 5 Football: Edgewater, Apopka among 9 undefeated Orlando area teams

Orlando Sentinel (Osceola County News) 9/21 11:00A J.C. Carnahan

The clock is ticking on undefeated high school football teams in the Orlando area. Nine programs throughout Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake and southwest Volusia counties enter Week 5 of the regular season without a blemish. That number will...

Florida leads the U.S. by far in school book bans, new report says

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/21 9:50A Leslie Postal

Book bans in public schools increased across the country last school year, with Florida leading the nation and responsible for  more than 40% of them, according to a new report released Thursday PEN America, a free speech and expression group,...

Judge to decide if lawsuit over Hungerford land in Eatonville will continue

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/21 9:39A Desiree Stennett

Lawyers for Orange County Public Schools argued before a judge Thursday morning for the dismissal of a lawsuit filed over the future of 100 acres of land that once housed the Robert Hungerford Normal...

Two more arrested in Nazi demonstration over I-4 in Orlando

Orlando Weekly 9/21 8:12A Chloe Greenberg

Two more suspects involved in a June neo-Nazi banner demonstration over I-4 in Orlando have been arrested. The suspects, Ronald Murray, 41, and Amanda Rains, 36, turned themselves in to the Orange...

Ex-CEO of Florida domestic violence coalition charged with fraud

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/21 8:03A Dara Kam

TALLAHASSEE — Authorities have charged the former longtime president of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence and a former chief financial officer of the agency with fraud, grand theft and official misconduct, accusing the women of...

Screaming Trees drummer and musical adventurer Barrett Martin comes to Orlando in November

Orlando Weekly 9/21 6:23A Matthew Moyer

Musician Barrett Martin , known for his drumming with grunge greats like Screaming Trees and Mad Season (and Skin Yard!) as well as his production work —  but did you know he's also an...

Lake Mary water plant destroys ‘tricky’ 1,4-dixoane with high-tech solution unique to Florida

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/21 5:00A Kevin Spear, Caroline Catherman,

The appearance of machinery inside an industrial building in west Lake Mary suggests Frankenstein’s birthplace, or maybe a vintage supercomputer or even a hazardous waste incinerator – which is kind...

Controversial bathroom rule proposed for Florida universities moves forward

Orlando Weekly 9/21 4:46A News Service of Florida

The state university system Board of Governors on Wednesday took a step in carrying out a controversial new law that includes requiring designation of restrooms for “exclusive use by females” and...

Florida approves UCF’s proposal to shut down three campuses

Orlando Weekly 9/21 4:44A Chloe Greenberg

The Florida university system's Board of Governors Wednesday unanimously approved the University of Central Florida's proposal to shut down three campuses no longer in use. The shuttered campuses...

Florida university workers could be fired for using non-assigned bathrooms

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/21 3:49A Divya Kumar

A proposed policy would allow Florida universities to fire employees found to violate a new state law requiring people to use only public restrooms that align with their sex assigned at birth. The policy would require universities to maintain...

Seminole shelter asks for public’s help after cruelty arrest leads to influx of animals

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/21 2:44A Jeff Weiner

An Altamonte Springs woman was arrested on cruelty charges Wednesday after officers rescued dozens of malnourished and emaciated animals from her property, putting Seminole County s animal shelter well over its capacity, officials said. Tonya...