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On this episode of Florida Matters, we explore what the bill means for these workers. We also speak with a journalist about her investigation into the working conditions for hurricane cleanup workers.
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Braun, MichaelThe report, obtained by the Florida Trident and authored by Sarasota police Det. Angela Cox, recounts how Christian Ziegler went “on the prowl” in bars for women to bring home to Bridget, a Sarasota County School Board member who has backed a number of anti-LGBTQ measures at both the state and local level, for threesome encounters.
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Six of the eight dead have been identified, and the family of victim Manuel Pérez Ríos mourned and recited prayers for the loss of their loved one, who was a father of four and grandfather to four. -
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Kathy Kaefer is singing across the country in a cabaret act. “Kiss Me Once: Stories from the Homefront with Kathy Kaefer” comes to the Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center on Saturday. -
Rounds of storms to end the week, especially the most severe for the western Panhandle, but some storms could move over the rest of the state throughout the weekend. -
The death of Senior Airman Roger Fortson has community leaders including the NAACP asking whether unconscious bias led the deputy to shoot the young service member simply because he was a young, Black male and ask what, if anything, can be done to prevent this kind of tragedy.
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Martha Irvine/APThis week on The Florida Roundup, we discuss the state’s infant mortality rate, how a revamped federal form for financial aid for students is causing delays, fallout over a dubious major gift donation to Florida A&M, a deadly bus crash near Ocala and severe weather in the Panhandle. We also heard from our listeners from last week's mailbag. -
Creative Commons LicenseThe recently hired dean, Laura Jean Fero, 54 of Apopka, faces charges related to her previous position in Minnesota.
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