Florida tries to keep up as calls to 988 suicide line increase • Former Orlando guardian Rebecca Fierle sentenced to probation in case that sparked scandal
 Orlando Morning Report Saturday, July 22, 2023 | | |
| | | | 'Radioactive road' | 988 suicide line | Orlando guardian Rebecca Fierle Good morning. It's Saturday, July 22. The weather will be sunny with a high of 96 and low of 79. Click here for more weather. | | | | Tampa fertilizer giant Mosaic is seeking federal approval to use an estimated 337 tons of phosphogypsum, a mildly radioactive byproduct from the company's phosphate manufacturing process, as a test ingredient in road construction. Phosphogypsum is currently stored in about two dozen "stacks" across Florida, including one at Mosaic's New Wales plant in Mulberry. Now, the Fortune 500 company […] | | | | | One year after the launch of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, about 25% of the calls in the state are going unanswered by local crisis counselors, even as call volume is picking up. | | | | | Former Orlando guardian Rebecca Fierle, whose role in the death of a ward changed guardianship in Florida, was sentenced probation. | | | | | Gov. Ron DeSantis wants Florida to investigate its investments in the company that makes Bud Light because of conservative backlash over a transgender social media influencer marketing the beverage. | | | | | Vice President Kamala Harris slammed Florida's new Black history standards at an event in Jacksonville Friday, calling them part of "a national agenda … to replace history with lies." | | | | | A former Republican legislative candidate who traveled to Washington for the "Stop the Steal" rally has been charged with federal crimes for his role in the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot. Federal prosecutors say 39-year-old Matthew Brackley of Waldoboro, Maine, entered the Capitol and asked for the location of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office before shouting, "Let's go." He was arrested on charges including assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers and civil disorder. He made his initial appearance in federal court Friday. It was not clear if Brackley had a lawyer, and he did not immediately respond to an email request for comment. Brackley ran unsuccessfully against Democratic state Sen. Eloise Vitelli of Arrowsic last year. | | | | | Florida resident Amira Hamad is seeking a refund of the fees and $100 million in punitive damages for herself and others. | | | | | The Resiliency and Safe Structures Act would have put many of Florida's most venerated buildings at risk of demolition. Thankfully, it didn't pass. | | | | | The Florida State Guard, proposed in 2022 as a supplemental force to aid in disasters and other emergencies, was massively expanded in 2023 and given money for vehicles and aircraft. Newspaper investigations show disillusioned former Guard members leaving as the organization morphed from emergency relief to paramilitary. | | | | | The new system will enhance the in-game and television experience and UCF can use a Dynamic Scene Control System that would allow color and flickering lights. | | | |
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