Florida leads the U.S. by far in school book bans, new report says • Maxwell: Orlando Rep. Amesty touts millions in local pork projects – and raises red flags | Commentary
 Orlando Morning Report Friday, September 22, 2023 | | |
| | | | Trump squeezes out DeSantis | Florida book bans | Maxwell on Rep. Amesty's red flags Good morning. It's Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. The weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a high of 87 and low of 68. Click here for more weather. | | | | Gov. Ron DeSantis' hold over the party in Florida, once almost absolute, could be weakening, one political analyst said. | | | | | Florida leads the nation in school book bans, new report says, responsible for more than 40% of those recorded in the 2022-23 school year. | | | | | Last month, after the Orlando Sentinel published an eye-popping investigative piece on freshman legislator Carolina Amesty — featuring unpaid taxes, false claims and questions about the private university she works for — Amesty took to Twitter to tell residents she was bringing home the bacon. In one post, Amesty shared a photo of herself delivering […] | | | | | Lake Mary's water plant, more costly and complex than conventional ones, is gaining visibility nationally as a utility solution for water contaminants of rising concern like 1,4-dioxane. | | | | | The name Orlando Sanford International Airport and its logo "are not confusingly similar" to the name Orlando International Airport, states the lawsuit filed in the U.S. Middle District Court in Or… | | | | | Lawyers for the family of Jayden Baez filed a lawsuit against Osceola County Sheriff Marcos López, alleging excessive force by deputies. | | | | | An Altamonte Springs woman was arrested on animal cruelty charges after officers discovered malnourished and emaciated dogs at her home. | | | | | The National Hurricane Center began advisories for a developing system off the coast of Florida while keeping an eye on another system in the eastern Atlantic as Hurricane Nigel heads north. | | | | | A judge will decide if a lawsuit filed over the future of the Hungerford land in Eatonville will continue. | | | | | An Orange County judge has ordered the arrest of far-right blogger and Proud Boys associate Jacob Engels. | | | | | The 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, where students and staff were murdered in the 2018 school shooting, will be demolished next summer. | | | | | Horace Dawson, the seafood restaurant chain's executive vice president and general counsel since 2014, was revealed as CEO Thursday afternoon. | | | | | Sales at Orlando-based Darden Restaurants grew in the quarter ending Aug. 27, but its fine-dining business continued to weaken compared to last year. | | | | | Violating Florida's ethics laws — which are, on paper, among the strictest in the nation — is supposed to carry a penalty. But if penalties are never assessed, then those laws are reduced to nothin… | | | | | The extent of Messi's injury — or even if there is an actual injury — has not been announced. It sounds like "muscle fatigue" could be the MLS version of NBA-style "load managemen… | | | | | Friends and family of Central Florida actor Dez Allen, who died this week, are invited to a gathering at Orlando Family Stage. | | | | | Performers from Sak, Comedy Warehouse set for Give Kids the World fundraiser | | | | | "The Laramie Project" and its sequel will be read, along with a return of Fringe Festival favorite "The Spider Queen." | | | |
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