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As a reporter, I know that Congressional hearings are changing over time and performance is greater than essential. But as a Floridian, I am under more Congressional scrutiny on one topic. President Donald Trump’s plan is to restructure the Federal Emergency Management Agency.I say “change” because Trump’s plans are not clear, persuasive or inconsistent. He proposes eliminating FEMA and moving disaster management and recovery to the state. In January, Trump signed an executive order calling for a review of FEMA, including whether it would serve as a “support agency” for the state rather than a comprehensive umbrella for American disaster…
A restaurant server burned sage and wafted smoke, cleaning up the parking lot in St. Pete Beach’s Dolphin Village last week.Rebecca Davidson, the manager of A Vape and THC Dispensary next door, saw the ritual, and she understood her desperate plea for divine intervention. Eight months ago, Hurricane Helen pushed a two-foot flood into a shopping complex, small businesses, shutting it down for several months.After last week’s fire, the big chain will once again become a cemetery. A blackened tree. Exposed wire. Burnt paint. The drywall is hanging in pieces. The place feels cursed, Davidson said.The business at this strip…
•Location: The magnificent universe is approximately 2.5 miles southeast of Universal Orlando’s original theme park near the Orange County Convention Center. The entrance is off the magnificent boulevard accessed from the destination parkway or South Kirkman Road. The official address is 1001 Epic Blvd. As the Kirkman Road Extension has opened for traffic, if you are traveling from downtown Orlando, travel west on Interstate 4 will be Kirkman exit 75B. The spectacular universe has road signs in new directions. The new route is slightly bent and higher at the point, but following those signs we will go to the spectacular…
The Florida property owners are fighting back after the city of Largo seized and sold a multi-unit rental property smaller than the inflated code enforcement fine. The lawsuit challenges a system that is increasingly used to impose excessive fines and fines that generate revenues to raise funds and resolve budgetary issues at the expense of asset rights and legitimate procedures.Case is LLC v, Largo, Florida. City DJB rental. It centers around Don Bourgeois. His lawsuit alleges that city Largo officials violated the federal constitution’s ban on excessive fines when they were fined $250 a day. Worse, his due process rights…
Universal Orlando welcomes a new era of attraction technology when the epic Universe Theme Park portal is officially open on Thursday mornings. Central Florida’s first major theme park debut since 1999 was designed with modern features to meet today’s consumer expectations. There are many new techniques on multiple sides. There are times when it is obvious, such as lockers activated by facial recognition, but visitors may not park. Peter Weischal, director and professor of UCF’s Theme Experience Program, said: He said the new power-up band, Epic’s super Nintendo world-energized wearable technology, and the latest iteration of Wands for the magic…
Casey Desantis defends the program | May 15thI hope for FloridaIf the governor and his wife want to prove that it is nothing more than a “existence” thrown into hope Florida, it’s very easy for them to do so. All they have to do is provide a full accounting of how Florida spent that money. These are not stupid people. If they could prove that money was being used to fulfill the organization’s mission, they would have done so before.Scott Stoltz, St. Petersburg A new vision for tropsites without rays? St. Pete Commons | Line, May 8thNext legacySt. Petersburg has…
MIAMI (AP) — Juan Serrano, a 28-year-old Colombian immigrant with no criminal history, attended a hearing in Miami’s immigration court on Wednesday as he appears to be a quick check-in. Mustard, glass-shaped courts watch hundreds of such hearings every day. Most of the time, it’s the last one in less than five minutes, and the judge orders him to come back in two years and sue the lawsuit against deportation. So, rather than setting a date for future courts, it was a surprise when government lawyers asked to withdraw the case. “You’re free to go,” Judge Monica Neumann told Serrano.…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Openai is recruiting Jony Ive, the designer behind Apple’s iPhone, to lead a new hardware project for an artificial intelligence company creating ChatGpt. Openai said it has acquired IO, a product and engineering company co-founded by IVE, to a nearly $6.5 billion deal. Openai said CEO Sam Altman has been working together “quietly” with Ive and his design company Lovefrom since 2023. Ive has worked for Apple for over 20 years and is known for his work in the design of the iconic iPhone, iMac and iPad. Ive was Apple’s chief design officer before leaving the…
By Michelle Chapman Retailers are trying to overcome economic uncertainty in 2025. Tariffs, inflation and prolonged fear of the recession have made many Americans uneasy and pulled back their spending. Consumer spending accounts for around 70% of US economic activity, so a recession will increase the chances of contracting the US economy. Once revenue from major retailers has ended, it has become clear that the trade war launched by the Trump administration is affecting retailers in very different ways. Walmart has already raised prices last week and has won public responsibilities from President Donald Trump after saying that he must…
Jeff Amy ATLANTA (AP) — Florida was the first state in 2023 to pass laws regulating cell phone use in schools. Just two years later, more than half of all states have introduced the law and are more likely to act immediately. This year, bills are sprinting through Congress in a variety of states, like New York and Oklahoma, reflecting the broad consensus that calls are bad for children. On May 13, Connecticut Assemblyman Jennifer Reaper, Democrat and co-chair of the General Assembly Board of Education, was called “not only has a major impact on both isolation, loneliness, reduced attention…