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After President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), the liberal groups responded immediately. Here are some responses:The National Education Association and the NAACP filed a lawsuit challenging the president’s executive order. Andrew Spur, president of the Florida Education Association, said President Trump is engaged in a “political game.” Additionally, state leader of the Florida Democratic Party, Nikki Fried described Trump’s order as “unconstitutional.”The chairman of the Volusia County local teachers union group, Elizabeth Albert of Volusia United Educators, said it would be very troublesome to demolish or eliminate the…
American Health and Agriculture Secretaries have expressed their support.The state is beginning to take action to prohibit food stamp recipients from using their food stamps on soda.West Virginia is asking the USDA for an exemption that will allow the state to ban the purchase of soda using food stamps, West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrissey announced on March 28th.”Taxpayer dollars should target nutritious foods,” Republican Morrissey said at a press conference with US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.He pointed out that the official name of the Food Stamp Program is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).At the end of the…
The Atlanta-based developer has purchased a multi-family site in the mixed-use Lumberyard area of downtown Clermont and is moving to redevelop the Lake County site.Penler paid longtime owners Wolf & Wallace Properties $7.4 million for a 7.2-acre parcel next to Victory Point Park and the South Lake Trail. Penler has secured a $45.7 million construction loan from Renasant Bank in Mississippi.The sawmill district is the site of a former sawmill, and the historic theme will unfold in a two-phase redevelopment. The first phase will involve the development of 262 apartments across four multifamily buildings. The second phase includes the commercial…
Jeffrey Johnson has been waiting for nearly a decade to buy a house.When the 58-year-old learned about the program of a nonprofit that sells affordable homes to low-income Liberty City homes, he filled out the paperwork in 2017 and sent it to a lender.But there were many starts and stops. After being approved, he was hoping to move to a house near Northwest 64th and 17th Avenue in 2020. The pandemic then hit. Meanwhile, the cost of the house has increased from $205,000 to more than $300,000, he said. And to close it, he had to reapply twice more for…
In Yates’ poem The Second Coming, “When the highest beliefs are lacking, the worst is full of passionate strength.William McKeekin (Provided)When looking at the negotiation strategies for a ceasefire and the potential strategies for the end of the war in Ukraine, I cannot help remind myself of Yates’ poem. The end of Ukraine’s peace and suffering is our passionate prayer, but universal law, values and values must guide our foreign policy.Just to review the bidding, in the past few weeks we have witnessed a disaster meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, cut military assistance (although since restored)…
(WJW) – More than 200,000 pounds of liquid egg products have been recalled nationwide, as the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSI) may contain cleaning fluids with chemicals commonly used for bleaching. The recall comes from Cargill Kitchen Solutions, based in Lake Odessa, Michigan, and applies to four products sold under the labels or logos of “Egg Beater” and “Bob Evans”: FSI said the products were shipped to distributor locations in Ohio and Texas and for foodservice use in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois and Iowa. I remember the fritray chips for sale in Ohio According to FSIS, liquid egg…
The 28 flatbed trucks filled with produce and other fresh produce were scheduled to arrive at the 2nd Harvest Food Bank in Central Florida last week, but the Trump administration has cancelled delivery.The news put the local food bank in “crisis mode” as it shakes from the loss of food worth $1.6 million, said Greg Hickerson, the agency’s chief development officer.”This means that many families have access to that much food,” Hickerson said.Second Harvest serves as a regional supplier for the Food Bank in Central Florida, and now he said it will be less likely to provide thousands of residents…
The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) has filed a provisional injunction to block parts of Florida’s HB3, which restricts free speech that is protected in violation of the constitution. The CCIA says the Florida HB3 regulations are a violation of the First Amendment. The CCIA, along with joint integration NetChoice, filed a lawsuit in October 2024, violating the initial amendment by blocking and restricting minors to view legal content using certain websites.”In spite of the ambiguous language, the law is clearly intended to regulate its members by limiting the ability to reach young people and empowering them to communicate…
And then there was one.With a win by Houston and Auburn on Sunday, the Final Four next weekend will feature all four No. 1 seeds for the second time in NCAA Tournament history.The only time since sowing began in 1979 was in 2008 when Kansas, Memphis, UCLA and North Carolina went to the Final Four in San Antonio.This year, it’s the first time that we’ll be closing out the year’s choke, with Higher Seeds 12-0 on Sweet 16 and Elite Eight, ending with a riverwalk.Houston gave Tennessee a lesson in defensive domination, shutting down the Vols with a 69-50 victory…
SpaceX has two rockets on two pads that will be released on Space Coast on Monday.The first is the Falcon 9, which carries 28 Starlink satellites targeted at 3:32pm from the Space Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.Windy conditions and bad weather kept pushing Sunday’s launch attempts, which were ultimately scrubbed.The first phase booster will take the 17th flight, aiming to land a recovery into the droneship.This is the 25th launch on the Space Coast in 2025, with everything but one coming from SpaceX.The 26th could be the second human space flight on SpaceX, the year after the…