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Recent News and Features of Note from Beyond the Biscayne Corridor
Desantis Wants To Cut 1,000 Jobs, but Asks for $1 Million to Sue Over FSU's Football Snub
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis recommended Florida eliminate more than 1,000 state jobs in a spending proposal released Tuesday that cuts the current budget by more $4.6 billion while maintaining popular sales tax holidays. Read more
A Texas Judge Grants a Pregnant Woman Permission To Get an Abortion Despite the State’s Ban
A Texas judge on Thursday gave a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis permission to get an abortion in an unprecedented challenge over bans that more than a dozen states have enacted since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Read more
Plastic Bags Are Being Banned, but Not in Florida
Starting in January, most stores in Colorado won’t be allowed to provide single-use plastic carryout bags to customers without charging them a fee. Polystyrene containers, also known as Styrofoam, also will be banned at restaurants and wherever Read more
Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ Leaves Many Notes of Bernstein Unplayed
Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro,” a high-wire act of a biopic, leaps constantly between on stage and off, flying through Leonard Bernstein’s very public life as a conductor while diving into his more private marriage to Felicia Montealegre. How each side Read more
Ron Desantis Said Antisemitism on Florida Campuses More Troubling Than Elon Musk’s Posts
Gov. Ron DeSantis said pro-Hamas demonstrators promoting antisemitic messages on college campuses pose a greater threat than right-wing voices online. That includes controversial comments by Elon Musk, owner of X and one of the world’s wealthiest men Read more
The Supreme Court Won’t Allow Florida To Enforce Its New Law Targeting Drag Shows During Appeal
The Supreme Court said Thursday it will not allow Florida to enforce its new law targeting drag shows, while a court case proceeds. Read more