Kate Santich
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Residents of the now-abandoned Star Motel in Kissimmee — who’ve spent the past nine months without reliable access to running water and electricity — are finally getting help from local nonprofits and Osceola County government to move them to rooms in better motels. But the fix is temporary. So one agency is looking to buy and renovate a motel of its own and turn it into affordable housing.
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Black Men Vote initiative launches in Parramore
Fraternity's Black Men Vote campaign launches in Parramore
The Orlando alumni chapter of historically Black Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity is hosting a voter registration drive Saturday in Parramore – part of a national campaign to register more than 1 million black men to vote in a dozen key states, including Florida.
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For those who died and those still living, Miles Mulrain Jr. marches on
Orlando activist Miles Mulrain Jr. marches on — 'I can't quit now. I have a Black son.'
The massive crowds of Black Lives Matter demonstrators have long departed the streets of downtown Orlando, the tear gas is a distant memory, and the news helicopters have flown elsewhere. But Miles Mulrain Jr. is still fighting.
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After nearly six months of isolation, residents of Florida’s long-term care facilities will have to wait a big longer for visitors after a state task force encountered sharp division Tuesday over whether to allow loved ones to touch.
