Joe Mario Pedersen
Health Reporter at Central Florida Public Media
Orlando Health Reporter at Central Florida Public Media & comic book obsessive. (he/him/his) Send me your health tips! Or comic suggestions. I'm game for both😎
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1 week ago |
wusf.org | Joe Mario Pedersen
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is responding to the Florida Attorney General's threat of removal from office over a city policy that prevents city staff from asking residents about their citizenship status. On Tuesday, Dyer sent a letter to Florida's Attorney General, James Uthmeier, explaining that the city intends to comply with state and federal immigration enforcement laws.
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1 week ago |
cfpublic.org | Joe Mario Pedersen
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is sending prosecutors to the office of State Attorney Monique Worrell to assist the 9th Circuit judiciary with a backlog of 13,000 non-arrest cases. “The cavalry is here,” said Uthmeier during a Monday press conference in Orlando, appearing alongside Orange County Sheriff John Mina. “We've got a tiger team of prosecutors that we're going to be sending to help out. We hope she will take that help.
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2 weeks ago |
cfpublic.org | Joe Mario Pedersen
A pair of bills in the Florida legislature seeks to provide legal protections for unborn persons. The legislation also defines who is considered an unborn person in Florida. House Bill 1517 and its Senate companion, SB 1284, are known as the Civil Liability for the Wrongful Death of an Unborn Child bills. Both would extend provisions of personal injury laws to unborn fetuses, allowing surviving family members to seek compensation as a result of negligence.
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2 weeks ago |
wusf.org | Joe Mario Pedersen
After last weekend’s showers and a week of heat forecast, conditions are ideal for mosquito reproduction, which has officials concerned over the spread of mosquito-borne disease. Last year, mosquito control across the state saw record numbers in travel-related cases of the mosquito-borne disease dengue. Now, officials are expecting another season of above-average numbers.
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2 weeks ago |
wlrn.org | Joe Mario Pedersen
After last weekend’s showers and a week of heat forecast, conditions are ideal for mosquito reproduction, which has officials concerned over the spread of mosquito-borne disease. Last year, mosquito control across the state saw record numbers in travel-related cases of the mosquito-borne disease dengue. Now, it’s expecting another season of above-average numbers.
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"Explosively intensifies" never seen that phrasing in a NHC update... And I don't want to see that in an NHC update
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