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Senator Randolph Bracy Closes Heirs’ Property Loophole in Florida Governor Ron DeSantis today signed SB 580, the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, into law. State Senator Randolph Bracy (D-Ocoee) was the chief sponsor of the legislation which passed unanimously in both chambers of the Florida Legislature. “The signing of this bill into law marks a huge […]

Florida keeps inching closer to having a working death penalty in the state.

Amid a rising threat of antisemitism in Florida, the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando is slated to receive $150,000 in state funds to buy a new security system for its campus

Orange County’s Regional History Center says Central Florida is home to this country’s largest incident of voting day violence, ever: The Ocoee Massacre.

SB 580 is intended to protect inheritors from predatory real estate tactics. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation intended to keep long-held property within a deceased owner’s family even if they lacked a proper will. The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (SB 580) will allow the heirs of a property a chance to purchase the entire property before […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Funding totaling $1 million for a documentary about the Ocoee Massacre was among Gov. Ron DeSantis’ vetoes of $3.1 billion in spending from the Florida state budget. What You Need To Know Funding for Ocoee Massacre documentary among Gov. Ron DeSantis’ budget veto listThe documentary would have been produced by Valencia College’s […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Movies and documentaries can be powerful tools to educate people on the past, but many local historical events don’t get that treatment. Now there’s a new push to produce a movie about the Ocoee massacre and the lynching of July Perry during the deadliest Election Day in American History. We talk to […]

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