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DeSantis signs bill eliminating Walt Disney World’s Reedy Creek district; Fitch warns of bond downgrade

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law two bills targeting The Walt Disney Co. on Friday, eliminating the company’s special Reedy Creek district and stripping its exemption from the “Big Tech” social media bill.

Orlando Sentinel

Steelers mourn Dwayne Haskins at celebration of life service

PITTSBURGH — Heavy fog early Friday morning obscured the view of Heinz Field on the day the Steelers said goodbye to Dwayne Haskins. At nearby Allegheny Center Alliance Church, a little more than a mile away on the North Side, Steelers players and coaches along with others from across the…

Tribune News Service

Disney government dissolution bill signed by DeSantis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill dissolving Walt Disney World’s private government, after the entertainment giant criticized a measure that critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law

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Florida teen charged with vehicular manslaughter in crash that killed six was driving 151mph

Noah Galle, 18, was charged with six counts of vehicular homicide in connection with the 27 January crash

The Independent UK

DeSantis signs bill to dissolve Disney’s governing agreement in wake of ‘Don’t Say Gay’

For decades, Disney has effectively taxed itself to provide services for the company town it created. Florida officials warn that without the special tax district, the burden could fall on taxpayers

The Independent UK

DeSantis signs bill to end Disney's self-governing status

The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday voted to eliminate the special status of Reedy Creek.

Axios

Voting groups sue over Florida congressional map

Voting rights groups have sued Florida over a congressional map drawn by Gov. Ron DeSantis and passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature

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‘Everywhere Babies’, a picture book celebrating infants, becomes latest book banned in Florida

The author believes the book was banned due to its inclusion of a same-sex couple

The Independent UK

Florida’s examples of banned topics in math books derided as ‘political theater’

Education officials release four examples among the 54 math textbooks they rejected last week because of ‘prohibited topics’

The Guardian - US

EXPLAINER: Why are Disney and DeSantis feuding in Florida?

The Florida Legislature has passed a bill to dissolve a private government controlled by Disney that provides municipal-like services for its 27,000 acres in the Sunshine State

The Independent UK

Tentative Thoughts on the Florida Repeal of Disney's Special Government District

The Florida Legislature has voted to repeal a statute that created a special government district (the Reedy Creek Improvement District) that it had set up in 1967 for Disney, and the Governor is apparently set to sign it. To quote the New York Times (Brooks Barnes), [The district] was put…

Reason

Flying high: Keiser wins seventh tournament of season, remains No. 1 in Bushnell/Golfweek NAIA Coaches Poll

The Keiser Seahawks men's golf team has won seven tournaments this season.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Gone But Not Forgotten: 14 Old Airlines Of The US

The date of Jan. 1, 1914, marked the world's first passenger airline service, endeavored by the aptly named “The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line,” which flew from St. Petersburg, Florida and landed in nearby Tampa.

Benzinga

Bitcoin 2022 Exclusive: Tapping Traditional Finance Expertise For Crypto Innovation

Detroit-based Benzinga, a media and data provider bridging the gap between retail and institutional investors, sent its team to Miami, Florida April 6-9, for Bitcoin 2022.

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Russia to stage sham referendum in south Ukraine, says Zelenskiy

Ukrainian leader tells residents in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia not to give personal information to Russian forces. Plus, 350,000 fewer American kindergarteners vaccinated against common diseases

Salon

"Social emotional learning": The new CRT

Right-wing culture warriors' new obsession: Widespread "life skills" approach is actually sinister "Trojan horse"

Benzinga

SpaceX's Falcon 9 Takes Another 53 Starlink Satellites To Space — Some Confuse Rocket With 'UFO'

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk-owned SpaceX on Thursday successfully launched 53 more Starlink satellites to earth’s low orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The Independent UK

Iowa GOP open to non-Trump prospects as 2024 gets underway

Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process

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Chicago Sun-Times

Monty the piping plover is back at Montrose Beach

His mate, Rose, hasn’t been spotted yet this year after flying down to her usual winter getaway in Anclote Key, Florida.

The Guardian - US

Disney to lose special tax status for opposing Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill

Governor Ron DeSantis is set to sign bill revoking 1967 law allowing Disney to self-govern a roughly 25,000-acre Orlando area

The Independent UK

Florida Democrats protest Ron DeSantis congressional map that would remove two majority-Black districts

Republicans began to leave the chamber while other Democrats made their to join the protest

The Independent UK

Sunbathing crocodile blocks runway at US Navy base in Florida

‘This airfield resident was soaking up some sun on one of our runways recently and didn’t want to budge,’ says Naval Air Station Key West

Ballotpedia

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 19 (April 21, 2022)

Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Democratic Edition

Daily Mirror

Disney stripped of huge tax breaks in political row as Brits could face pricier tickets

Disney has been stripped of the huge tax breaks which reportedly saved the company tens of millions of pounds a year, a shift which will possibly lead to higher ticket prices for Brits

The Guardian - US

Florida Republicans pass congressional map severely limiting Black voter power

Plan drawn by Ron DeSantis gives Republicans a significant boost and is one of the most aggressively gerrymandered maps in US

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