Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
Good morning! I'm Matt Palm, the Orlando Sentinel's theater, arts and culture writer. As more and more in-person arts and entertainment experiences return, I'm keeping an eye on what you shouldn't miss. Here are a few ideas for this weekend. In Winter Garden, the musical "A Class Act" is perfect for any oddball looking to fit in to this crazy world. Orlando Museum of Art is opening a unique collaborative exhibit that unites Central Florida with the Middle East. Looking further ahead, fans of "The Office" will want to check out this parody of the TV sitcom, and the CFCArts theater program has big plans to involve even more of the community in its shows. Now here's the rest of today's news... |
 Alejandra Juarez watched from Mexico this week as President Joe Biden's administration overturned the strict immigration policy that led to her wrenching deportation at Orlando... |   | |
 State health officials this week detected the first documented cases of a mutated form of COVID-19 in Orange and Seminole counties, which is thought to be more contagious than other strands of... | | | |
 Democrats in Congress and the White House rejected a Republican pitch to split President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan into smaller chunks on Thursday, with lawmakers... | | | |
 A Senate Republican has filed a proposal that could lead to young people, felons, convicts and "hard-to-hire" employees making less than the $15 an hour minimum wage approved by Florida voters... | | | |
 Immediately after the November election, Republicans proclaimed the GOP as the party of the working class. Now, an influential Florida Republican wants to deprive the working class of the... | | | |
 With Florida's economy still reeling from the downturn from the COVID-19 crisis, Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a $96.6 billion budget proposal Thursday that features a $4.3 billion increase from... | | | |
 A tax break meant to help struggling neighborhoods has instead largely gone to Diagon Alley, "The Simpsons'" Springfield and Jurassic Park. Now, an Orlando Democrat is trying to end... | | | |
 About a year after Lucky's Market announced it was closing in Orlando, Publix and Aldi say they will open new stores this year in some of the former organic-focused grocer's properties. | | | |
 The Orlando Magic are trying not to let frustration seep in as they work to show they're better than their 8-11 record. | | | |
 Major League Soccer is bracing for the possibility of a work stoppage as the clock ticks down on the deadline for renegotiating the collective bargaining agreement between players and the league. | | | |
 The Cross Florida Greenway was envisioned as a barge canal from Palatka to the Gulf of Mexico. When the project was abandoned due to environmental concerns, it was transformed into a 110-mile... | | | |
 Watch these movies and TV shows in honor of Black History Month. | | | |
 A Florida mayor issued a mask mandate and up to a $500 fine for anyone breaking the rule during the Super Bowl. | | | |
 The seven astronauts killed in the 1986 Challenger shuttle disaster are remembered in a ceremony at the Space Mirror Memorial, commemorating the 35th anniversary of the disaster, at Kennedy... | | | |
 A right whale and her calf were spotted swimming in the waters off the coast of Flagler Beach. | | | |
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