Good morning, Central Florida. Here's what you need to know today.
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Plan on an active weather day on Thursday as a cold front sweeps across the peninsula. First, southwest winds will ramp up in advance of this system, gusting to 35 mph at times and helping to send temperatures into the mid- to upper 80s.
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Highs: Mid- to Upper 80s Lows: Around 60 Rain Coverage: 70%
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Around Central Florida
1. Florida's new rail safety law increases violator penalties
The provision increases penalties for drivers and pedestrians that fail to yield at active railroad tracks.
2. Survivors continue to express their opinions 24 hours after city announces feedback push for Pulse memorial
As the city of Orlando moves toward building a Pulse memorial, some survivors say it's a little too late. Others say they need “true trauma-informed professionals” leading this initiative.
3. Major road projects hit stalemate after sales tax tabling in Orange County
Several potential infrastructure projects are likely by the wayside.
4. How the Orange Code will be used to implement the county's Vision 2050 plan
Orange County leaders are looking to update land development regulations and they want to hear from residents.
Around the Nation
1. Biden administration to close ‘gun show loophole,’ require more dealers to conduct background checks
2. Mortgage rates climb after March inflation data
3. Congress summons Boeing’s CEO to testify on its jetliner safety following new whistleblower charges
4. EPA imposes first-ever national limit for ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
5. Conservative revolt in House blocks effort to reauthorize key U.S. spy tool
6. Ukraine will be outgunned by Russia 10 to 1 in weeks without U.S. help, top general says
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In some ways, golf finds itself at a point in time not unlike pro football in the 1960s, when two rival leagues duked it out but found a path to reconciliation that produced a game far bigger than anyone could’ve envisioned.
But if nothing else, major championships such as the Masters, which begins Thursday at Augusta National, provide a brief detente in the still-smoldering split between the established PGA Tour and upstart LIV Golf.