Next week, WMFE News will begin airing a series called Central Florida Seen and Heard: Immigration Divide. It will explore Florida's new immigration laws.
As part of our series “Central Florida Seen and Heard: Immigration Divide,” WMFE looks at immigration past and present with a Rep. who sponsored SB-1718 and an historian.
WMFE’s Talia Blake continues our series Central Florida Seen and Heard: Immigration Divide with a look at the cost Florida's new immigration laws have on businesses and undocumented workers.
WMFE’s vision is to lead the community conversation based on substantiated facts and respect for diverse perspectives. One critical tool we have in journalism to meet those goals is our words.
Since the Immigration Law went into effect, Florida's undocumented workers are fearful of going to the hospital. Healthcare workers say that affects us all.
Florida’s new immigration law has been in place for a month now. As part of our series Central Florida Seen and Heard: Immigration Divide, we take a look at the impact on undocumented students.
As part of our series, “Central Florida Seen and Heard: The Immigration Divide,” three Mills-50 business owners share their stories and contributions to Orlando culture.
Faith is a recurring theme for the Arroyos, ever since, back in Mexico, their parents would lead them in prayer together.
Central Florida Public Media is exploring the impacts of climate change and rising water on our region.
As rapid development strains infrastructure, some Central Florida communities rely on flood maps with outdated data. But even the most current maps can’t predict where flooding will happen next.
How many times can communities flood from severe weather before a lasting solution arrives? Local leaders are spending millions of dollars on flood mitigation based on historical storm data, but that data may not provide the needed protection moving forward.
Climate change is impacting Central Florida municipalities’ budgets and is expected to cause major financial losses as cities rely on property taxes from coastal structures that may be underwater in the future.
On the space coast, engineers and anthropologists are trying to combat rising sea levels that threaten to wash away launch pads at the Kennedy Space Center and thousands-years-old village sites in the Indian River Lagoon.
Amid booming growth, residents and environmentalists blame recent floods on development, but local governments and developers say they're following the rules.
As flooding and erosion threaten the Florida coastline, the city of Satellite Beach is trying to step in to protect the area from going under water.
Project:Camp runs special camps throughout the country aimed at helping kids process their trauma after a storm.
This year, with an above-average hurricane season predicted, warnings and other information about those dangers could be a matter of life or death.
Listen to the first episode of our new special podcast, Part 2 of Central Florida Seen & Heard: Rising Water.
Water follows gravity, taking the path of least resistance. But that path can change, based on how we develop land and alter elevations in Central Florida.
Water issues are inherently connected, and flooding can impact water quality.