Brandon Wolf has spent the past five years trying to honor the friends he lost at Pulse nightclub. He has become a nationally-recognized advocate for LGBTQ issues and gun violence prevention. This is the story of Brandon Wolf. And this is Pulse, Five Years Later.
Barbara Poma and her husband, Rosario, and a business partner, opened Pulse nightclub in 2004. After the shooting, she founded the onePULSE Foundation, dedicated to building a memorial to the 49 killed and a museum to remember their lives and the impact of the tragedy. She reflects on the past five years.
Many first met Patience Carter on June 14, 2016, telling her story through a poem she had written in a hospital bed in Orlando. It was two days after a mass shooting at Pulse nightclub that left 49 people dead, 68 seriously wounded. This is the story of Patience Carter – now Patience Murray. This is Pulse, Five Years Later.
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Waiting to exhale It may be weeks probably months before the true effect of the last three months in Tallahassee are really known. As the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature at the urging of Gov. Ron DeSantis passed measure after measure ranging from a confrontation with Silicon Valley to a revamp of election laws, and now a sweeping gambling deal, the efforts have been quickly been hit with lawsuits.
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The Seminole Tribe of Florida is out with a new 60-second ad, aiming to rally support for a new gaming Compact with the state. The ad drops around two weeks before a Special Legislative Session will convene to finalize that agreement.
The new minute long-spot, titled “
The Seminole Story,” highlights existing economic benefits from the current gaming structure and argues the new compact will expand those benefits.
“Amid a storm of challenge and loss, this Florida story gave rise to hope and our spirit to persevere,” the ad’s narrator begins.