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Award-winning author Cara Blue Adams discusses the interconnection of her stories in her new collection, You Never Get It Back.

At the state’s only remaining call center helping people apply for unemployment, there’s a special empathy for the laid-off workers on the other end of the line. The staff at Lighthouse Works, a nonprofit that’s operated in Orlando for 10 years, are mostly blind, and for many, losing their vision also meant losing their jobs.

Who's up, down, in and out — your morning tipsheet on Florida politics.

At the state’s only remaining call center helping people apply for unemployment, there’s a special empathy for the laid-off workers on the other end of the line. The staff at Lighthouse Works, a nonprofit that’s operated in Orlando for 10 years, are mostly blind, and for many, losing their vision also meant losing their jobs.

Solo show with new paintings by Antone Könst opens at Marianne Boesky Gallery Antone Könst, Tidbit, 2021 Oil on linen, 24 x 20 in. 61 x 50.8 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Lance Brewer. ASPEN, CO .-Marianne Boesky Gallery is presenting Dear Future, an exhibition of new paintings by Antone Könst. The artist’s new group of works capture the emotive impact and uncontainable energy of an indefinite future, shifting his portrayed characters between moments of hope, dread, tension, and humor....

Florida’s unemployment office has gotten rid of all of the call centers it brought on in 2020 — a decision that critics said is premature, as thousands of claims continue to pour in and applicants still struggle to get through the state’s antiquated CONNECT website.

Thousands of residents are still filing jobless claims and struggling to use the CONNECT website, but the state has recently ended its contract with the company that was providing 2,000 reps for the call centers.

Central Florida organization helps visually impaired people obtain jobs; local man shares his journey © WESH WESH One Central Florida man says, "dont let any limitation stand in your way." Hes blind but has been working on a government contract for the past four years.Sign up for our Newsletters WESH 2 News looked into the organization that helps others help themselves. Angel Lopez, 50, has been blind for more than half his life. "I am totally blind. I dont have eyes, I had an accident 25, ...

Gabriela Garcia: On Writing the Characters Arc Debut author Gabriela Garcia discusses how she established goals for her novel Of Women and Salt, how she let her characters dictate their stories, and what its like to write a cast of dynamic women. Author: Gabriela Garcia is the author of the novel Of Women and Salt, forthcoming from Flatiron (US), Picador (UK), and in seven other languages. Her fiction and poems have appeared in Best American Poetry, The Cincinnati Review, Black Warrior Revi...