AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Longwood Florida. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/longwood-fl 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/longwood-fl https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Thu, 17 Apr 2025 07:27:07 -0500 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.  — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis was joined by Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson and members of the https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-ron-desantis-announces-legislative-action-to-rebuke-disneys-lastditch-attempt-to-defy-the-legislature-and-the-state-of-florida-31563822-lake-buena-vista-fl.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-ron-desantis-announces-legislative-action-to-rebuke-disneys-lastditch-attempt-to-defy-the-legislature-and-the-state-of-florida-31563822-lake-buena-vista-fl.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the award of more than $13.6 million for innovative technologies https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-ron-desantis-announces-award-of-more-than-136-million-for-innovative-technologies-to-clean-up-and-mitigate-harmful-algal-blooms-31563824-tallahassee-fl.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-ron-desantis-announces-award-of-more-than-136-million-for-innovative-technologies-to-clean-up-and-mitigate-harmful-algal-blooms-31563824-tallahassee-fl.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Today, Senator Rick Scott joined Senator Marco Rubio and their colleagues to reintroduce the Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act. This legislation https://www.americantowns.com/news/sens-rick-scott-marco-rubio-and-colleagues-reintroduce-bill-to-restore-holocaust-survivors-rights-31564138-ocala-fl.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/sens-rick-scott-marco-rubio-and-colleagues-reintroduce-bill-to-restore-holocaust-survivors-rights-31564138-ocala-fl.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, during a hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Senator Rick Scott blasted https://www.americantowns.com/news/sen-rick-scott-blasts-dhs-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas-on-government-censorship-and-disinformation-31564140-lakeland-fl.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/sen-rick-scott-blasts-dhs-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas-on-government-censorship-and-disinformation-31564140-lakeland-fl.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Today, Senator Rick Scott joined a group of Republican senators and representatives, led by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Representative Dan Crenshaw https://www.americantowns.com/news/sen-rick-scott-joins-colleagues-in-leading-bicameral-push-to-ban-members-of-congress-from-using-tiktok-31564141-kissimmee-fl.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/sen-rick-scott-joins-colleagues-in-leading-bicameral-push-to-ban-members-of-congress-from-using-tiktok-31564141-kissimmee-fl.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Hannity to discuss the latest on the origins of COVID-19. Watch the full interview on YouTube and Rumble. On https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-rubio-joins-hannity-31564799-jacksonville-fl.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-rubio-joins-hannity-31564799-jacksonville-fl.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Far from denying the value of climate-conscious efforts, I have led them for years…. It exposes the Left’s slander that all Republicans https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-rubio-lambasts-democrats-fake-green-agenda-31564801-tampa-fl.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-rubio-lambasts-democrats-fake-green-agenda-31564801-tampa-fl.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Washington Watch with Tony Perkins to discuss the Chinese Communist Party’s overseas police force, the https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-rubio-joins-washington-watch-31564804-naples-fl.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-rubio-joins-washington-watch-31564804-naples-fl.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Across the United States, Americans with disabilities have been denied access to vital organ transplants purely due to their disability. U.S. https://www.americantowns.com/news/rubio-hassan-reintroduce-legislation-to-prevent-organ-transplant-discrimination-against-patients-with-disabilities-31564806-sarasota-fl.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/rubio-hassan-reintroduce-legislation-to-prevent-organ-transplant-discrimination-against-patients-with-disabilities-31564806-sarasota-fl.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Countless Holocaust survivors, and their descendants, have been unable to recover their unpaid pre-Holocaust insurance policies. U.S. Senators Marco https://www.americantowns.com/news/rubio-colleagues-reintroduce-bill-to-restore-holocaust-survivors-rights-31564809-clearwater-fl.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/rubio-colleagues-reintroduce-bill-to-restore-holocaust-survivors-rights-31564809-clearwater-fl.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 In response to natural disasters, which can devastate communities, local governments are on the front line to recovery. These local governments often https://www.americantowns.com/news/rubio-reintroduces-fema-loan-interest-payment-relief-act-31564812-fort-myers-fl.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/rubio-reintroduces-fema-loan-interest-payment-relief-act-31564812-fort-myers-fl.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the American people have lost trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC’s) guidance due to https://www.americantowns.com/news/rubio-colleagues-reintroduce-bill-to-audit-cdc-decisionmaking-and-messaging-process-31564813-gainesville-fl.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/rubio-colleagues-reintroduce-bill-to-audit-cdc-decisionmaking-and-messaging-process-31564813-gainesville-fl.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Two weeks ago, I made my first official visit to El Salvador and witnessed its story firsthand. For decades, the Central-American nation was little https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-rubio-bukele-has-brought-freedom-to-el-salvador-31564814-saint-petersburg-fl.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-rubio-bukele-has-brought-freedom-to-el-salvador-31564814-saint-petersburg-fl.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 The projects were submitted to the House Committee on Appropriations for funding consideration in the FY2024 cycle WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, https://www.americantowns.com/news/soto-announces-15-community-project-funding-requests-for-floridas-ninth-congressional-district-31565180-hialeah-fl.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/soto-announces-15-community-project-funding-requests-for-floridas-ninth-congressional-district-31565180-hialeah-fl.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14), former chair of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, reintroduced a package of three clean energy bills https://www.americantowns.com/news/ahead-of-earth-day-rep-castor-introduces-package-of-3-clean-energy-bills-31565181-kissimmee-fl.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/ahead-of-earth-day-rep-castor-introduces-package-of-3-clean-energy-bills-31565181-kissimmee-fl.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500