Your Florida Daily: Child labor law protections on chopping block, Luke Combs makes amends to Florida fan

ORLANDO, Fla. – State lawmakers are considering a major overhaul of Florida’s child labor laws, but not everyone is for the change.

House Bill 49 passed a subcommittee in Tallahassee on Wednesday.

While it still has a ways to go, if passed, it would remove current state law that says minors ages 16 and 17 can’t work more than 30 hours a week while school is in session.

The bill would also allow them to work overnight as well as more than six days a week.

The bill does specify teens can’t be in hazardous jobs, however, there’s another measure in the Senate that would allow them to work on roofs, scaffolding and construction sites.

Nasty weekend on tap for Florida

Florida is about to get some nasty weather.

A strong pressure gradient continues to hold across the Orlando area, which will keep things very windy with gusts up to 35-40 mph.

This is expected to bring dangerous conditions at the beach, where a high surf advisory and coast flood warnings are in place.

In South Florida, NOAA forecasters say a stationary front and an approaching low-pressure system will bring periods of heavy rain and possible thunderstorms starting today and lasting into the weekend.

This means there’s an increased chance for flash flooding from Miami through Fort Lauderdale and the West Palm Beach area.

On Saturday, most of the state will be drenched in heavy rain with the arrival of the low-pressure system from the Gulf of Mexico.

Luke Combs helps fan who almost owed him $250,000 for selling unauthorized merchandise

Country music star Luke Combs is making amends to a Florida fan who sold homemade tumblers and T-shirts with his name and likeness online.

Nicol Harness was ordered to pay the singer $250,000 when she got caught up in a crackdown Combs’ lawyers launched against companies selling counterfeit merchandise.

Court records show Harness made about $360 profit from the merch, according to the Associated Press.

But in an Instagram video, Combs said the situation made him “absolutely sick to (his) stomach” and told his attorneys to remove Harness from the lawsuit, adding he only meant to target large corporations making millions off his image.

He also said he was sending her $11,000 to her ongoing struggle with congestive heart failure.

The story first came to light after her story was picked up by a Tampa TV station.

She told WFLA she was surprised when Combs called and told her he was stepping in to help.

Now, the three-time Grammy nominee has announced his official online store is selling new tumblers with all proceeds going toward a fund to help cover her medical bills.

Random Florida Fact

Hooters, the sports bar known for its chicken wings and scantily clad waitresses, was incorporated in Clearwater, Florida, as a joke on April Fools Day in 1983.

Six businessmen with absolutely no previous restaurant experience got together and decided to open their first Hooters in October of that year.

The first Hooters Calendar debuted in 1986 with its soon-to-be-famous feature girl, Lynne Austin a young model from Pant City, Florida.

Forty years later, the brand remains strong. Make to sure subscribe to Your Florida Daily to hear all-new special episodes starting Tuesday, Dec. 26, including the founding of Hooters!