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Downtown Orlando businesses deal with new ordinance amid Cinco De Mayo weekend surge
Read full article: Downtown Orlando businesses deal with new ordinance amid Cinco De Mayo weekend surgeWhile people are enjoying themselves for the holiday weekend, downtown businesses are seeing how they will adjust for the first weekend since a new city ordinance has taken effect.
Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican culture, not independence
Read full article: Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican culture, not independenceAmerican bars and restaurants gear up every year for Cinco de Mayo, offering special deals on Mexican food and alcoholic drinks for a May 5 commemoration that is barely celebrated south of the border.
Spring starts Sunday: Here’s when Easter, Passover, Mother’s Day, other holidays fall in 2022
Read full article: Spring starts Sunday: Here’s when Easter, Passover, Mother’s Day, other holidays fall in 2022It might've felt like spring in Florida for a while now, but the new season doesn't officially start until Sunday.
Biden touts $28.6B restaurant relief program, orders tacos
Read full article: Biden touts $28.6B restaurant relief program, orders tacosPresident Joe Biden has made a Cinco de Mayo taco and enchilada run to highlight his administration’s $28.6 billion program to help eateries that lost business because of the coronavirus pandemic.
SeaWorld Orlando set to celebrate Cinco De Mayo at Seven Seas Food Festival
Read full article: SeaWorld Orlando set to celebrate Cinco De Mayo at Seven Seas Food FestivalSeaWorld Orlando said Friday that it will be celebrating Cinco De Mayo a little early during its Seven Seas Food Festival later this month.
Things to Know: States push their own relief packages
Read full article: Things to Know: States push their own relief packagesNot waiting for more federal help, states have been approving their own coronavirus aid packages, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help residents and business owners devastated by the the pandemic's economic fallout. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)Here’s what’s happening Wednesday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY:— States not willing to wait for pandemic financial relief from the federal government have taken matters into their own hands. The Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion relief plan would send hundreds of billions of dollars to state and local governments. — The predominantly Latino cities of Central Falls, Rhode Island, and Chelsea, Massachusetts, have been among their states’ hardest-hit communities in the pandemic. There are fresh voucher proposals in states with already abundant subsidies for private and home schools and in states where there are none.
Coronavirus might mean less Corona beer on Cinco de Mayo
Read full article: Coronavirus might mean less Corona beer on Cinco de MayoBut we’re referring to Corona beer and Cinco de Mayo. Typically, the dominant choice of beer for those celebrating Cinco de Mayo is Corona. But Corona likely will be consumed way less than usual due to the coronavirus pandemic, that is unrelated in name. In February, a report in the Denver Post said Corona was taking a public relations hit due to people fearing they would get coronavirus by drinking Corona. Cinco de Mayo has surpassed St. Patrick’s Day and the Super Bowl for beer consumption on one day, with Corona virtually holding a monopoly on advertising and sales for beer on Cinco de Mayo, according to Loop Insights.