FEMA head sounds the alarm over disaster funding after double hurricanes

Deanne Criswell warned that FEMA’s disaster relief fund — the country’s emergency checkbook — is down to less than $5 billion.
0 5min

Keith Truenow will bring commercial farm background to Senate Agriculture Committee

The freshman Senator listed citrus greening and pressures from development among top concerns for the committee.
0 5min

Ron Book to keep leading Miami-Dade Homeless Trust, but county officials call for succession plan

He’s been Chair of the Homeless Trust for 2 straight decades. Term limits for the post are 6 consecutive years.
0 10min

Insurance Summit agenda packed with elected leaders, state officials

The CFO, Insurance Commissioner and others will speak about the top issues impacting Florida’s insurance industry.
0 4min

Transition


Matt Gaetz pitches Senators to back his AG nomination

The biggest test for Trump’s picks so far is presented by the Panhandle Republican
5 5min

‘Fake news’: Donald Trump staffers slam new Michael Wolff book

‘Consider this our blanket response to whatever he writes.’
12 4min

Donald Trump chooses former Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO Ambassador

Whitaker served as Acting Attorney General between November 2018 and February 2019.
5 10min

Donald Trump has called for dismantling the Education Department. Here’s what that would mean.

He picked Linda McMahon as Education Secretary, but has suggested dismantling the agency altogether.
17 10min

Progressive think tank launches tracker of Donald Trump appointees’ potential conflicts of interest

‘The American people deserve to know who these appointees are — and who they’re really serving while in power.’
6 5min

Local Washington officials brace for four years of playing defense against Donald Trump

‘Without statehood, without autonomy, our laws are always more at risk than any other Americans.’
9 12min

Specials


Bernadette Pittman opens account to run for Matt Gaetz’s congressional seat

She currently serves as CEO for a Bikers for Trump group in Northwest Florida.
0 4min

Joel Rudman becomes second state lawmaker to announce bid to succeed Matt Gaetz in Congress

The Navarre Republican called himself an ‘heir apparent’ to the four-term Congressman.
2 5min

Lara Trump says she ‘would be honored’ by Ron DeSantis Senate appointment

‘I think that you’re going to see Governor Ron DeSantis choose the right person for this role.’
6 5min

Pam Bondi backs ‘proven leader’ Lara Trump for Senate

‘She would be a tremendous leader for the state of Florida.’
11 4min

Gay Valimont announces another CD 1 run days after losing to Matt Gaetz

The GOP incumbent already resigned, so the Democrat is back on the campaign trail.
2 5min

Legislative, Influence & Policy


Keith Truenow will bring commercial farm background to Senate Agriculture Committee

The freshman Senator listed citrus greening and pressures from development among top concerns for the committee.
0 5min

Lobbying compensation: Top 25 firms notched $700K+ in Q3

Your look at the No. 25 through No. 21 firms in the Q3 rankings.
1 9min

Florida’s new state lawmakers may test Ron DeSantis’ influence in final years of his term

‘Unless somebody is able to rein the Governor in, I think we’ll see more of this in the future.’
4 8min

Lobbying compensation: Top 30 governmental affairs firms report $500K+ in Q3 pay

The ante to make the rankings topped a half-million dollars last quarter.
0 11min

Federal


FEMA head sounds the alarm over disaster funding after double hurricanes

Deanne Criswell warned that FEMA’s disaster relief fund — the country’s emergency checkbook — is down to less than $5 billion.
0 5min

House Ethics Committee declines to release report on Matt Gaetz investigation

The Committee Chair told reporters that ‘no agreement’ was reached to release information following an hourslong meeting.
4 7min

Democratic Senators want to see FBI file on Matt Gaetz

‘The unanswered questions regarding Mr. Gaetz’s alleged conduct are particularly significant,’ the letter said.
11 4min

South Florida


Ron Book to keep leading Miami-Dade Homeless Trust, but county officials call for succession plan

He’s been Chair of the Homeless Trust for 2 straight decades. Term limits for the post are 6 consecutive years.
0 10min

Miami-Dade approves ‘watered down’ restrictions on single-use plastics at county sites

‘We have all talked about how we’ve got to be moving to zero waste. This is one way at our county facilities that we can begin to do that.’
1 11min

A ‘transformative gift’: Jeff Bezos donates $5M to Miami-Dade Homeless Trust

It’s the largest single philanthropic contribution the county organization has ever received.
1 6min

Frank Artiles gets 60 days in jail, probation for orchestrating ‘ghost candidate’ scheme. His attorneys plan to appeal

The sentencing comes more than three and a half years after his arrest on election tampering charges.
3 9min

Miami-Dade may soon look into building another airport

‘We want to make sure we’re being forward-thinking and that we’re prepared for the future.’
0 5min

Culture Wars


Birth control and abortion pill requests have surged since Donald Trump won the election

‘As the world has become scarier and scarier, we realized we didn’t want to bring a child into that environment.’
5 9min

Florida education officials report hundreds of books pulled from school libraries

‘A restriction of access is a restriction on one’s freedom to read.’
3 8min

Foreign Affairs


‘Peace without delay’: Donald Trump calls for Ukraine cease-fire to avert ‘total war’

‘A global conflict between nuclear armed powers would mean death and destruction on a scale unmatched in human history.’
7 4min

‘Abysmally weak’: Carlos Giménez blasts Joe Biden for Xi Jinping meeting at APEC summit

‘Biden just handed murderous Communist Chinese dictator Xi Jinping a public relations victory.’
2 6min

Mike Waltz wasn’t briefed by Joe Biden White House on Ukraine missile deployment

‘It’s another step up the escalation ladder and nobody knows where this is going.’
12 3min

Joe Biden authorizes Ukraine’s use of US-supplied long-range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia

Anonymous sources tell Associated Press Joe Biden allows U.S. to supply long-range missiles to Ukraine.
13 6min

Joe Biden to meet South Korean and Japanese leaders amid growing worries about North Korea

Up to 12,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia, according to U.S., South Korean and Ukrainian intelligence assessments.
1 10min

Universities


Anonymous benefactor leaves $6.5M to USF for Alzheimer’s research

‘This extremely generous gift has great potential to make a difference in the lives of patients and families living with these conditions.’
0 5min

UF to lead new research project to help develop semiconductor industry

The semiconductor project at UF is designed to drive down the cost of semiconductor chip production.
0 4min

University of West Florida ranked eighth in nation among best schools for military veterans

UWF ranked among the top 10 schools in America for veterans with careers services and dependent support on the Panhandle campus.
0 3min


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