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Staff ReportsOctober 9, 2017

Florida gasoline prices “have been on a steep slide for the last three weeks and should drift even lower this week,” AAA reported early Monday. “The state average declined for the 24th consecutive day on Sunday, falling a total of 19 cents during that time,” the auto club said in a press release. All average retail […]

Peter SchorschOctober 8, 2017

Vice President Mike Pence has left the 49ers-Colts game after about a dozen San Francisco players took a knee during the national anthem. The former Indiana governor flew in so he could watch Peyton Manning’s jersey retirement ceremony on Sunday. But Pence didn’t stick around long. Pence said on Twitter: “I left today’s Colts game […]

Associated PressOctober 8, 2017

Officials in Key West have a mystery on their hands. They want to know who took the sign that welcomed visitors to “Paradise U.S.A.” Residents say they last saw the “Welcome to Key West” sign on the ground after it was presumably knocked down by Hurricane Irma on Sept. 10. The sign at the island’s […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 6, 2017

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In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson, along with 26 U.S. representatives from Florida, submitted Friday a line-item list of budget requests totaling $26.945 billion worth of federal hurricane recovery funding. In a letter penned to members of the House Committee on Appropriations, nearly the entire Florida […]

Associated PressOctober 6, 2017

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A Florida nursing home that had 12 patients die after Hurricane Irma has laid off 245 workers. The Sun Sentinel reported the layoffs Friday for the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills. The facility was evacuated last month, several days after the storm damaged the electric transformer that powered the facility’s air conditioning. State officials later suspended […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2017

Soon, a lot more electric vehicles will be on Florida roads. Jeff Brandes wants the state to get ready. At least seven electric cars are coming to market by 2020, according to Business Insider, with several considered to be relatively affordable. That will make a total of 39 different models of plug-in electric hybrid vehicles and 44 […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 6, 2017

The Florida citrus industry is in crisis post-Irma, with flooding having wrought a singular devastation to the crop and trees themselves. In the hopes of helping the imperiled citrus sector — specifically farmers whose groves suffered physical or economic damage during the storm — Florida Gov. Rick Scott Friday activated a $25 million Florida Citrus Emergency Loan […]

Associated PressOctober 6, 2017

Sean Baker‘s “The Florida Project” takes place in a blindingly purple low-budget motel named the Magic Castle, just down Route 192 from Disney’s Magic Kingdom. For the children of single parents who live there, the Kissimmee, Fla., motel is a playground — even if they’re living in poverty. “The Florida Project,” which opens in theaters […]

Scott PowersOctober 6, 2017

Declaring the fundraising success is an expression of “how change happens,” first-time candidate Democrat Matt Haggman‘s campaign is reporting Friday that he raised $512,000 in the third quarter for his run in Florida’s 27th Congressional District, in a crowded field vying for an open seat. Haggman, a Coconut Grove resident who is a former program […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2017

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Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson have already lobbed objections to Jim Bridenstine, President Donald Trump‘s pick to head NASA. Now, more than 30 Florida scientists signed a letter to the state’s U.S. senators, urging them to outright reject Bridenstine when he comes up for confirmation. Among the criticisms that scientists around the nation have voiced about Bridenstine […]

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Kathleen King and Joe Gruters. Image via Max Goodman.

AAA: Gasoline prices keep ‘drifting lower’

VP Pence leaves NFL game after players protest during anthem

Mystery: Where’s the sign that welcomes visitors to Key West

Florida calls for $27 billion in hurricane recovery funding

Nursing home that had 12 people die lays off all workers

Jeff Brandes wants Florida to prepare for future wave of electric cars

Emergency loans coming for Florida citrus growers

‘Florida Project’ shines a bright light on hidden homeless

Matt Haggman appears to top CD 27 field with $512K haul in third quarter

Florida scientists urge Senate to oppose Donald Trump’s NASA pick