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Scott PowersJanuary 13, 2018

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham alleged Friday that Gov. Rick Scott and his office could be partly to blame for the 14 heat deaths at a Hollywood Hills nursing home following Hurricane Irma after the Associated Press reported the facility called him three times seeking help. The Governor’s Office quickly shot back, insisting that nursing […]

Scott PowersJuly 20, 2016

The home-sharing tourism company Airbnb reported Tuesday morning that its service arranged for 754,000 visitors to stay in 16,100 private homes in Florida in 2015. The most popular place for the home-based lodging program was the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market, which accounted for almost half of all the private homes participating and more than half of the visitors. […]

Mitch PerryJune 7, 2016

Happy Tuesday, everybody. To paraphrase Bob Dylan, you won’t need a weatherman to tell you how many streets will be inoperative in Tampa today, after an onslaught of rain touched down in the area overnight. We’ll have to wait and see how bad the flooding is, but one has to wonder how long it’ll be […]

Associated PressAugust 12, 2015

Joe Reedy, an award-winning sports writer, is joining The Associated Press in its Tallahassee bureau to cover Florida State University sports and state government. The appointment was announced Wednesday by AP South Editor Lisa Marie Pane and Florida News Editor Terry Spencer. Reedy, 44, most recently covered the Cleveland Indians for FoxSportsOhio.com and also worked for AP […]

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Neighbors in Gadsden County and Tallahassee help students in Taylor County with clothes, school supplies, water and much more. Image via WTXL.

Gwen Graham charges that receiving phone calls means Rick Scott should have acted on Hollywood Hills

Airbnb reports 16,000 Florida homes rented for 750K visitors

Mitch Perry Report for 6.7.16 — Hillary now officially the candidate? Yes, according to AP

AP adds award-winning sports writer to Tallahassee bureau