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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 22, 2017

During a low-key Jacksonville media availability with our site and a couple of local TV stations, he was handed a magenta post-it note during questions about the Graham/Cassidy health care bill. That note’s content, per Nelson: “John McCain has just announced that he’s going to vote against this latest version — which is very similar […]

Scott PowersSeptember 18, 2017

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson outlined to the U.S. Senate Monday his and U.S. Marco Rubio‘s post-Hurricane Irma tours of Florida describing destruction, tragedy and challenges from the Keys to Jacksonville, and called attention to climate change as a factor. Nelson, a Democrat, on Monday also sent letters to the chief executives of 10 major U.S.-based […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 17, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham believes Florida should have been better prepared to handle the impact of Hurricane Irma. “The state of Florida was not ready for this storm,” Graham declared Saturday night. The 54-year-old attorney and former Tallahassee-area congresswoman made the comments while delivering the keynote address before a record crowd at the Hillsborough […]

Associated PressSeptember 17, 2017

Standing tall in a NAVY cap, Florida Gov. Rick Scott will be an enduring image from Hurricane Irma. Seemingly everywhere but the eye of the storm, he was there on social media urging millions to evacuate, calmly taking charge at emergency briefings, even delivering early word of devastation in the Keys after a much-publicized flyover. […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 15, 2017

Democratic candidates for governor are hitting Gov. Rick Scott and others hard in the wake of eight deaths in a South Florida nursing home that lost its air conditioning as Hurricane Irma hit the state. But Scott’s office defended the governor’s actions, saying the facility never reported “that conditions had become dangerous.” A criminal investigation […]

Terry RoenSeptember 14, 2017

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson asked the nation’s largest cable, telephone and internet providers Thursday to give Hurricane Irma victims rebates for service interruptions. He also requested the companies provide a 60-day moratorium on late fees, interest accrual and penalties to give people time to recover from the worst storm in the state’s history. “As we […]

Scott PowersSeptember 14, 2017

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will make beds in VA facilities available to residents of Florida nursing homes that have no power, Sen. Bill Nelson said Thursday. Nelson said he saw that the VA had done so with refugees from the U.S. Virgin Islands, accepting them into the VA hospital at Puerto Rico, and […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 13, 2017

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has now amended their initial Federal Disaster Declaration to include Pasco County and Polk County for individual assistance. The declaration now will allow individuals in both counties affected by Hurricane Irma to receive recovery support and disaster assistance. “This is so important because there are many people suffering throughout […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 12, 2017

Hurricane Irma’s impact stopped being felt in Jacksonville Monday afternoon, and it was soon thereafter that Gov. Rick Scott was in town. Scott, who added Duval County to his ask for a major disaster declaration post-Irma on Monday evening, visited a local hurricane shelter with New York Mets’ minor league prospect Tim Tebow, a legend in these […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 11, 2017

Just because Hurricane Irma has left the state doesn’t mean that everything is back to normal in the Sunshine State. Take gasoline, for instance. It’s still hard for many Floridians to gas up, which is a major problem with so many people wanting to return to their homes. Referring to how the U.S. government created […]

Tag: Bill Nelson

Bill Nelson: Graham/Cassidy would ‘eviscerate’ Medicaid

Bill Nelson relates his and Marco Rubio’s Irma trek, cites climate change

Gwen Graham: Hurricane Irma showed Florida isn’t as prepared as it should be

Rick Scott could get political boost for leadership in Irma

Democrats batter Rick Scott over nursing home tragedy

Bill Nelson wants cable, internet providers to give Floridians a post-Irma break

VA hospitals to take in nursing home residents, Bill Nelson says

FEMA declares individual disaster relief for Polk, Pasco

After Irma, state politicians descend on Jacksonville

Bill Nelson asks Dept. of Energy to address Florida’s gas shortage