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Michael MolineMay 17, 2018

A state task force on Thursday approved grants worth nearly $1.33 million for projects designed to support military installations and preserve Florida’s reputation as the most military-friendly state. They included land and easement buys neighboring the Avon Park Air Force Range and Camp Blanding; development of a Bay County innovation center to advance amphibious warfare; […]

Associated PressSeptember 27, 2017

Relatives helped Maribel Valentin Espino find shelter when Hurricane Maria roared through her community in northern Puerto Rico. Neighbors formed volunteer brigades to cut fallen trees and clear twisty mountain roads after the storm had passed. Now, friends and a local cattle ranch provide the water they need to survive in the tropical heat. Valentin […]

Phil AmmannAugust 11, 2017

Daniel Webster is making significant headway in the effort to repay debts owed to Florida veterans. In a statement Thursday, the Clermont Republican congressman announced that since January, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded more than $1 million to Florida veterans in compensation, pension or retroactive payments. Webster represents Florida’s 11th Congressional District, […]

Scott PowersNovember 30, 2016

An event in Congresswoman-elect Stephanie Murphy‘s infancy keeps redirecting her life, a life that has the 38-year-old business professor heading to Washington to represent Orlando and Central Florida as the first Vietnamese-American woman in Congress. When she was six months old, her family fled Vietnam on a refugee boat. Stephanie, her mother, father, brother, and dozens of mostly […]

Scott PowersJuly 27, 2016

With wars, terrorism, gun violence, economic problems, national debt, immigration issues and other national crises, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton might be excused for focusing on them, yet many Floridians — particularly Central Floridians — are eagerly waiting to hear what they aren’t yet talking about, space. The futures of NASA, commercial space initiatives, and defense […]

Scott PowersFebruary 5, 2016

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, a Democratic candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat, said Friday that he supports broad but efficient development of a commercial space program and also thinks the U.S. government needs to keep pursuing space for military and intelligence support. Murphy on Friday was the first U.S. Senate candidate this year to meet with Space Coast […]

Guest AuthorNovember 30, 2015

Underneath the candidate smears that are so much a part of local and national politics, there are a number of critical issues that leave both Republicans and Democrats too far apart. Party posturing aside there is substance to both sides of each concern but an inability for friendly if not effective bipartisan discussion. The elephants […]

Marc YachtNovember 29, 2015

Underneath the candidate smears that are so much a part of local and national politics, there are a number of critical issues that leave both Republicans and Democrats too far apart. Party posturing aside there is substance to both sides of each concern but an inability for friendly if not effective bipartisan discussion. The elephants […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 23, 2015

Freshman U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, recently assigned to the House Armed Services Committee, visited North Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base on Friday. Graham toured the base with 325th Fighter Wing Commander Col. Derek France and the commander of the 1st Air Force, Lt. Gen. William Etter. Tyndall, in Bay County east of Panama City, employs more […]

Tag: department of defense

Task force OKs $1.3 million in grants to advance military

‘Nothing, nothing.’ Aid lags in hurricane-torn Puerto Rico

Daniel Webster helps secure $1M in back pay for CD 11 veterans

‘The girl rescued at sea’ Stephanie Murphy rides that humanitarian service into Congress

America’s future space policy still a mystery from Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton

Patrick Murphy supports balance of government, private space program

Dr. Marc J. Yacht: The elephants in the room

Dr. Marc J. Yacht: The elephants in the room

New Armed Services Committee member Gwen Graham visits Tyndall AFB