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Ryan NicolJuly 1, 2018

Bill Nelson condemned Gov. Rick Scott as more than a thousand Puerto Rican survivors of Hurricane Maria could end up homeless in the coming days. Many survivors of the storm are living in the U.S., including here in Florida, after their homes were destroyed. Those who lost their homes were able to qualify for Transitional Sheltering […]

Scott PowersMay 18, 2018

Speaking at the 9th Annual Puerto Rico Summit in Orlando Friday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine and Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson ripped the federal response to Puerto Rico’s devastation by hurricanes last fall. Nelson called for statehood for Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló also ripped Washington, but his ire was focused on […]

Scott PowersMay 3, 2018

Puerto Rican evacuees from Hurricane Maria’s wrath last fall have been granted another six weeks of federal assistance to live in emergency motel shelters in Florida, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy announced Thursday. The latest extension, through June 30 according to social media posts Thursday afternoon from the Winter Park Democrat, means that families who migrated […]

Scott PowersApril 20, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson – opponents in this year’s U.S. Senate election – both went to Kissimmee Friday afternoon to talk to Puerto Rican residents about their needs. But while Nelson spent a town hall talking with Puerto Rican migrants’ struggle to find housing, Scott’s town hall mostly roamed […]

Joe HendersonJanuary 31, 2018

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Your opinion of President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union speech probably hinges on whether you like him or not. This isn’t about that. It’s about something much more basic — the chance to change the narrative about his presidency. He had an opportunity to make a splash about what’s happening with Puerto Rico, and […]

Scott PowersJanuary 30, 2018

Florida’s U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio took to the U.S. Senate floor Tuesday to demand more hurricane relief, with Nelson decrying the decision by the administration of President Donald Trump to end food and water aid to the people of Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria, and Rubio renewing his call for Congress to […]

Scott PowersJanuary 4, 2018

Having largely tackled many of the education and jobs challenges arising from the mass migration of Puerto Ricans seeking a place to live in Florida after Hurricane Maria largely shut down their lives on the island, state and local officials gathered in Orlando told Gov. Rick Scott that housing remains a major problem. Scott met […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 2, 2018

For the third straight year, Florida Politics is attempting to predict how politics in the 904 will go. And hopefully the predictions will go better than they did the previous two years. 2016’s predictions were as reliable as a coin flip: Six right, six wrong. 2017 saw six wrong… and four right. Batting .400 is […]

Jim RosicaDecember 26, 2017

Spoiler alert: If you’re a regular of this site, and reading this story, you can guess what the #1 pick is. Otherwise, 2017 still offered a bounty of material to Tallahassee’s reporting ranks. We still chuckle at the uninitiated who ask, “What do you write about when the Legislature isn’t in session?” Without further ado, […]

Scott PowersDecember 19, 2017

With the scheduled end coming for a federal emergency housing voucher program being used by Puerto Ricans displaced by Hurricane Maria, state Sen. Victor Torres and several other Democratic lawmakers are urging Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello to ask the federal government for an extension. The program provides temporary housing vouchers for people who’ve fled […]

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Crowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)

Bill Nelson calls on Rick Scott to help Puerto Rican hurricane survivors avoid eviction

Bill Nelson, Philip Levine rip federal response to Puerto Rico

FEMA extends Puerto Rican transitional housing to June 30

Rick Scott, Bill Nelson head to Kissimmee to talk Puerto Rico

Joe Henderson: Donald Trump’s missed opportunity in State of the Union

Bill Nelson, Marco Rubio, Darren Soto, Florida congressional delegation demand more hurricane relief

Rick Scott’s Puerto Rico roundtable reaches same concern as others: housing

A.G. Gancarski’s 10 predictions for Jacksonville politics in 2018

Jim Rosica’s review of top state government stories of 2017

With program set to end, Victor Torres, other Democrats seek extension to Puerto Rican housing