Jacob OglesMay 25, 2021
3min1051
'I guess a ‘Turkey’ is in the eye of the beholder.'
Tag: Hardee County
Jacob OglesMay 25, 2021
Scott PowersAugust 24, 2020
3min663
Election was tied on Election Day, but one vote was tossed.
Scott PowersAugust 24, 2020
5min631
Commissioner Colon Lambert and Sandy Meeks await hand recount.
Jacob OglesJune 23, 2020
4min464
Southwest Florida continues to see a rise in infections.
Jacob OglesApril 15, 2020
8min2079
Mortality in The Villages area three times higher than Florida as a whole.
Jacob OglesJuly 19, 2019
4min553
But salaries remain lower than Florida as a whole.
Drew WilsonNovember 6, 2018
3min295
Those who want to watch the ballots trickle in minute-to-minute on Election Day can do so with a little knowhow, but that real-time data is lacking numbers from more than a dozen counties, including some of the most reliably Democratic ones in the state. The thirteen counties lagging: DeSoto, Hamilton, Hardee, Hillsborough, Lake, Miami-Dade, Nassau, […]
Jacob OglesOctober 19, 2018
8min627
A series of election complications, outright errors and now multiple ballots in the field has created chaos in the House District 56 contest. Worse, it remains possible controversy could spread should any statewide races end with results close enough for Hardee County voters to swing the outcome.. “I’ve been in politics close to 30 years, […]
Scott PowersSeptember 19, 2017
2min272
The massive power outage Hurricane Irma left behind last week with more than 6.5 million homes and businesses is down to a handful of pockets outside the still heavily-darkened Monroe, Collier and Lee counties that were hardest hit by the storm. The latest data provided by the Florida Division of Emergency Management, showing power through […]
Associated PressJuly 17, 2015
1min197
Florida’s unemployment is dropping slightly. The June unemployment rate was 5.5 percent, compared with 5.7 percent the month before. The state added 7,000 jobs last month, according to figures released Friday by the Department of Economic Opportunity. The state’s jobless rate remains higher than the national rate of 5.3 percent. There are about 529,000 unemployed […]