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Michael MolineSeptember 7, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott hit the streets of Tallahassee Wednesday, picking up piles of fallen tree limbs and other debris and tossing them into the beds of Florida Department of Transportation trucks for disposal. Wearing jeans, work gloves, and a Navy bill cap, his shirt sleeves rolled up, Scott got to work on the city’s southside, […]

Associated PressSeptember 6, 2016

Florida still has more than 18,000 customers without electricity more than four days after Hurricane Hermine slammed into the state. State officials said Tuesday that more than 16,000 of those customers reside in Leon County, which is home to the state capital. The grinding pace of the recovery has caused a dustup between Gov. Rick […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 6, 2016

While city officials play those favored political parlor games of finger-pointing and pass-the-blame, thousands of residents remain without power. That’s all we ought to care about now. There are reports of price gouging. Large trees are down all over the city. People are steaming as they wonder about the competence of the power they have […]

Michael MolineSeptember 6, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott said Tuesday he personally would help clear debris in Tallahassee. On Wednesday, “I, along with agency heads, along with volunteers from the National Guard, along with veterans’ groups, we’re going to be out in Tallahassee in different places, and we’re going to be picking up debris,” Scott said in a news conference. […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 6, 2016

State Sen. Jack Latvala on Tuesday said he is considering calling for legislative action next session to address the City of Tallahassee’s response to Hurricane Hermine. Latvala, a Clearwater Republican, is slated to be the next Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Specifically, he said he questions whether community-based power operations—such as City of Tallahassee Utilities—are positioned […]

Blake DowlingSeptember 6, 2016

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Hermine rocked Tallahassee in a big way. Florida’s capital city is still reeling with thousands of businesses and homes without power. I awoke Friday morning at 6 a.m. to a scene from the set of “The Walking Dead.” My home had no power. As I attempted to leave, several downed trees were blocking the driveway. […]

Gary FineoutSeptember 6, 2016

The big question in Tallahassee is whether you have power, and whether you think local officials are to blame for the grinding pace of restoring electricity following Hurricane Hermine. The rising anger is playing out on social media and in the political sphere, with state and local leaders trading accusations about the slow pace of […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 5, 2016

Democratic Mayor Andrew Gillum of Tallahassee and Republican Gov. Rick Scott on Monday had a testy faceoff over the speed of repair to the city’s electric system that was battered by Hurricane Hermine. On Sunday, Scott said in a press release that “the City of Tallahassee and Leon County have declined further ‘cut-and-toss’ assistance from […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 5, 2016

Florida Department of Transportation teams have been working to clear debris, install generators and assess the roads and bridges in Leon County. Gov. Rick Scott detailed FDOT’s recovery efforts Monday, saying crews have been working non-stop since Friday in Leon County. In a news release from the Governor’s Office, Scott said FDOT crews have cleared […]

Michael MolineSeptember 5, 2016

Residents of two Tallahassee nursing homes languished without electricity Monday, relying on generators to power cooling and critical medical equipment four days after Hurricane Hermine left most of the city in the dark. “When I drive down Capital Circle and see that McDonald’s has power and two of our nursing centers don’t have power, it’s […]

Tag: Hurricane Hermine
Mike Johnson. Image via AP.

Rick Scott goes blue collar to clean up Tallahassee

Florida still has more than 18,000 customers without power

Joe Henderson: Hurricane Hermine leaves Category 5 mess in unprepared Tallahassee

Rick Scott rolling up sleeves for Tallahassee cleanup — literally [update]

Jack Latvala wants answers after Tallahassee’s Hermine experience

Blake Dowling: Hermine rocks Tallahassee; scenes from the hurricane

Power struggle? Tallahassee, state at odds in storm recovery

Andrew Gillum confronts Rick Scott over Hermine response criticism

Rick Scott offers update on hurricane recovery efforts

Nursing homes remain in the dark four days after Hurricane Hermine [Updated]