Renzo DowneyJanuary 10, 2020
4min402
The dollars come from the Rural Infrastructure Fund
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Renzo DowneyJanuary 10, 2020Renzo DowneyNovember 29, 2019
4min393
The funds would benefit Washington and Jackson counties in his district.
Ryan NicolOctober 24, 2019
7min477
The Governor has put forward a $603 million package to bump starting teacher salaries to $47,500.
Danny McAuliffeMay 15, 2019
5min614
“The hurricane picked the cotton better than they could with machines."
Michael MolineJanuary 28, 2019
7min845
The Agriculture Commissioner promised to devote herself to the recovery effort.
Danny McAuliffeNovember 29, 2018
4min287
The Florida Cabinet will be asked to approve the transfer of approximately 360 acres of land to Jackson County during its final meeting on Tuesday. The land includes and surrounds parcels of the now-shuttered Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement closed Dozier in 2011 after confirming […]
Jacob OglesNovember 15, 2018
8min472
Bay County’s Supervisor of Elections stood alone in Florida when he allowed voters displaced by Hurricane Michael to cast ballots by email and fax. But while no other officials took the compassionate but clearly illegal course of action, more than one questioned why the state prohibited elections officials from accepting votes electronically under the circumstances. […]
Jacob OglesNovember 5, 2018
3min264
Early voting will continue up to the day before Election Day in six counties still recovering from Hurricane Michael. Polling locations remain open in Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, and Jackson counties, all of which sustained major damage. The state extended the early-voting deadline in those counties. Secretary of State Ken Detzner, Florida’s chief elections […]
Drew WilsonOctober 17, 2018
6min292
Gulf Power told its customers in in Jackson and Holmes counties north of I-10 who lost power due to Hurricane Michael that it would get their lights back on by midnight Thursday. On Wednesday, it announced it had hit that mark a day early. As of 5 a.m. CDT Wednesday, the company said it had restored […]
Scott PowersOctober 15, 2018
2min252
The numbers of homes and businesses without electricity was cut by more than half over the weekend to 168,000 with power restored to many in Leon and Bay counties but 11 central Panhandle counties still have major outages five days after Hurricane Michael, with several still more than 80 percent dark Monday morning. The latest […]