Guest AuthorJanuary 22, 2024
5min0
This is not the time for any of us to drop the ball.
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Guest AuthorJanuary 22, 2024
Jacob OglesMarch 22, 2023
8min0
Jim Boyd and others honored 100 years of mosquito control in the Sunshine State.
Scott PowersJune 6, 2019
5min456
Bill has $100 million for mosquito control, $190 million for lab work
Jacob OglesApril 30, 2019
5min352
Money goes to Bay, Gulf counties to help with Hurricane Michael impact.
Scott PowersApril 26, 20173min239
Two bills with Florida sponsors and cosponsors were approved by committees in both the U.S. Senate and House Wednesday to reauthorize a 2004 law to spend $100 million a year for local grants to help mosquitoes, now in the age of Zika, has been approved by a key committee. House Resolution 1310, introduced by U.S. […]
Jim RosicaMarch 15, 2017
2min205
Members of local mosquito control districts are in Tallahassee Wednesday to ask lawmakers for $3.8 million in next year’s budget to fight the two-winged insects. The Florida Mosquito Control Association held a press conference in the Capitol to drum up support, appearing with state Rep. Matt Caldwell, chairman of the House Government Accountability Committee. The problem: The state’s […]
Staff ReportsSeptember 16, 2016
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Gov. Rick Scott has injected another $10 million in state money into the fight to contain Zika, voicing frustration at Washington’s failure to act. Fresh off meetings with congressional leaders in the nation’s capital, Scott told reporters in Fort Myers, “It’s hard to believe they’re not focused on this. We’ve got to take care of […]
Joe HendersonAugust 26, 2016
5min163
A recent decision by the U.S. Department of Justice earned a headline or two, but quickly got lost in the chatter over Hillary Clinton’s emails and Donald Trump’s, well, everything. Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates announced a plan for “reducing — and ultimately ending — our use of privately operated prisons.” She noted, “time has shown […]
Associated PressJune 20, 20169min188
Saron Wyatt pointed to the secluded end of her small street in Houston’s impoverished Fifth Ward, where a mound of old tires keeps popping up. Always a trashy nuisance, it’s now a growing danger. Tires collect water and become prime breeding grounds for mosquitoes — especially the ones that spread Zika virus disease and other […]