News Service Of FloridaMay 15, 2021
The toll has been heaviest in Southeast Florida.
Tag: OrangeKat Cammack delivers the first Republican Address of the 117th Congress.
News Service Of FloridaMay 15, 2021News Service Of FloridaNovember 2, 2020
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They include Broward, Duval, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Orange and Palm Beach.
Christine Jordan SextonDecember 15, 2019
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The surgeon general was hesitant to say when the outbreak will end.
News Service Of FloridaJuly 16, 2019
2min68
The state added 85 cases last week, bringing the total to 1,898 cases this year.
News Service Of FloridaNovember 7, 2018
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A Governor’s race. A U.S. Senate race. Donald Trump. The 2018 midterm elections in Florida pretty much had everything a political junkie could want. Here are some of the numbers from Tuesday’s unofficial results: 62: The percentage of voters who went to the polls. For those of you keeping score at home, that equates to […]
News Service Of FloridaOctober 11, 2018
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A year after Hurricane Irma ravaged Florida’s citrus industry, growers are on pace to slightly surpass their production from two years ago. Forecast numbers announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are still down from where the industry has been most of the past five decades. But the projections are encouraging for an industry […]
News Service Of FloridaSeptember 15, 2018
5min63
As a new citrus growing season gets underway, federal assistance tied to the hurricane-ravaged 2017-2018 harvest is finally moving into the application phase. The state Division of Emergency Management announced Friday it has secured a $343 million block grant that was part of a wider disaster-relief package signed into law in February by President Donald […]
News Service Of FloridaAugust 30, 2018
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham won 44 counties in Tuesday’s primary election but lost as nominee Andrew Gillum carried heavily populated Democratic strongholds, unofficial results show. Graham, a former congresswoman from Tallahassee, dominated in rural counties and many mid-sized counties but won in only one of the eight most heavily populated counties — Pinellas. Gillum, […]
Steve SchaleJune 11, 2018
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In the never-ending quest to simplify Florida, one of the ongoing debates about winning the state is whether Florida is a state won by winning persuadable voters, or whether it is all about turning out one’s base. I remember when I started with Barack Obama, I got a ton of advice — most of it […]
News Service Of FloridaMay 17, 2018
5min54
The Florida Department of Citrus is banking on storm-battered and disease-hardened growers being able to pick more fruit from their trees next growing season. As it starts to patch together a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, the department is projecting that revenues will increase by just over $400,000 through upticks in orange, grapefruit and […]