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Ryan NicolJuly 1, 2018

With federal housing aid for Puerto Rican survivors of Hurricane Maria set to expire Saturday, more than 1,700 people face eviction from their temporary residences. Now, a federal judge has put those evictions on hold. A lawsuit filed in Massachusetts by LatinoJustice PRLDEF, a national advocacy group, resulted in U.S. District Judge Leo T. Sorokin blocking the […]

Ryan NicolJuly 1, 2018

Bill Nelson condemned Gov. Rick Scott as more than a thousand Puerto Rican survivors of Hurricane Maria could end up homeless in the coming days. Many survivors of the storm are living in the U.S., including here in Florida, after their homes were destroyed. Those who lost their homes were able to qualify for Transitional Sheltering […]

Scott PowersJune 29, 2018

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Allowing that the massive damage of Hurricane Maria was overwhelming and logistics of aid to an island complicated everything, a panel of Puerto Rican and Florida leaders told the Republican Sunshine Summit Friday that the federal response was in many ways the best the island has ever seen. The panel of three Puerto Rican officials […]

Scott PowersJune 19, 2018

Newly-released data show that 209 students from Puerto Rico and 22 from the U.S. Virgin Islands whose families fled hurricane devastation were able to graduate from Central Florida schools this spring, state Rep. Bob Cortes announced Tuesday. Cortes pushed last fall for the state to streamline and expedite the school transfer processes for students evacuated […]

Scott PowersJune 14, 2018

Republican Scotland Calhoun Perez has entered the House District 48 race to take on Democratic incumbent state Rep. Amy Mercado. Calhoun Perez, a full-time college student at Valencia College and legal assistant, declared herself to be a Christian constitutional conservative and vowed to run on a platform of limited government, quality jobs, and school choice. She’s […]

Scott PowersMay 30, 2018

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The Democratic National Committee just weighed in on the Florida partisan fight for Puerto Rican voters, providing the state party with a $100,000 grant and arguments on why they should register as Democrats. DNC Chair Tom Perez and Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo joined U.S. Reps. Darren Soto and Val Demings and others in […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 29, 2018

Comments that John Ward, a Republican running in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, made at a forum last month require his departure from the race said yet another opponent Monday. Ambassador Nancy Soderberg called for Ward to leave the race, in the wake of Ward saying that Puerto Ricans shouldn’t vote in Florida and would be better off voting […]

Washington PostMay 29, 2018

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At least 4,645 people died as a result of Hurricane Maria and its devastation across Puerto Rico last year, according to a new Harvard study released Tuesday, an estimate that far exceeds the official government death toll, which stands at 64. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that health care […]

Scott PowersMay 18, 2018

Speaking at the 9th Annual Puerto Rico Summit in Orlando Friday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine and Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson ripped the federal response to Puerto Rico’s devastation by hurricanes last fall. Nelson called for statehood for Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló also ripped Washington, but his ire was focused on […]

Scott PowersMay 14, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s U.S. Senate campaign is launching a new Spanish-language commercial touting his efforts on behalf of Puerto Rico and providing praise for him from Puerto Rican Floridians. The 30-second spot, “Presente,” is running on Spanish TV stations in Tampa and Orlando as part of what the campaign describes as a “major ad […]

Tag: Puerto Rico

Judge keeps housing aid in place for Puerto Rican hurricane survivors facing eviction

Bill Nelson calls on Rick Scott to help Puerto Rican hurricane survivors avoid eviction

Republican panel defends Puerto Rico response as ‘best ever’

Bob Cortes: more than 230 students displaced by hurricanes graduate in Central Florida

Republican enters HD 48 race against Amy Mercado

National Democrats aid Florida Democrats’ Puerto Rican voter outreach

Nancy Soderberg calls for John Ward to end Congressional campaign

Harvard study estimates at least 4,645 people died as a result of Hurricane Maria. The official death toll is 64.

Bill Nelson, Philip Levine rip federal response to Puerto Rico

Rick Scott’s Spanish commercial pushes his Puerto Rico cred