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Scott PowersMay 3, 2018

Digging in for a potentially bruising primary battle, Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto kicked off his 2018 re-election campaign Thursday with a rally at which he called for an election about “respect and dignity… humility and service.” The call appeared as a response to Tuesday’s news that Soto now faces his predecessor Democratic former U.S. […]

Ryan NicolMay 2, 2018

State Rep. David Richardson, a candidate for Congress this year, has begun a two-day listening tour in Puerto Rico. The visit will deal in part with the island’s recovery following Hurricane Maria. According to a news release, Richardson is set to meet with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz and other officials to discuss the […]

Scott PowersMay 1, 2018

In the battle for the newly-emerging power of the Puerto Rican vote in Florida, Gov. Rick Scott announced Tuesday he has gotten the endorsement of the commonwealth’s U.S. Rep. Jenniffer González-Colón. González-Colón joined Scott at a rally in Kissimmee, the center of Florida’s Puerto Rican population, Tuesday, lauding the Florida governor’s efforts to support Puerto Rico following […]

Scott PowersMay 1, 2018

Former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson is entering the Democratic primary field against his successor U.S. Rep. Darren Soto ready to brawl, already going after the incumbent as someone he said has done nothing meaningful regarding the district, Puerto Rico, or President Donald Trump. In an interview Tuesday morning, Grayson took the fighting stance that recalled […]

Scott PowersApril 26, 2018

With the flood of Puerto Rico migrants to Florida and an effort by that commonwealth’s governor to organize them to support the island, Florida Gov. Rick Scott pledged in Orlando Thursday that if elected to the U.S. Senate he’d seek to change ‘unfair’ tax measures for the island. “I’m for reduced taxes, but we’ve got […]

Scott PowersApril 24, 2018

The U.S. Department of Education will move forward with grants to schools in Florida and other states that took in children evacuees from Hurricanes Irma and Maria and then struggled with unexpected costs, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy‘s office announced Tuesday. Under legislation Congress pushed through and approved in February, with Murphy’s backing, the department will […]

Scott PowersApril 24, 2018

The Governor of Puerto Rico came to Orlando Tuesday to launch an effort aimed at getting island migrants in Florida and throughout the other states to register and vote for the territory’s interests. Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló expressed the same frustration Tuesday that he brought to a controversial speech he gave in Kissimmee in January […]

Scott PowersApril 20, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson – opponents in this year’s U.S. Senate election – both went to Kissimmee Friday afternoon to talk to Puerto Rican residents about their needs. But while Nelson spent a town hall talking with Puerto Rican migrants’ struggle to find housing, Scott’s town hall mostly roamed […]

Scott PowersMarch 29, 2018

State Sen. Victor Torres, clergy, and others are joining with Puerto Rican activists in Florida to protest the closures of assistance offices for people displaced by Hurricane Maria last year and to renew attention on their plight. Torres and the others, including organizers from VAMOS4PR FLORIDA, a network of statewide Puerto Rican diaspora organizations, are calling […]

Scott PowersFebruary 22, 2018

The Arecibo Observatory, the huge, iconic radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has starred in movies and in important cosmic and physics discoveries, is coming under new management: of the University of Central Florida. The university announced Thursday it is now negotiating the final terms of a five-year, $20.2 million contract with the National Science […]

Tag: Puerto Rico

Darren Soto calls for election battle about ‘respect and dignity’

CD 27 hopeful David Richardson launches Puerto Rico listening tour

Puerto Rico U.S. Rep. Jenniffer González-Colón endorses Rick Scott

Alan Grayson comes out ready to brawl

Rick Scott pledges to fix ‘unfair’ taxes for Puerto Rico

Feds to provide grants to schools enrolling hurricane evacuees

Ricardo Rosselló pushes to empower Florida Puerto Ricans to support the island

Rick Scott, Bill Nelson head to Kissimmee to talk Puerto Rico

Victor Torres, Puerto Rican groups, urging more help for displaced Puerto Ricans

UCF gets its ear to the sky: university to take over Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico