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Scott PowersSeptember 27, 2018

Puerto Rican and Virgin Islander students who fled to Orlando to attend the University of Central Florida will get up to four more years of in-state tuition rates from the university, giving them the chance to finish degrees as de facto Floridians. UCF’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously Thursday to extend the in-state tuition rate […]

Scott PowersSeptember 27, 2018

Democratic Florida House nominee Barbara Cady is releasing her first campaign video on-line Thursday, attacking incumbent Republican state Rep. Mike La Rosa and introducing herself in the House District 42 race. The 30-second video charges that La Rosa has failed to do anything to improve education, fix health care, or stand up to what the […]

Scott PowersSeptember 20, 2018

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On the one-year mark of Hurricane Maria’s devastating landfall on Puerto Rico, Florida Democrats are charging that Republicans in Washington and Tallahassee neglected the island while Republicans are countering with statements on efforts they undertook. The bottom line may be the still-hobbled island, parts of which went months without adequate power, drinking water, and health care, […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 19, 2018

A new survey from Reuters/Ipsos/UVA Center for Politics shows Democratic candidate Andrew Gillum with a six-point lead over his Republican opponent, Ron DeSantis. The poll captured numbers in several competitive races nationwide. The results showed Gillum earning 50 percent of the vote, with DeSantis sitting at 44 percent. What should worry the GOP: That lead […]

Danny McAuliffeSeptember 19, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott will travel to Puerto Rico on Thursday, the anniversary of Hurricane Maria’s 2017 island landfall. Scott will join Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló along with other senior island officials to pay tribute to the lives lost and devastation left behind. This is Scott’s eighth trip to the island in a year. And […]

Scott PowersSeptember 18, 2018

If Puerto Rico didn’t get what it neaded after Hurricane Maria, that’s a learning experience for everyone and doesn’t reflect on all that Florida Gov. Rick Scott did, and if Florida is experiencing its worst red tides in decades, that doesn’t reflect all that Scott did either. At a U.S. Senate campaign rally in the […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 14, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is out with a new Spanish-language ad seeking to separate himself from President Donald Trump and promising commitment to voters over the president. The ad, titled “Compromiso,” features Scott addressing viewers in Spanish about his promise to put voters ahead of partisan politics. “When I don’t agree with what President Trump does or […]

Scott PowersSeptember 10, 2018

The Sierra Club is launching an internet video ad blasting Gov. Rick Scott in advance for the prospect he might approve a natural gas power plant project in Florida, charging that such a decision would increase climate change and mean bad news for Puerto Rico. The last part – bad news for Puerto Rico – […]

Scott PowersSeptember 7, 2018

Republican congressional candidate Wayne Liebnitzky has received the endorsement of former Puerto Rico Sen. Miriam Ramirez in his quest to be elected in Florida’s 9th Congressional District, which has a large population of Puerto Rican residents, his campaign announced. Ramirez, a medical doctor, had a long career in public health and politics in Puerto Rico […]

Scott PowersSeptember 4, 2018

Florida and county school districts are receiving $95.8 million in federal reimbursements to cover costs of taking in thousands of students from Puerto Rico who fled the island for Florida after Hurricane Maria last year, the office of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy announced Tuesday. The money is coming in through the U.S. Department of Education […]

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UCF extends in-state status to hurricane refugees for another four years

Barbara Cady launches video ad in HD 42 race

Democrats push Hurricane Maria response as campaign issue; Republicans cite efforts

Andrew Gillum leading Ron DeSantis for Governor, latest poll says

Rick Scott to attend one-year Hurricane Maria tribute in Puerto Rico

Rick Scott takes Puerto Rico praise, defends red tide efforts

Rick Scott distances himself from Donald Trump in new Spanish-language ad

Sierra Club turning gas power plant proposal into video hitting Rick Scott on climate change

Wayne Liebnitzky endorsed by former Puerto Rico senator

Florida, schools getting $95.8 million for Puerto Rico students