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Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 15, 2018

The Florida Gulf Coast Business Coalition is officially launching an alliance of coastal business owners and leaders opposed to offshore drilling off Florida’s Gulf Coast. The group of businesses is formally announcing its partnership on October 16 at 10:30 a.m. at the Tradewinds Island Grand Resort on St. Pete Beach. The Coalition represents more than […]

Jacob OglesOctober 14, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott on Sunday said a request for transitional sheltering assistance has been approved for Bay County. The news means the Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide more options for places for families to stay, including hotel rooms, for individuals displaced by Hurricane Michael. “They’ll begin accepting applications tomorrow,” Scott said on social media. […]

Jacob OglesOctober 14, 2018

The Walt Disney Company announced $1 million in support for communities impacted by Hurricane Michael. The money will go to the Florida Disaster Fund. Gov. Rick Scott and Volunteer Florida thanked the corporation for the philanthropic gesture. “We are extremely thankful for Walt Disney Company’s support of the Florida Disaster Fund,” Scott said. “This funding […]

Jacob OglesOctober 13, 2018

Statewide Republican candidates today banded together for a supply drive today for hurricane-struck areas of the state. Gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis, his running mate Jeannette Nunez, Attorney General candidate Ashley Moody and Agriculture Commissioner candidate Matt Caldwell shared pictures and video today as they gathered supplies in Live Oak and ran them up to Bay […]

Jacob OglesOctober 13, 2018

In the wake of Hurricane Matthew’s tremendous destruction, this no longer looks like a typical campaign weekend, as many of the candidates for office instead devote 100 percent of their time to storm-struck areas. Gov. Rick Scott, Republican U.S. Senate candidate, called for a delay in a Tuesday debate with incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. […]

Scott PowersOctober 12, 2018

Orlando lawyer and medical marijuana champion John Morgan posted a video on social media Friday morning declaring his full support for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum and attacking Gov. Rick Scott and Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis, mainly over marijuana. “Electing this guy [Gillum] is so critical to everything marijuana in Florida,” Morgan declares in the five-minute […]

Staff ReportsOctober 12, 2018

As poet, novelist and pop culture icon William S. Burroughs once noted: “Control needs control to control.” That observation holds in all hierarchical structures, especially politics, and particularly after voting begins. In a typically Republican area like Northeast Florida, recent history shows it’s been rare to see so many competitive races as we are seeing […]

Scott PowersOctober 11, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott is pulling out of the U.S. Senate debate with Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson set for next Tuesday, with Scott’s campaign saying he is needed to focus on response to Hurricane Michael and is asking the host network CNN to reschedule it for two weeks later. “Due to the catastrophic destruction […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2018

In the wake of Hurricane Michael’s destruction, Gov. Rick Scott made the rounds of TV interviews Thursday morning, with spots on CNN and the Weather Channel. The Category 4 hurricane barreled over Mexico Beach Wednesday, leaving a swath of destruction through Bay. Leon, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, and Wakulla counties; over a third of a million people […]

Ryan NicolOctober 11, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott has now formally requested a Major Disaster Declaration from President Donald Trump after Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle. According to the website of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, such a declaration may be issued when a natural disaster “has caused damage of such severity that it is beyond the […]

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Businesses band together against offshore drilling

Rick Scott says transitional shelter assistance available in Bay County

Walt Disney Company donates $1 million to Florida Disaster Fund

Ron DeSantis, Ashley Moody, Matt Caldwell run supplies to Panama City

Michael mangles campaign schedules

John Morgan posts video endorsing Andrew Gillum, mainly over marijuana

Jacksonville Bold for 10.12.18 — Control needing control

Focusing on storm, Rick Scott pulls from Senate debate, asks CNN to reschedule

Rick Scott: ‘My biggest concern is loss of life’

In wake of hurricane, Rick Scott asks feds for Major Disaster Declaration