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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 19, 2018

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson returned to Jacksonville Wednesday, spotlighting the opioid crisis affecting newborns at UF Health, Jacksonville’s safety-net hospital. Nelson had made a similar visit in 2017, spotlighting the “pandemic” of neonatal addiction, and lamenting funding shortfalls exacerbated by his opponent in November, Gov. Rick Scott, not expanding Medicaid. Television cameras saw the babies in […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 19, 2018

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What can help with Florida’s nagging red tide problem? One possible solution: clay. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is teaming up with red tide experts to explore opportunities to reduce the effects of the ongoing K. Brevis bacteria bloom responsible for massive fish kills along Florida’s Gulf Coast, including Pinellas County. Gov. Rick Scott […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 19, 2018

If you pay close attention to the national political reporters, a blue wave the size of the one that capsized the Poseidon is about to usher in Democratic control of the U.S. House and possibly the Senate. The significant forecasters, including Nate Silver‘s FiveThirtyEight, the Cook Political Report, and Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball basically give […]

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 […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 18, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is putting another $4 million toward red tide funding for local communities impacted by the outbreak. The Tuesday announcement brings the total Florida Department of Environmental Protection funding available so far to $13 million. Red tide has been spreading north along Florida’s Gulf Coast for much of the late summer. It’s plagued Pinellas […]

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 18, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is out with a new ad, essentially accusing his Democratic opponent for U.S. Senate — incumbent Bill Nelson — of pulling a ‘Ferris Bueller‘ during his time in Washington. The ad, titled “Empty Chair,” highlights Nelson’s numerous missed Senate Armed Services Committee meetings during his time in the U.S. Senate, and once again bashes Nelson for his lengthy […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 18, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh appears increasingly imperiled Tuesday, in the wake of allegations of sexual assault against him. The judge was accused of sexually assaulting Christine Blasey Ford three decades ago at a party. Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican running for Senate this year, weighed in — saying that while the allegations are “very serious,” […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 18, 2018

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is getting an additional $1.2 million to enhance research and increase production of redfish in Port Manatee, the state announced Monday. The new funding should help recover Florida’s fisheries from the ongoing red tide sweeping Florida’s Gulf coast and wreaking havoc on Pinellas, Sarasota and Manatee County beaches. […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 18, 2018

Longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone was his usual self in remarks to Trump Club 45 PBC Monday night, spouting several attention-grabbing comments to the audience of Trump die-hards. Stone dropped several eyebrow-raising one-liners (mostly in jest) during his speech at the Palm Beach Kennel Club, one of which concerned a prominent Florida contest. “You […]

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Bill Nelson optimistic that opioid legislation will quell the epidemic

Florida to consider clay as a fix for red tide woes

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

State red tide funding soars to $13 million

Rick Scott takes Puerto Rico praise, defends red tide efforts

‘Nelson? … Nelson?’ Rick Scott calls out Bill Nelson’s absences in new ad

Rick Scott laments ‘slick Washington trick’ derailing Brett Kavanaugh confirmation

State to boost redfish hatcheries amid red tide epidemic

Bill Nelson ‘died three years ago,’ Roger Stone quips to Palm Beach Trump supporters