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Scott PowersDecember 21, 2017

Orlando U.S. Rep. Val Demings is co-leading a bipartisan plea in Congress for full funding for two airport security measures not included in President Donald Trump‘s proposed 2018 budget, declaring, “the need could not be greater.” Demings, a Democrat who is a former Orlando chief of police, and Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan of New […]

Scott PowersOctober 27, 2017

State Sen. Victor Torres is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide more housing relief programs in Florida for Puerto Rican and U.S. Virgin Island Hurricane Maria refugees to afford housing in Florida. Torres’s request follows a similar call earlier this week from the Central Florida Heart of Florida United Way, seeking federal assistance […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 21, 2016

Attendees of Bill Clinton‘s appearance in Jacksonville Friday afternoon should prepare for “airport-style security,” according to an email from event organizers. The email, sent out Friday morning under the aegis of “updated details,” offers fairly detailed logistics for the event, held in the secured space of Jacksonville’s main public library. “Please arrive early and expect airport-style […]

Martin DyckmanJune 13, 2016

What fools we are. What willful, stubborn, persistent, incurable fools. Americans submit by the millions to the Transportation Security Administration’s multiple indignities and inconveniences. The TSA will cost us $5.1 billion this year. We’ll fill its trash barrels with tons of cosmetics, lotions and bottled water that we can’t carry on board. This is in […]

Guest AuthorDecember 11, 2015

True story. When we got through security at LaGuardia airport on the way home from a Thanksgiving in New York City, my kids were treated to the profane-laced diatribe of a woman who had been pulled aside for a random TSA check. She was berating the TSA officer who was politely asking her to extend […]

Dan GelberDecember 10, 2015

True story. When we got through security at LaGuardia airport on the way home from a Thanksgiving in New York City, my kids were treated to the profane-laced diatribe of a woman who had been pulled aside for a random TSA check. She was berating the TSA officer who was politely asking her to extend […]

Melissa RossDecember 4, 2015

The biggest counterterrorism challenge of our time is the “lone wolf” who becomes radicalized, Sen. Bill Nelson said Friday. Nelson spoke about the San Bernardino mass shooting with Jacksonville reporters and also talked about legislation he’s introduced to increase security at the nation’s airports. “The problem is not Syrian refugees,” he said. “It takes up to two […]

Melissa RossApril 22, 2015

Florida Senator Bill Nelson has been pressing lately on the FAA to pay for TSA screenings of all airline and airport employees who have access to secure areas. The flap arose after an incident at the Atlanta airport in December when a baggage handler was nabbed smuggling more than 100 guns onto outbound flights. Nelson, in an […]

Associated PressMarch 31, 2015

Officials with the Orlando International Airport have recommended against making it the largest airport to get rid of the TSA. An airport advisory committee on Monday voted to keep Transportation Security Administration officers and not replace them with private hired guards, provided the TSA meets certain benchmarks. Those benchmarks include moving passengers quickly through security […]

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Val Demings leads bipartisan push for airport security funding

Victor Torres seeking FEMA help for housing for Puerto Rico evacuees

‘Airport-style security’ for Bill Clinton event in Jacksonville

Martin Dyckman: By electing pro-gun politicians, we are the ally of home-grown terrorists

Dan Gelber: Do you really want be a member of a club that has Donald Trump as its front-runner?

Dan Gelber: Do you really want be a member of a club that has Donald Trump as its front-runner?

Bill Nelson: “Lone wolf” attacks now America’s terrorism challenge

Email insights: Bill Nelson says Florida airports beat TSA to security solution

Orlando International Airport decides to keep TSA