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As Ian's death toll rises, questions swirl on why more Floridians didn't evacuate

Most deaths were in Lee County, where local officials delayed hurricane evacuations until the day before the storm hit. Leaders in other nearby counties ordered evacuations a day earlier.

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DeSantis migrant flights could last until June, records show

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Vertol Systems has until the end of next June to run through the $12 million approved by the Legislature for what critics have called a “political stunt” — relocating as many migrants as it can from Florida to other states and the District of Columbia, records released…

Orlando Sentinel

Florida may have violated its own guidelines in flying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

MIAMI — The state agency charged with managing the controversial migrant relocation program said its mission was “to relocate out of the State of Florida foreign nationals who are not lawfully present in the United States,’’ according to documents obtained Friday by the Herald/Times.

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Voting in Southwest Florida may be difficult. Election officials look to Panhandle for answers

MIAMI — When Hurricane Michael landed in the Florida Panhandle, destroying buildings and displacing residents, it came less than a month before the 2018 general election.

Miami Herald

NYC mayor declares state of emergency amid migrant busing crisis

New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency on Friday in response to thousands of migrants bused to the city in recent months from the U.S. southern border in a political dispute over border security.

Reuters

Snowbirds — and hurricanes — keep coming to Florida

Feckless Yankees are going to keep emigrating to Florida. Ever-more powerful storms are also a certainty. There are ways to protect them from themselves.

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial: Hold the condescending lectures. Give hurricane aid to everyone in need.

Southwest Florida is filled with Chicagoans. In Naples, Chicago philanthropists such as the late Raymond Lutgert transformed those communities, supporting their museums and galleries. The founding CEO of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts was a former Chicago advertising executive. Plenty of real estate developers from this city turned…

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Will Hurricane Ian force Ron DeSantis to confront climate reality?

The Florida governor initially touted his green credentials, but seems to have shifted his position as talk of a 2024 White House run swirls

The Guardian - US

Ian deaths span Central Florida to Keys, include drownings, post-storm accidents and suicides

MIAMI — Hurricane Ian is one of the deadliest storms in Florida’s history, with more than 115 fatalities confirmed by state and county authorities. But the hurricane’s magnitude is also reflected in the geographic area in which those deaths occurred, spanning the peninsula from north of Daytona Beach to the…

Miami Herald

Trump says banks have ‘gone woke’ and should be ‘penalised very severely’

The former president said during a speech this week that US banks have “done much less for the Hispanic community than they should”

The Independent UK

Florida officials are scrambling to limit Hurricane Ian's impact on the election

Election officials in Florida say they are meeting a Thursday deadline to send out mail ballots, despite the hurricane. But in-person voting sites remain a concern.

WEKU

After Ian, Florida island residents return to assess damage

Residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast barrier islands are returning to assess the damage from Hurricane Ian, despite limited access to some areas

The Independent UK

Hurricane Ian: residents return to battered homes as death toll rises

Ian is the second-deadliest storm to strike the US in the 21st century

The Guardian - US

Ian shakes up election preparations, could hurt Florida turnout

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Running an election in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian is going to be a monumental challenge for elections officials in the Florida counties hit hardest by the storm as they face poll worker shortages, damaged polling places and voters who lost their homes.

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Trevor Noah on House of the Dragon lighting: ‘If I can’t see it, it’s not TV – that’s a podcast’

Late-night hosts discuss complaints about dim lighting and gutter humor from Maggie Haberman’s new Trump book

The Independent UK

Photo of Gov Ron DeSantis behind presidential seal in Florida goes viral

Mr DeSantis is considered one of the top rivals for Trump in the upcoming fight for the 2024 GOP nomination

Los Angeles Times

Border chief says GOP governors’ migrant relocation campaign is stoking migration to US

WASHINGTON — A few days after Daniel got off a plane in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachuseetts, where he had been flown from San Antonio with other migrants by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his phone buzzed.

Orlando Sentinel

Scott Maxwell: Florida knew the insurance crisis was coming. Lawmakers waged culture wars instead

Thanks to Hurricane Ian, Florida is about to experience an insurance crisis that could send your already-high rates even higher, limit your insurer choices even more and cost taxpayers billions.

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Michael Hiltzik: How the GOP counts on Democrats' goodwill to conceal its own cruelty

In a world where Republicans set political standards, one could expect that migrants would be abandoned in remote places without hope of succor and that funding for infrastructure construction and disaster relief would be provided only to GOP-led communities.

Tribune News Service

Eduardo Porter: Immigration’s burden doesn’t fall on a ‘handful of red states’

Who bears the burden of immigration? Governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida have made much of their claim that their jurisdictions do so disproportionately, and those run by Democrats obviously do not.

The Independent UK

Trump news – live: DoJ believes Trump may have more documents, as Proud Boys leader pleads guilty

Federal agents reportedly believe they also have enough evidence to charge Hunter Biden with tax crimes

Miami Herald

In Miami, Trump says hardline immigration policies are driving Latinos to the right

MIAMI — With about a month left until Election Day, former President Donald Trump touted his administration’s accomplishments as he courted a crowd of conservative Latinos in Miami, home to a growing community of Republican Hispanic supporters in Florida.

The Independent UK

Fears of ‘operational and moral failure’ at New York’s migrant tent city

An emergency shelter will house hundreds of people seeking asylum, including people bused north by Greg Abbott. One site flooded, the contractor built Trump’s border wall, and rights groups warn the plan runs afoul of a right-to-shelter mandate while city shelters are overwhelmed, Alex Woodward reports

Tribune News Service

LULAC files DOJ complaint urging investigation into migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard

WASHINGTON — The League of United Latin American Citizens has filed a complaint with the Department of Justice, calling for investigation into the transit of migrants last month from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard, specifically the involvement of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who took credit for the move.

Miami Herald

Pine Island bridge temporarily repaired after Hurricane Ian. First responders, Publix truck cross it

MIAMI — Hours before Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that emergency road and bridge repairs to Pine Island had been completed ahead of schedule Wednesday, cheers and a little laughter greeted some of the first motorists to cross a temporary bridge built to restore access by land to the island,…

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