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Language barriers and lack of money is a matter of life and death with Milton approaching Florida
For the Spanish speakers and a smaller number of African refugees, new lives in the US were already a daily struggle because of the language barrier and lack of resources. Milton has turned those obstacles into a matter of life and death.
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FEMA, federal government prepare for ‘extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Milton
As Florida prepares to face one of the worst storms in its history, FEMA and the Biden-Harris administration have quickly mobilized crucial resources to support local and state response efforts. Here are some safety tips and resources.
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Officials warn stragglers to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton’s potentially deadly impact
Authorities have issued mandatory evacuation orders across 11 Florida counties with a combined population of about 5.9 million people. Officials warned that anyone staying behind must fend for themselves.
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Biden sets 10-year deadline for cities to replace lead pipes and make drinking water safer
A decade after the Flint water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to replace their lead pipes.
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Biden says Milton ‘could be one of the worst storms in 100 years to hit Florida’
Hurricane Milton is weakening slightly but remains a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on Tampa and St. Petersburg.
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Harris wants to give working families a tax cut and raise taxes on corporations. Trump would do the opposite.
Kamala Harris has proposed increasing the corporate tax rate, expanding the child tax credit, and cutting taxes for more than 100 million working and middle class Americans. Donald Trump, meanwhile, said he wants to permanently extend tax breaks that primarily benefited the ultra-wealthy and corporations.
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DeSantis declines call from VP Harris as Biden-Harris Administration ramps up Hurricane Milton support
As Hurricane Milton intensifies and heads toward Florida’s western coast, the Biden-Harris administration is ramping up efforts to support the state.
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DeSantis administration, which claims to oppose censorship, tries to pressure TV station to take down Amendment 4 ads
A letter from the Florida Department of Health threatened a Tampa TV station with a lawsuit if it fails to remove an ad promoting the pro-choice amendment on the November ballot.
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Opinion: This November, let freedom ring!
“We cannot take freedom for granted,” say Florida House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell and CEO of NewDEAL Debbie Cox Bultan, as they advocate for Floridians’ freedom through democracy.
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Florida residents urged to prepare, potentially evacuate, as Hurricane Milton strengthens to category 5 storm
Milton intensified quickly Monday and was expected to become a large hurricane over the eastern Gulf. It had maximum sustained winds of 160 mph.
