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Nantucket Police report rumored migrant flight will actually have investment company executives

BOSTON — A rumored plane of migrants coming to Nantucket this week, in a similar fashion to last month’s incident on Martha’s Vineyard, is apparently not happening after all.

Boston Herald

The most important midterm elections to watch ahead of Election Day

Nevada’s Senate race could go either way. Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott likely to cruise to re-election. And John Fetterman still leads in Pennsylvania, Eric Garcia writes

The Independent UK

Rapid rise in gas prices wipes out most tax holiday savings in Florida

Well, that didn’t last long.

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State Sen. Shevrin Jones Urges Gov. DeSantis To Follow Biden & Pardon Floridians With Simple Marijuana Convictions

Florida State Senator Shevrin Jones wrote to Governor Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday asking him to pardon state-level cannabis possession convictions.

Benzinga

Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery

Southwest Florida is looking ahead toward the long slog of recovering from its first direct hit from a major hurricane in a century

The Independent UK

Hurricane Ian and the coming climate crash

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called Hurricane Ian a “once in 500-year event.”

Los Angeles Times

From Republican to Democrat, some faithful supporters continue donating to Charlie Crist

Charlie Crist committed what to some in politics is the ultimate sin: He switched parties.

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Fort Myers Beach residents return to ravaged island. No power, water, destroyed homes

Ten days after Hurricane Ian tore through his small, tight-knit waterfront community of Fort Myers Beach with a storm surge estimated as high as 18 feet, Jerry Altrip boarded a bus and made his way back from the mainland across the causeway that connects to the small barrier island.

Miami Herald

Self-proclaimed ‘socialist’ to ‘red pill’ anti-lockdown crusader: What are Elon Musk’s politics?

The Tesla and SpaceX tycoon has donated to both parties and attacked everyone from Joe Biden through Donald Trump to trade unions and ‘pronouns’, but underneath it all there is a consistent ideology, writes Io Dodds

The Independent UK

Can Trump run again in the 2024 election?

One-term president was cleared in two impeachment trials while in office

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis' migrant flights questioned after new documents released

The state records show that Florida paid Vertol Systems $615,000 for the September flights.

Axios

Amid their own struggles, Florida’s immigrant workers ready to rebuild storm-battered state

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The wives of Fort Myers’ construction workers, painters, roofers, landscapers and electricians and their families gathered at the food pantry of Jesus the Worker church on Thursday, as they had every day that week.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis stays off path of political controversies in hurricane aftermath

Rightwing governor known for aggressive, culture-war brand of populism gives softer demeanor after storm, destroying opponents’ hopes of toppling him

The Guardian - US

Residents allowed to return to Florida island slammed by Ian

Residents are being allowed to return to a coastal Florida island that was decimated by Hurricane Ian

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Documents: Florida migrant transport planning began in July

Florida documents show officials began planning to transport migrants to other states in July and told potential contractors their task would be to relocate them on a voluntary basis

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Florida Gov. DeSantis receives $166.5 million, with Republican Governors Association as top donor

Gov. Ron DeSantis is the top fundraiser in Florida state politics in the 2022 election cycle so far. According to campaign finance reports made to the Florida Secretary of State, the governor received $166,578,634 in total contributions and spent $42,429,904 between Jan. 1, 2021 and Sept. 2, 2022. DeSantis is…

The Independent UK

Disasters like Ian pose extra risk for fragile older people

Older people with limited mobility and those with chronic health conditions requiring the use of electrically powered medical devices were especially vulnerable when Hurricane Ian slammed into Southwest Florida

WEKU

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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Orlando Sentinel

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…

Miami Herald

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.

Miami Herald

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.

Reuters

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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 Tribune

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…

The Guardian - US

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

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