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1 week ago | 
wfla.com | Mackenzie LaPorte
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Last hurricane season, the Tampa Bay area was hit hard with streets under water, homes damaged, and lives forever changed. In addition to the damage, many people were dealing with power outages. After Hurricane Milton, nearly 600,000 TECO customers were without power, and most of the outages lasted for days. “We get tons of calls during storms last year with the storms that we had.
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1 week ago | 
wfla.com | Mackenzie LaPorte
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida is just days away from the start of hurricane season, and NOAA is predicting another above average season ahead. State lawmakers are hoping their latest hurricane bill will help ease the recovery process, but not everyone was behind the effort from the start.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Mackenzie LaPorte
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida is just days away from the start of hurricane season, and NOAA is predicting another above average season ahead. State lawmakers are hoping their latest hurricane bill will help ease the recovery process, but not everyone was behind the effort from the start.
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1 week ago | 
wfla.com | Mackenzie LaPorte
BAY PINES, Fla. (WFLA) — On a day of remembrance, hundreds of veterans, their loved ones, and members of the community gathered at Bay Pines National Cemetery in St. Petersburg to honor our country’s fallen troops. In a sea of red, white and blue, folks paused from their everyday lives to pay respect to those who fought for our nation’s freedom.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Mackenzie LaPorte
BAY PINES, Fla. (WFLA) — On a day of remembrance, hundreds of veterans, their loved ones, and members of the community gathered at Bay Pines National Cemetery in St. Petersburg to honor our country’s fallen troops. In a sea of red, white and blue, folks paused from their everyday lives to pay respect to those who fought for our nation’s freedom.
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2 weeks ago | 
wfla.com | Storm.mrjoint Learn MoreUndo |Mackenzie LaPorte
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — In a sweeping policy shift, Governor Ron DeSantis is taking immigration enforcement to the next level, empowering state troopers to work in direct coordination with ICE. As DeSantis positions Florida as a national leader in immigration enforcement, immigration attorneys are pushing back, highlighting the legal confusion these actions may bring.
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2 weeks ago | 
wfla.com | Mackenzie LaPorte
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — For those out there who thought they were going to catch up on sleep with later school start times, guess again. In a rare reversal, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation repealing later school start times for middle school and high school students. “It’s a lot for the legislature to admit that maybe they made a mistake,” said State Sen. Tina Polsky, D-Boca Raton.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Mackenzie LaPorte
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — For those out there who thought they were going to catch up on sleep with later school start times, guess again. In a rare reversal, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation repealing later school start times for middle school and high school students. Bradenton officer recovering after being dragged by driver “It’s a lot for the legislature to admit that maybe they made a mistake,” said State Sen. Tina Polsky, D-Boca Raton.
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2 weeks ago | 
wfla.com | Mackenzie LaPorte
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA-TAMPAHOY) — El gobernador Ron DeSantis y la primera dama de Florida estuvieron en Tampa el martes para elogiar la labor del programa Hope Florida , que se encuentra en una situación difícil. Y mientras los DeSantis siguen promocionando Hope Florida y su iniciativa, hay nuevos informes sobre una investigación del programa y un misterioso rastro de dinero que lo rodea. El gobernador y su esposa, sin embargo, califican estas investigaciones de ataque político.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Mackenzie LaPorte
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida’s first lady were in Tampa Tuesday praising the work being done by the embattled Hope Florida program. And while the DeSantis duo continues to tout Hope Florida and its initiative, there are new reports of an investigation into the program and a mysterious money trail that surrounds it. The governor and his wife, however, call these investigations a political attack.
