Update: “So, I feel like there’s damage. I feel like that’s gonna be difficult, obviously, for people whose property was damaged, but I also feel like this is a very surmountable for us.”
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@floridaphoenix.com@floridaphoenix.com“That wasn’t nothing,” Sweet said when asked how Isaias compared to other storms that have hit the city. “This one didn’t do that much damage, other than knock some trees down.” floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/10/a...
@floridaphoenix.com"Although search and rescue teams have been mobilized, “we have not yet received any request for search and rescue deployment, and I take that as an optimistic sign." floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/10/o...
@floridaphoenix.comUpdate: President Donald Trump approved federal disaster assistance for Florida, according to a notice posted by FEMA. The move authorizes the agency to coordinate recovery efforts. floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/09/i...
@floridaphoenix.com"I can only imagine someone that doesn’t live in Florida sending their baby off to another state, and then having the fear of not knowing. I think that’s probably the worst: it’s the not knowing what to expect inside of a hurricane.”
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@floridaphoenix.comInstead, Thompson would “be committed to a Department of Corrections mental health treatment facility until such time as he has been restored to sanity and the sentence of death may be executed.” floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/09/d...
@floridaphoenix.comBeginning in the 2024 school year, students must be lawfully in the United States to attend Florida’s universities. floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/09/r...
@floridaphoenix.comThe school’s founders, led by former U.S. Rep. Peter Deutsch, of Florida, first applied in December for state approval. floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/09/r...
@floridaphoenix.com“We have the resources that we need in place, to be able to respond, to be able to help people in need, and to be able to rapidly get things back to normal, from power restoration to the economy,” DeSantis said Friday morning. floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/09/i...
@floridaphoenix.comU.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia Timothy J. Kelly said at the end of a Thursday hearing he intends to issue his decision on a preliminary injunction in the press freedom case before Tuesday. floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/r...
@floridaphoenix.comCommittee ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., accused his Republican counterparts in a letter Wednesday of violating committee rules for presenting records they say supported accusations against Smith at the Sept. 29 hearing. floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/r...
@floridaphoenix.comChildren born before the eligibility window, up to age 10, can receive a $250 deposit donated by the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, of Dell Technologies fortune. floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/r...
@floridaphoenix.com“Byron Donalds is one of Donald Trump’s biggest sycophants, and there is no daylight between the two,” Lawson said. “Let’s be clear — if you support Byron Donalds, you support Donald Trump.” floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/r...
@floridaphoenix.com“You know, this isn’t about the scientific effectiveness of one vaccine or the other, the safety of one vaccine or the other,” Ladapo told a crowd attending a rule workshop in Lake Mary. The DOH, he said, is “open to hearing about that.” floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/l...
@floridaphoenix.com"All the narratives crashed and burned with this opinion by the 1st District Court of Appeal,” Desantis said, floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/d...
@floridaphoenix.com“It’s like a bad dream you can’t really wake up from." floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/f...
@floridaphoenix.comAnd I hope that policymakers, when they're weighing a decision like the Florida rule change, weigh the costs and benefits of their decisions. floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/07/a...
@floridaphoenix.com“Step one is to offer some transparency when it comes to that,” Ingoglia said. “The other stuff we can debate. Until we have the information and we know exactly what is going on, then everything should follow after that.” floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/07/i...
@floridaphoenix.com“This is the first storm that we have seen in over two years, and the stat that is amazing to me is I think there is like 450,000 people that have moved to the great state of Florida who have never experienced a hurricane." floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/07/f...
@floridaphoenix.comThe group is “watching really closely” the races in GOP strongholds of Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi and Kansas, French said. floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/07/r...