Tag: Covid-19
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DeSantis bragged about deal with lab firm now at center of COVID-19 testing scandal
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Ron DeSantis touted an $11 million COVID-19 testing deal with a Texas-based lab now embroiled in controversy and facing questions about the reliability of its tests. -
‘Con artist’ landed major no-bid COVID contract with DeSantis administration
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
The founder and head of a health-coaching company that inked an $11.3-million deal with the state of Florida to provide COVID-19 testing and supplies pleaded guilty to two felonies last year related to insurance-fraud schemes. -
Astroturfing for politics and profit complicates Florida’s reopen protests
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Ron DeSantis is answering President Donald Trump’s call to boost economic recovery from the coronavirus by reopening most of Florida faster than public health experts want. Even so, last month saw small but high-profile rallies in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa and Fort Myers, all based on the same complaint: Jobs, services and entertainment aren’t springing back quickly enough. -
Miramar asks governor for temporary halt to blasting during COVID-19 pandemic
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Miramar City Commission has asked Gov. Ron DeSantis to order a temporary stop to rock mine blasting during the state of emergency called for the COVID-19 pandemic. -
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Ten years after Deepwater Horizon roiled the Gulf, brakes are off BP’s oil-drilling plans
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Ten years ago, Deepwater Horizon became synonymous with one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. The oil rig explosion on April 20, 2010 killed 11 workers and injured 17; about 4.9 million barrels of crude oil decimated Gulf of Mexico marine life. The horrors were just the beginning. -
Homeless in a time of COVID-19; what Broward may do to begin providing protection
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Stay home and put distance between yourself and other people. That’s the government’s advice to prevent the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus. But what do you do when you don’t have a home?
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