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Lawmakers, groups respond to DeSantis comments on Puerto Rico statehood
It’s an issue not widely talked about on the campaign trail — making Puerto Rico the 51st state.
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It’s an issue not widely talked about on the campaign trail — making Puerto Rico the 51st state.
About 50,000 of those hurricane refugees came to Florida, many of those to the Orlando area.
Spectrum News reporters Ybeth Bruzual and Nick Popham are posting updates from the scene.
Puerto Rican UCF students are using the 5th anniversary of the deadly storm to reflect.
Vázquez faces corruption charges, the official says.
The uncertainty and frustration that came with the public health crisis last year skyrocketed domestic violence hotline calls.
The National Puerto Rican Equality Coalition says 80% of Puerto Ricans who live in Florida support statehood.
A project representative hopes 300 will take the survey.
With assistance, Yansis Gonzalez left Puerto Rico and is thriving in Lake County
The drink is considered the Puerto Rican eggnog.
Political Connections airs each night at 7 p.m. on Spectrum News.
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Voters across much of Central Florida are heading to the polls in a series of special elections.
The development would involve the building of more than 250 new homes.
Luigi Mangione, 26, faces separate federal and state murder charges for the killing.
Nine Republicans joined Democrats to keep the proxy plan alive.
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