Congressional Leaders Call For Faster Help For Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico
• Some members of central Florida’s congressional delegation are calling for more help for Puerto Rico.
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• Some members of central Florida’s congressional delegation are calling for more help for Puerto Rico.
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• More than 200,000 Puerto Ricans have fled the island since Hurricane Maria, with many choosing to call central Florida home. Welcome centers at the airport and beyond have been helping new arrivals with housing, health care and employment. Step one is rebuilding their lives. But already some community organizers, politicians and others are wondering how these new arrivals will affect Florida politics.
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• More than two thousand families fleeing Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria have visited Osceola County’s welcome center since it opened in early October. For our ongoing series, “The Maria Migration,” I stopped by to see what kind of help is being offered..
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• Orange County Schools is taking in the most students and teachers fleeing from Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. These new arrivals are trying to get life back to a sense of normalcy following devastation back on the island. As part of reporting from our Education Desk, we visited Superintendent Barbara Jenkins to see how things are going.
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• Central Florida leaders say the region lacks enough housing for an anticipated influx from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
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• More than a month after Hurricane Maria, many Puerto Ricans who left the island temporarily still don’t have a return date. One central Florida woman has been playing host to lots of family. They’re returning soon to see what conditions are like now at their homes.
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