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With the state ranking #2 in mass shootings, gun violence is a particularly powerful issue in Florida, where two of the deadliest mass shootings in recent years have occurred.

Demings, the Democratic candidate for Florida’s federal Senate seat, joined a congressional delegation to PR this weekend.

Residents of the Sunshine State were getting ready, lining up for hours in Tampa to collect bags of sand and clearing store shelves of bottled water.

According to campaign finance records reviewed by Floricua, John Rosatti and John Staluppi, who were allegedly members of the Colombo crime family, have donated more than $115,000 to DeSantis’ campaign and the Friends of Ron DeSantis political action committee.

The funding is part of a program to fight online radicalization, violent extremism, and other hate-based calls to violence.

The president’s action will make federal funding available to affected individuals in 55 municipalities.

The ruling clears the way for investigators to continue scrutinizing the documents as they consider whether to bring criminal charges over the storage of top-secret records at Mar-a-Lago after Trump left the White House.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi will officially submit the major disaster declaration request to President Biden, after seeing the damages several municipalities have suffered.

The Puerto Rican musician reflects on the changes he and his family have lived through after they decided to move to Florida when the Category 5 hurricane destroyed the island.

Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico’s southwest coast on Sunday as it unleashed landslides, knocked the power grid out, and ripped up asphalt from roads. The damages are “catastrophic,” said the governor.