Sentences with phrase «more floridians»

Where does the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) stand on expanding the benefits of rooftop solar to more Floridians?

College Ready Florida is a series of 3 statewide initiatives aimed at helping more Floridians access and complete a postsecondary education.

But over the past eight years, the state's share of education funding has dropped from 62 percent to 51 percent, leading more and more Floridians to cry foul.

I'm proud of my record of standing against disastrous policies that have led to our children feeling unsafe in their schools and an economy that only works for the very wealthy — leaving more and more Floridians behind.

Not exact matches

The mandatory evacuation order extends to more than 1 million Floridians and could be one of the largest evacuations in the state's history, according to Miami - Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez.

Over 6 million Floridians have already cast their ballots in early voting, more than the total 5.9 million cast by registered voters in 2000.

But, with Hurricane Harvey devastating Houston just last month, many of us seasoned Floridians took Hurricane Irma's threat a little more seriously than we normally would.

By the Giffords Center's count, Floridians are blowing more than $ 5 billion per year in direct costs stemming from gunshot wounds.

Wages have stagnated as more South Floridians have retired with lower incomes, economists and state labor officials say.

«More boats sold and registered in Florida means more business and jobs for Floridians.&raMore boats sold and registered in Florida means more business and jobs for Floridians.&ramore business and jobs for Floridians.»

Nearly half of Floridians eat more seafood than they did five to 10 years ago, but they still don't eat the federally recommended two servings per week, according to a new UF / IFAS study.

Although previous research has found that Floridians who use irrigation in the home landscape are more water conscious than the general population, it is possible that Californians and Texans are even more aware and concerned about water availability.

I suppose next you will cut Title 1 money as I can predict that if this bill passes the house, more Title 1 monies will be necessary because the number of Floridians who fall into Low SES categories will increase.

The median annual earnings for Floridians with no more than a high school diploma is about $ 27,000 a year.

I imagine Central Floridians would use four - wheel drive more during the summer months when we are subjected to daily afternoon thunderstorms and our heavily traveled roads get slick.

Home interest rates plunged to historic lows this week as more South Floridians are working to boost their credit records so lenders will trust them with a mortgage.

You're one of the many South Floridians who owe more than what the home is worth.

First Hurricane Harvey flooded huge swaths of the South and now Irma has left hundreds of thousands of Floridians without power more than a week after it struck the state.

As for the new unbuilt park across the street, Floridians have heard many different plans for that plot of land over the past few years and while I'll believe it when I see it, building Nintendo attractions there makes a lot of sense and would allow Universal to spread out more than trying to shoehorn, say, Princess Peach's castle into an existing park.

You should call some Floridians or Louisianans and ask them: would you care if melting ice on Greenland or West Antarctica submerges more than half of your state even if it wouldn't occur for another 100 to 1,000 years (there's a lot we don't know about ice sheet dynamics).

Recent public votes, developments and activity have made it clear that a large majority of Floridians strongly support making solar energy more accessible, affordable and commonplace, whether it be in the form of individual solar rooftops, ground - mounted photovoltaic (PV) systems, community solar co-ops, or utility - scale solar power stations.

A coalition of environmental groups, called Floridians for Solar Choice, has secured more than 250,000 signatures of Florida residents toward proposing a ballot initiative to end this anti-solar law.

And for Floridians living along the Atlantic, disaster was 45 percent more likely.

It may not be helpful for Floridians to put God in the position of having to decide which State is more righteous.

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For Floridians, the following statistic might be the most upsetting: in 2014, the State of Florida had more instances of child swimming pool drowning deaths than any other state.

Widening the potentially obscene search terms, Floridians are still more likely to check weather conditions than to Google the word «porn.»

Diane Yousefi started Affordable Rehab more than fifteen years ago to provide therapy to Floridians who had trouble leaving the house.

Indeed, Cynthia Lorenzo, director of the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, says that more than one million Floridians are currently out of work.

In this week's Freedom Friday video, we share with you more great FIJA activism informing Floridians about jury nullification!

TALLAHASSEE — Floridians are driving more and getting into a lot more accidents, and they're paying the price with rising car insurance rates that are already among the nation's highest.

Most legislators who have supported the bill agree that urgent reforms are needed in the bill to reduce the high insurance premiums that Floridians are asked to... (more) March 31, 2011

According to 2007 statistics compiled by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Floridians spent $ 1,043 on average for auto coverage — nearly $ 250 more than the US average of $ 795.

On average, Floridians spent $ 1,043 in 2007 for auto insurance — well over $ 200 more than the average U.S. driver, who paid $ 795.

According to insurance giant Allstate, Floridians are far more likely to opt for an insurance package in the neighborhood of $ 100,000 / $ 300,000 for bodily liability, $ 50,000 in property damage insurance, $ 5,000 in extra medical payments coverage, and uninsured motorist coverage of $ 10,000 / $ 20,000 (not a bad idea, since Florida's uninsured motorist rate is estimated to be around 19 % by the Insurance Research Council).

They're among the thousands of South Floridians taking part in the student - led demonstration in Washington, D.C., which is expected to draw more than 500,000.

«Floridians are strongly united that more needs to be done to rein in guns, especially the type of gun used this month to massacre 17 people in Parkland.»

The case, filed last week in Leon County circuit court, asks a judge to certify a class action and order «full compensation» for what the plaintiffs» attorneys estimate are «tens of thousands, or more» Floridians who own bump stocks or similar devices.

33 % of Floridians out of the 2.5 Million working households used more than half of their income for housing expenses and only California topped that at 34 %.

When you hear the talking heads discuss how Washington has «kicked the can down the road,» for Florida home owners and those Floridians interested in short sales or mortgage foreclosure defense this means one thing: they've got one more year to get their property sold.

Payday lenders have collected more than $ 2.5 billion in fees from Floridians since 2005, according to the nonprofit Center for Responsible Lending.

REGIONAL SPOTLIGHT — To highlight homeownership's vital importance to families and to the economy, more than 600 Floridians participated in a Rally for Homeownership recently in downtown Tampa.