Florida Gets Aid, Temporary Housing
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FORT MYERS, Fla., Aug. 17 -- President Bush dispatched two Cabinet secretaries and more federal money to this hard-hit state on Tuesday as tens of thousands of people flooded disaster relief hotlines, seeking everything ...
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Responding to skyrocketing coastal property values and taxes, Florida lawmakers on Monday passed a proposed constitutional amendment that backers say would cut local property taxes by $12.5 billion over the next five years
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By Catherine Dolinski, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Dec.
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WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Wednesday released $450 million in emergency funds to help poor families pay their expensive heating bills this winter.
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As Florida attempts to recover from an estimated $15 billion in damages left by Hurricane Charley, tax-exempt debt issuance from the state is likely to increase so Florida can replenish its Hurricane Catastrophe ...
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FORT PIERCE, FLA. - President Bush on Wednesday helped distribute bottled water, bags of ice, food and $2 billion in federal aid to hurricane-battered residents of this vital electoral state.
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President Bush plans to ask Congress on Monday to rush about &#36;2.5 billion in additional aid to hurricane-battered Florida, administration officials said on Friday.
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Local officials agree that hurricane damage to Miami-Dade County this year was light, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than &#36;20 million in residents' requests for aid.
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President Bush got a look at damage from Hurricane Frances on Wednesday and doled out food and water to Florida residents in his fourth visit in a month to a state vital to his re-election hopes.
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According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition&#39;s annual &quot;Out of Reach&quot; report, Florida ranked in the top 15 of least-affordable states for two-bedroom apartments in US with its housing rent almost three times the federal minimum wage.
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The U.S. Congress approved a $300  million boost in emergency funds to help poor and elderly  Americans pay home heating bills that are expected to be  sharply higher than last winter.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. Sept. 19, 2004 - Across Florida, hundreds of relief workers fanned out Sunday to help still-numb families. Motorists waited in lines miles long to buy gas and get free food, ice and water.
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President Bush comforted residents in hurricane-battered Florida for the fifth time in six weeks on Wednesday, delivering sympathy and promises of aid to hard-hit citrus growers in a crucial part of the politically vital state.
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By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jan. 31--LONG BEACH -- HUD Assistant Secretary Orlando Cabrera came to the Coast on Tuesday to announce that the federal agency is being flexible with $27.3 million so Mississippi housing agencies can get people back in their homes quicker.
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The government announces plans to aid hurricane-hit Cuba and the Cayman islands.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Residents left homeless by Hurricane Charley's 145 mph winds dug through their ravaged homes on Sunday, sweeping up shattered glass and rescuing what they could as President Bush promised rapid delivery of disaster aid...
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President Bush asked Congress for an additional &#36;3.1 billion Tuesday to help Florida and other states recover from the battering they endured from recent hurricanes.