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The Point, May 12, 2021: Gas Shortage Hitting North Central Florida As Panic Buying Ensues
By WUFT News
May 12, 2021
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• Gainesville Sun ($): Electric bills expected to rise as GRU credit slips. “The two-notch downgrade is the first of its kind for GRU and is the fifth bond rating downgrade since 2010.”
• WUFT News: Porters Community Residents Are Growing Tired Of Noise And Dust Coming From Neighboring Cement Companies. “For the past several years, neighborhood residents like Fillie have been dealing with waves of dust and constant noise coming from the facilities across the street. Porters is one of very few if not the only Gainesville city neighborhoods that abuts a site zoned for heavy industrial usage.”
4th Wave Of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Hits Washington State
at 8:44 am NPR
As the coronavirus outbreak recedes in many parts of the U.S., the Pacific Northwest has emerged as an outlier â gripped by a late spring surge that has filled hospitals in the metro areas around Seattle and Portland.
In recent weeks, the governors of both states have hit the brakes on reopening plans in hopes of countering the rapid spread of the more contagious B.1.1.7. variant of the coronavirus, first identified in the U.K.
In Washington state, new hospital admissions for COVID-19 have been higher during this current surge than at any other time, except for this past winter.
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words for presidential candidates. he says they re sending the wrong message on the campaign trail as we look ahead this morning on sunday morning futures. lightning bolt hits washington. the man second in line for the presidency, after the vice president, and one of the most powerful figures on capitol hill calling it quits. late last week. house speaker john boehner sending shock waves through congress and announcing he will step down from his leadership post and house seat at the end of october. the surprise resignation raising questions of why he did it and who will replace him. byron york is chief political correspondent for the washington examineexaminer and news contributor. thank you for joining us. what is the impact of boehner s resignation? there is no doubt there are a lot of conservatives in washington who are cheering over this. there was a big conservative gathering in washington on friday, and when boehner s resignation was announced, there was a standing ovatio
spoke they want washington to work for them. we need to be focusing on getting the job done and not side showings. we got about a minute left. i would like you to take 30 seconds and see how well you can play with others. as you both get sworn in this week, how optimistic are you because everybody talks about how unproductive congress is. how gridlocked washington is. that you ll be able to be better and be more productive. congressman zelden? optimistic and confident. we ll see keystone improving our foreign affairs and veteran affairs, passing budgets again. we ve only had one federal budget since 2007. now where we ve had this democratic-led senate and the president in the past, we have a republicans to work with and we ll put good solutions on this president s desk. congresswoman? we re still a divided government but this has been a long 1,049 days i wanted to step up and serve this way. i feel positive that we can get