Rick Scott

Florida Gov. Rick Scott issued grave warnings about Hurricane Irma to people in southwest Florida at a press event Saturday morning, telling residents under evacuation orders that they had to be on the road by noon to be safe. (AP photo/Joe Reedy)

Rick Scott’s theatrical sign language interpreter steals show at Irma presser

Joseph Lawler · September 9, 2017 2:50 pm

Forecasters predict the eye of Hurricane Irma will make landfall over the Florida Keys and from there will track north over the west coast of the Sunshine State, threatening cities like Tampa Bay. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Hurricane Irma has eye on Florida Keys

Daniel Chaitin · September 9, 2017 1:26 pm

Hurricane Irma is still on course to hit Florida in the forecast from the National Hurricane Center late Friday evening. (Screen shot, courtesy of the National Hurricane Center)

Energy and Environment

Hurricane Irma regains Category 5 strength before turning to Florida

Daniel Chaitin · September 9, 2017 3:52 am

As of 5 p.m. Eastern, Irma has 155 miles-per-hour sustained winds, just below the 157 mph threshold for a Category 5 storm. (NASA/NOAA GOES Project via AP)

‘Nowhere in the Florida Keys will be safe’ warns National Weather Service

Daniel Chaitin · September 8, 2017 10:53 pm

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has sounded the alarm about the dangerous Category 5 storm expected to strike this weekend, telling people they need to "leave now." (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Florida Gov. Rick Scott: ‘All Floridians should be prepared to evacuate’

Melissa Quinn · September 8, 2017 5:36 pm

Hurricane Irma is on course to hit Florida head-on, from tip to top, in the forecast from the National Hurricane Center late Thursday evening. (Screen shot, courtesy of the National Hurricane Center)

Energy and Environment

Hurricane Irma swallows Florida in latest forecast from National Hurricane Center

Daniel Chaitin · September 8, 2017 5:43 am

"We have asked fuel companies to identify ships that are in route to our ports so we can arrange military escorts to get them here faster. To further expedite fuel delivery, I have directed state police to escort fuel trucks to gas stations along evacuation routes."(AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Florida Gov. Rick Scott orders military and state police to escort fuel trucks

Anna Giaritelli · September 7, 2017 5:01 pm

Florida Sens. Marco Rubio, a Republican, and Bill Nelson, a Democrat, are urging President Trump to grant a pre-landfall emergency declaration for Florida as the state prepares for Hurricane Irma to make landfall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Florida Sens. Marco Rubio, Bill Nelson request emergency declaration before Hurricane Irma makes landfall

Melissa Quinn · September 5, 2017 9:43 pm

"The failure to act now could have devastating consequences days from now for the residents of and visitors to the state of Florida," Gov. Rick Scott said. (AP photo/Joe Reedy)

Florida Gov. Rick Scott asks Trump for emergency declaration as Florida braces for Hurricane Irma

Melissa Quinn · September 5, 2017 4:53 pm

Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Congress should preserve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which temporarily protects young illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as minors from deportation. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Florida Gov. Rick Scott joins push to keep DACA

Diana Stancy Correll · September 1, 2017 11:50 pm

Each year in the U.S., over 5.4 million cases of nonmelanoma skin cancer are treated in more than 3.3 million people, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. In 2017, an estimated 87,110 new cases of invasive melanoma will be diagnosed in the U.S. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP)

States begin to allow sunscreen in schools

Ariella Phillips · July 22, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump called on Florida Gov. Rick Scott to run for Senate Friday during an event where he announced a change in United States policy toward Cuba. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump pleads with Rick Scott to run for Senate

Al Weaver · June 16, 2017 5:53 pm