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Capital Report: 10-11-2019

Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:28:58
Publish Date: 2019-10-11 00:00:00
Description: Following Hurricane Michael’s destructive path through Florida’s panhandle, headlines painted a grim future for timber, a major industry in the region. The losses were huge – valued at $1.3 billion dollars. Yet not all was lost. And Ryan Dailey reports some lumber and paper mills in the region are still going strong. Greenwood, Florida’s only grocery store caught fire after Hurricane Michael. A year after the storm, it still hasn’t been replaced. Robbie Gaffney reports the residents of Greenwood are banding together to assist elderly and low-income residents who can’t travel to find fresh food.​ Hurricane Michael left much of Northwest Florida looking like a war zone. Gina Jordan reports that explains why so many of the area’s children now show symptoms similar to those of combat veterans. Governor Ron DeSantis is backing pay raises for teachers. But that comes with quite a few caveats. And Lynn Hatter reports while that’s something teachers themselves have lobbied for, for years, it’s
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