Palm Beach County official demands apology from 60 Minutes for one-sided COVID-19 report
Report accuses Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of favoring Publix, wealthy communities during vaccine rollout
Vice Mayor Robert Weinroth talks 60 Minutes report
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. â A top Palm Beach County official on Tuesday demanded that 60 Minutes apologize for a scathing report that
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13-minute report,which aired Sunday night on CBS, claimed that Publix donated $100,000 to DeSantis reelection campaign shortly before the grocery store chain was chosen as the primary distributor of the coronavirus vaccine in Palm Beach County. I m not gonna say [the report] was intentionally false, but it intentionally left half the story off the table, Vice Mayor Robert Weinroth said at Tuesday s county commission meeting. I think that the article and the way that CBS dealt with this county was unfair, and I think they owe this county an apology, an
Florida inmates to get the vaccine after months-long wait
Corrections officials have identified about 33,000 inmates who want to get the vaccine.
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TALLAHASSEE â Gov. Ron DeSantis refused to send COVID-19 vaccines to state prisoners for several months, but state officials announced Tuesday that about 30,000 doses have been earmarked for the Florida Department of Corrections.
Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowtiz told the
Times/Herald the state is sending doses within the next week. Once supplies arrive, corrections officials have indicated that they have the ability to vaccinate all inmates who want a shot within 10 days.
Corrections officials have identified about 33,000 inmates who want to get the vaccine, Moskowitz said Tuesday. The state will also be assisting seven privately-operated prisons in getting doses to inmates.
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Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., speaks during a House Rules Committee hearing on the impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 17, 2019. Hastings, the longtime Congressman from Florida has died after a two-year fight with pancreatic cancer. The Palm Beach County Democrat died Tuesday, April 6, 2021, according to his chief of staff, Lale M. Morrison.
Hastings died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was the longest-serving member of Florida’s congressional delegation at the time of his death, getting re-elected in 2020 with nearly 79% of the vote.
Democrat Alcee Hastings, who represented parts of South Florida in the U.S. House for nearly three decades, died Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 84.
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