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U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. says that while vaccines do not eliminate risks, not having them could be catastrophic, including to the people in the Caribbean that cruises visit.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledged he expects a COVID surge this summer in the Sun Belt but not as much as last summer because of the number of vaccinations and increased immunity.
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“Discussions have concluded and the parties have reached an impasse,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Anthony Porcelli, who has served as a mediator, said in a filing.
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During the hearing, the judge chided the state for issuing a comment that mediation efforts had reached an “impasse” when they had not.
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In a filing Wednesday, Attorney General Ashley Moody wrote that “cruise companies are trying their best to work with the CDC because they have no choice. But make no mistake - the CDC continues its overreach."
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After an impasse in mediation, U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday will hold a hearing in Tampa on Florida’s request for a preliminary injunction against restrictions imposed by the CDC.
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In a reversal, the cruise giant now says passengers are “strongly recommended” to receive the coronavirus vaccine on trips out of Florida ports.
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Senate President Wilton Simpson "sprinkled in" the $2 million that would have gone toward increasing access for low-income girls and women to long-acting reversible contraception.
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That stalemate comes after President Biden signed a “temporary fix” for ships carrying passengers between Washington state and Alaska. Federal attorneys say that act ratifies the CDC's sailing order.
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The governor said the federal money had strings attached that made it unusable for the proposed emergency fund.