TFC News Brief – 10/12/17

  • Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam says the initial damage estimate to Florida crops after Hurricane Irma will continue to increase.
  • The newly created House Select Committee dealing with Hurricane Irma’s aftermath heard from emergency operations leaders from Monroe, Lee, and St. Johns Counties.
  • An administrative law judge heard testimony about the legitimacy of an emergency rule requiring new generators at many nursing homes, a rule announced after deaths in a Broward County nursing home that lost air conditioning during Hurricane Irma.