Daily Outtakes: Chaos, Reimagining, More Nurses

Congressional Chaos

Congress passed an emergency funding bill to avoid a federal government shutdown.

• Our congressman, Matt Gaetz, announced that he is filing a motion to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House.

 

• And rumors are flying the GOP leaders are hoping an ethics investigation into Gaetz will give them the means to remove the Panhandle representative from office.

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Shutdown avoided: A coalition of House Democrats and Republicans voted, 335-91, to pass a plan that would keep money flowing to government agencies. The bill did not include money for Ukraine. Read NYT.

Matt Gaetz – X feed: @RepMattGaetz: @SpeakerMcCarthy is going to get his wish. I’m going to file a motion to vacate against him this week. If at this time next week Kevin McCarthy is still Speaker of the House, it will be because the Democrats bailed him out. He can be their Speaker, not mine.

Daily Beast: “A cohort of House Republicans are reportedly penning a motion to expel Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as he ramps up his efforts to boot House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from GOP leadership.” Read more.

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Reimagine Fricker

The City of Pensacola is pursuing $4 million in grant funding, with plans to enhance the education, health and employment services offered at the Fricker Resource Center.

Why this matters

The City of Pensacola will use these public input results to shape the grant proposal and the overall project.

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A public comment period to obtain citizen comments concerning the city’s intent to apply for these specific projects is now open through Friday, Oct. 13. Written comments may be submitted using the Grants Public Notices online comment form.

Florida Commerce, through its Multi-Purpose Community Facilities Program, designated $83.9 million in grant funding for the improvement of facilities pursuing work, education, and health monitoring.

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UWF Expands Nursing

UWF recently secured a $6.7 million Triumph Gulf Coast proposal for its College of Health. According to the proposal, the purpose of the grant is to renovate Building 37, and purchase equipment, personnel and student programming support for the college.

The funding will allow the College of Health to deliver 1,125 industry-recognized certificates or licenses in registered nursing, medical lab scientist, respiratory therapist and certified nursing assistant certificates.

UWF President Dr. Martha Saunders:
“That proposal will add more than 4,600 square feet of new and renovated nursing simulation facilities. This new funding will enhance nurse program offerings on both the Pensacola and Emerald Coast campuses, allowing UWF to make important new contributions to the state and regional healthcare workforce.”

Why this matters

U.S. News & World Report placed the UWF nursing program on its “Best Undergraduate Nursing” list each of the past two years. Other accolades include Princeton Review ranking the UWF Online Master of Science in Nursing among Top Online Nursing Programs in 2022 and 2023.

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UWF requested $6,685,757 over eight years to expand and improve delivery of nursing credentials and related health science certifications administered by UWF’s Usha Kundu, MD College of Health. UWF will commit $10,558,412, the remaining cost of the $17,244,169 project.