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Miramar voters head to polls to choose 3 commissioners: Colbourne, Cherasard and Edwards

By Susannah Bryan | [email protected] | South Florida Sun Sentinel Miramar voters flocked to the polls Tuesday to elect three commissioners to help guide the city through what promises to be challenging times ahead. This election season, nine candidates were battling it out for three seats on the commission, a part-time job that pays $49,461 a year. On Tuesday night, incumbent […]

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Florida university leaders defend DEI restrictions, fire back at lawsuit

By Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida TALLHASSEE — State higher-education leaders and university trustees have fired back at a lawsuit that alleges a 2023 law targeting diversity, equity and inclusion issues at universities violates the First Amendment. Professors at the University of Florida, Florida State University and Florida International University filed the lawsuit in January

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3 commission races draw 9 candidates in Miramar. Most of them say the city’s finances need scrutiny.

Miramar will have at least two new faces on its five-member commission after Tuesday’s at-large election — possibly three if the lone incumbent in the race is unseated. Miramar, a bedroom community in southwest Broward County founded in 1955, faces many challenges ahead. Most recently, it battled a controversial proposal by Miami-Dade County, in which

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