By Scott Travis | South Florida Sun Sentinel The Broward school district plans to reopen a longstanding debate about closing schools, but with a possible new twist — opening new schools as well. The school district has about 45,000 empty seats, due to years of enrollment declines. Some schools are only a third or half full. That has […]
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By DEEPTI HAJELA and CEDAR ATTANASIO NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, died Monday at age 94. His family confirmed the death in a statement provided
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Local News By Rafael Olmeda | rolmeda@sunsentinel.com | South Florida Sun Sentinel The Broward Housing Council issued its official annual report to the county this past week, celebrating the hundreds of units of affordable housing that are under construction or in development. At six locations in Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and Hallandale Beach, developers are putting up a large
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By Rafael Olmeda | rolmeda@sunsentinel.com | South Florida Sun Sentinel The Urban League of Broward County bought a parcel of land more than 20 years ago at the intersection of Northwest 21st Avenue and Northwest 26th Street in Oakland Park. The plan, then, was to build a new headquarters for the civil-rights organization. Plans change. Now, with the Urban
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