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Palm Beach County plans on overhauling hotel to offer affordable housing to seniors and veterans

LOCAL NEWS By Abigail Hasebroock | [email protected] | South Florida Sun Sentinel   A hotel building will be transformed into a center offering affordable housing for seniors and veterans in the most recent effort by Palm Beach County officials to address the housing and homelessness crisis. County Commissioners narrowly agreed Tuesday to purchase the La Quinta Inn at 5981 […]

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AT&T to terminate 88 customer service workers in Sunrise, cites ‘targeted’ reduction effort

BUSINESS By David Lyons | South Florida Sun Sentinel   AT&T has notified the state of Florida it is eliminating the jobs of 88 customer service workers in Sunrise effective May 13, according to a filing made public Friday. The work location is at 13450 W. Sunrise Blvd. Employees on Friday started receiving “surplus notification letters,” according

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Florida bill would prevent local governments from setting ‘DEI’ policies

By News Service Of Florida A proposal that would prevent local governments from setting policies related to “diversity, equity and inclusion” was approved Monday by a Senate committee. The Republican-controlled Community Affairs Committee voted 5-3 to back the measure (SB 420), sponsored by Sen. Clay Yarborough, R-Jacksonville. The bill also would allow people to take legal

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South Florida’s housing market cooling down as number of listed homes keeps rising

By Abigail Hasebroock | [email protected] | South Florida Sun Sentinel Home sales are beginning to slow across the United States, including in South Florida. And as the supply of active listings grows, prices may start to decrease. Pending home sales have fallen by 6.4% in the U.S. compared to last year, according to Redfin, a real estate and mortgage

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Glued to your phone? UM doctor offers ways to alleviate ‘tech neck’ pain

Your Health: A roundup of the newest trends in Florida healthcare By Cindy Krischer Goodman | [email protected] | South Florida Sun Sentinel Walk into any coffee shop, airport, or waiting room, and you will see people in the familiar pose — head down, eyes fixed on a handheld device. With prolonged use, they will likely start feeling the effects,

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