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Join Mayor Denise D. Grant and fellow members of the Lauderhill community for an exclusive open forum discussion, part of the Mayor’s Listening Tour. This event is specially designed for Lauderhill Nonprofit Community Partners. Event Details: Date: Thursday, March 27th, 2025 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Location: St. George Park – 3501 NW 8th Street. This […]

April 4, 2025, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Knight Concert Hall, Miami, FL On April 4, 2025, the Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation (MLKEDC), in partnership with City of Miami Chairwoman Christine King and Miami-Dade County Commissioner Keon Hardemon, will host the 20th Annual Reclaim The Dream Candlelight Memorial and

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

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

IMMIGRATION By Syra Ortiz Blanes and Ana Ceballos Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau   TALLAHASSEE The city of South Miami wants a judge to determine whether its police department is required to question and arrest undocumented immigrants on behalf of the federal government as local governments that refuse face threats from Florida’s attorney general. “The only safe harbor left for

EDUCATION By Jeffrey S. Solochek Tampa Bay Times Plans to repeal a law requiring later middle and high school start times by 2026 took a left turn Wednesday, as a Florida House subcommittee rewrote a bill that already had won strong support in two Senate hearings. The measures presented to both chambers had been identical heading into

The Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust (MDEAT) proudly announces the winners of the Pitch Fest 2025: Dream. Pitch. Prosper! competition, where the top entrepreneurs in Miami-Dade competed for a share of $30,000 in funding and access to exclusive business resources. This year’s competition was especially significant as it kicked off Women’s History Month, with women entrepreneurs

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

Miami-Dade County By Raisa Habersham Congresswoman Frederica Wilson recalls the time she knew she had to help address the issue of policing and Black men: She was recently elected to the school board when she received a call that a Coral Gables High School principal cut short a Black history program and told students they could

The price of gas is higher in South Florida this week. In Miami, the average is $3.03 a gallon, nearly a 2-cent increase. South Florida gas prices are running 1.7 cents higher than a month ago and 47.5 cents lower than a year ago. The average Florida price rose a couple of cents a gallon