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‘You are lying’: Hostility boils over in fiery Democratic primary for 20th congressional district

By Anthony Man | aman@sunsentinel.com | South Florida Sun Sentinel After failing to persuade U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz not to run for reelection in Broward’s 20th Congressional District, and unable to coalesce around a single opponent, several of her Democratic primary competitors are frustrated. Dale Holness, one of the candidates, protested Wasserman Schultz’s decision to seek reelection in […]

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Civil rights leaders announce new March on Washington to defend voting rights on anniversary of Dr. King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech

Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King say the Aug. 28 march is a response to recent rollbacks of voting rights protections. By Odafe Oghen Civil rights leaders are returning to the nation’s capital this summer, announcing plans for a new March on Washington aimed at defending voting rights more than six

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Uncle Nearest founder Fawn Weaver is out as receiver prepares company for sale

Fawn Weaver has been terminated as CEO of Uncle Nearest by the court-appointed receiver overseeing the whiskey company built on historic significance in 2016. By Bolarinwa Oladeji Fawn Weaver, the founder who branded herself “The People’s CEO,” no longer holds any role at Uncle Nearest. According to the Music City Observer, the court-appointed receiver overseeing the whiskey company

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Vote-by-mail ballots are arriving for Florida’s primary and nonpartisan elections

Number of requests is down from 2022, the previous primary during a midterm election year, says Broward’s Supervisor of Elections By Anthony Man | aman@sunsentinel.com | South Florida Sun Sentinel Some 200,000 voters in Broward and Palm Beach counties are receiving mail ballots — some have arrived already — for the party primary contests and nonpartisan elections in August.

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NEWS ALERT: M•I•A MEDIA GROUP announces congressional candidate forum in Little Haiti

M•I•A MEDIA GROUP has announced “The Road to Congress: The Battle for Florida’s 24th District.” The forum, held in partnership with the Miami Herald, NBCUniversal and WLRN, will be on Wednesday, July 22 at 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Little Haiti Cultural Complex. “This is history in the making,” states Dexter A. Bridgeman, CEO

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Florida politician Jerry Demings: ‘I chose living over campaigning’

By Stephen Hudak | shudak@orlandosentinel.com | Orlando Sentinel Ask Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings how he’s doing nowadays and he smiles and says, “I’m doing well.” Last month, his staff wasn’t so sure. He stunned them all after his eighth and final “State of the County” address, revealing at a post-speech press gathering that he was “suspending” — actually ending

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Trump fires members of elections agency, escalating his target of voting ahead of midterms

“Trump is terrified of the sacred power we all hold as voters, and that’s why he wants to rig this election,” said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson. By Gerren Keith Gaynor President Trump made the unprecedented move to fire the remaining members of an independent elections agency, responsible for assisting states in administering federal elections, just

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