Fewer Florida inmates are re-offending after release
Fewer Florida prison inmates are re-offending after their release, Corrections ...
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BCPS Transportation head alleges mismanagement, malfeasance, fraud and abuse; requests outside investigation by law enforcement
Embattled BCPS transportation head blows whistle on nepotism & corruption, Chester Tindall, 50, stated that corruption within the Transportation Dept ...
Read more ›House Democratic leader blasts decade of GOP governance, pushes for Medicaid expansion
Thurston blamed his Republican counterparts for problems facing the state. He said reform efforts currently being pushed by Republican officials—election reform, ethics reform, education financing, healthcare implementation—all seek to deal with problems caused by the GOP-led Legislature ...
Read more ›Florida Legislative Black Caucus Chair Senator Arthenia Joyner responds to Governor Rick Scott’s 2013-2014 Budget Proposal
State Senator Arthenia Joyner (D-Tampa), Chair of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus (FLBC) recently released the following statement on the 2013-2014 state budget proposal from Governor Rick Scott ...
Read more ›The Publishers represented at 21st Annual Trumpet Awards High Tea, High Heels event
NNPA publishers were honored at the High Tea with High Heels at the Hyatt event ...
Read more ›High Graduation rates reach 40-year high – but not for Blacks
According to the report, the graduation rate for African American students in 2010 was 66.1 percent, compared to 83 percent for Whites and 93.5 percent for Asian American students. ...
Read more ›New Mount Olive Youth Group witnesses history
New Mount Olive Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. witnessed history when they attended the second inauguration of President Barack Obama on Monday, January 21, 2013. ...
Read more ›Immigration reform looms as a controversial public issue
“Immigration reform is a very complex topic ...
Read more ›City of Fort Lauderdale launches annual Drop Savers Water Conservation Poster Contest
The City of Fort Lauderdale, in partnership with the Florida Section of the American Water Works Association, is sponsoring the Drop Savers Water Conservation Poster Contest to celebrate Drinking Water Week, ...
Read more ›Whitney Houston honored at NAACP Image Awards
She won two awards in the music categories: outstanding song, for the “I Look To You” duet with R. Kelly ...
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