State Representative Hazelle Rogers (D-Lauderhill) recently issued the following release, calling on Governor Rick Scott to take urgent action to ensure that Florida’s early voting ...

The moment is finally here - the first day of public school in Broward and Palm Beach counties. If you forgot, unlikely, the hundreds of yellow school buses clogging the roadways will be a good reminder that summer is over for more than 425,000 students. Some of the routines and people will be familiar, like it was in early June. But numerous schools have new leaders, new teachers and in some cases, a few n ...

South Florida AIDS activists and local health department officials hosted five events in Fort Lauderdale and Miami from Aug. 6-10 to bring the latest HIV research, testing and treatment information to local neighborhoods ...

Meanwhile, in the West side of town where many Hallandale Beach residents grew up and then raised families of their own right in their neighborhoods, an old cemetery had been laid out forlorn until recent tending and attention ...

Broward County Public Schools again for the annual Broward Million Father March take a child to the first day of school campaign - encouraging fathers, relatives, men and significant male caregivers to take their children to school on the first day of classes ...

More than 13,000 ex-felons may be eligible to vote but don’t know it, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida said Wednesday, citing data it obtained from the Florida Parole Commission ...

Thursday, August 15, 2012......... Just days before the start of a possibly contentious hearing before state regulators, Florida Power & Light said Wednesday it will seek approval of a settlement agreement that would increase customers' base electric rates next year by $548 million. ...

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fall football season quickly approaching, Florida A&M University (FAMU) announces an enhanced football experience and halftime entertainment for fans of FAMU football ...

State Representative Joseph “Joe” Gibbons (D-Hallandale) is honored to have received the “Legislator of the Year” ...