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Happening on the ‘Hill’ Students Win Statewide “Hackathon” & FAMU Ranks Among Top 25 Health Sciences Programs

May 22, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Students from Florida A&M University (FAMU) took second place in the MuniMod competition in Orlando. The team’s winning product was “Accru,” an application dedicated to matching interested local businesses with city-owned vacant property. Working with local development departments and redevelopment agencies, this proposed database will use multiple mediums to connect businesses and the public at large with vacant municipal properties. The University of West Florida took first place in the competition. FAMU took home a second-place prize of $5,000. […]

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Greater Fort Lauderdale begin expansion of Broward County Convention Center and Headquarters Hotel Project

May 22, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Broward County and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau are excited to announce that the project to expand the Broward County Convention Center and add a new four diamond Headquarters Hotel in Fort Lauderdale has officially be-gun. This phased project began with a demolition event at the Portside Center today and will follow a schedule of construction activities into 2023. After years of planning a larger and more advanced Convention Center, the project is now in motion. […]

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Russian Attacks on Florida County Voting Systems Must Be Countered with Action and Federal Funds

May 22, 2019 Carma Henry 0

     Floridians expect and deserve to know that state and federal officials are taking proper precautions to safeguard the integrity of election systems. As a perennial election battleground state, we know that we are and will remain a target. New revelations that not one, but two Florida county election systems were breached by Russian hackers during the 2016 election cycle raise serious concerns that must be addressed by state officials and the U.S. Congress. […]