Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo and two key lieutenants on Thursday rolled out a plan aimed at expanding access to health care, with a focus on increasing the number of doctors, encouraging technological innovation and boosting medical screenings.

      The annals of school curriculums have vanquished another stout hero into the shadows of obscurity. This time it was the double edge blade of “Intersectionality” that prevented Ida B. Wells from her proper helm in our school books. She was not just a woman, but carried a second cross of being a Black Woman.

       The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is again partnering with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and will begin a comprehensive traffic safety and crash prevention campaign. This campaign will run from December 2023 to May 2024. 

     Tennessee Representative Harold M. Love, Jr., the next president of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL), served as host to the NBCSL’s recent conference held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in downtown Nashville. Representative of Tennessee’s 58th legislative district, Love is now president-elect of the NBCSL. He will be sworn in as president next December 2025 in Washington, D.C. 

     Barbara Petersen has long been a champion for Floridians’ access to public records from their government. Now the executive director of the Florida Center for Government Accountability, Petersen chats with Dara this week about how her team of investigative journalists uncovered records related to an accusation of sexual assault against the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, her fears about the future of “Government in the Sunshine” and much more.