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

After what they called the “smoothest” budget negotiations in years, House and Senate leaders on Monday finished working out details of a spending plan that is expected to top $116 billion.

     Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) cheerleading team secured third place at the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) College Nationals. This is the second consecutive year the team has participated in the competition and achieved a top-three ranking.

Judge Rowan Wilson “I ecstatically welcome Judge Rowan Wilson’s confirmation as New York’s first Black Chief Judge and thank Governor Kathy Hochul for her wise and history-making nomination,” Hermelyn, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, who chairs the Brooklyn Democratic Party, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC).

Doug Williams thought that on Friday, about six or seven HBCU players had a real chance of being drafted. In 2023, the fortune of HBCU talent has taken an ugly turn. The founder of the HBCU Legacy Bowl and a former Super Bowl MVP expressed shock that only one football player from an HBCU was drafted by the NFL in 2023. “I’m stunned,” Doug Williams told HBCU Legends. “There has to be a lack of representation in the draft rooms for this to happen. Do we have anyone fighting for these young men?”   

      *Laura Coates, a CNN senior legal analyst and Sirius XM host based out of Washington D.C. was supposed to take over the news network’s 11 p.m. hour after newly-ousted Don Lemon was moved from the 10 and 11 p.m. slot to mornings last fall. CNN had announced in January that Alisyn Camerota would anchor the 10 p.m. hour, and Coates would take over at 11 p.m.

The more Governor DeSantis pretends to be the Captain  of Florida’s peninsula, the less he appears capable of  steering it through its treacherous political waters. His obsessions for political power as well as mission to  become president has driven him to rule with a doubled sword, dipped in retribution and racism.