The program is crucial in addressing the ongoing housing crisis in Miami-Dade, where over 5,115 evictions have been filed between 2020 and 2023. Currently, there are over 9,000 pending evictions in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. The county has spent 80% of its allocation, exceeding federal requirements, and will seek additional funding to address the skyrocketing rental rates.
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State university system officials could soon replace physics on a list of degree programs whose courses are eligible for tuition and fee waivers. The waivers essentially function as buy-one-get-one tuition and fee breaks for students in 12-degree programs that the university system’s Board of Governors describes as aligning with “economic and workforce needs” of the state. The waivers only apply to upper-level courses in the programs. Physics has been among eight science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related degrees that have been part of the list. But in November, the Board of Governors made revisions, omitting physics.
– It’s a new era for Jessie Trice Community Health System (JTCHS)! In a vibrant atmosphere filled with energy and excitement, JTCHS introduced its new President and CEO, Ryan R. Hawkins, to the South Florida community. The event took place on June 11 at the JTCHS Barbara J. Jordan Community Health and Wellness Center.
The Florida Future Labor Leaders, a group affiliated with the AFL-CIO, also posted about the endorsement on Facebook Sunday, stating the group “is proud to announce an official Florida AFL-CIO endorsement of Mr. Stanley Campbell to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate seat.”
Florida A&M University (FAMU) announced Cateatra D. Mallard as the new Student Activities director.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether a Tennessee law restricting puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender children is unconstitutional, in a closely watched case that is almost certain to affect similar laws in Florida and more than a dozen other states.
Medicaid program spends to provide emergency health care to undocumented migrants has dropped significantly after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis launched a multi-pronged crackdown on illegal immigration amid his unsuccessful primary bid for president.
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“The Negro spirituals were so important to the enslaved African, who, as scripture would foretell, were brought into this ‘strange land’ having been asked to sing a new song. We understand that many of these enslaved Africans came to the Americas with different dialects, different languages that they spoke,” explains composer and Wayne State University music instructor Dr. Brandon Waddles in an interview with host A. J. Walker on Detroit PBS’ American Black Journal. “Music has always been a universal language. And coded therein, within these songs were messages; not only messages of hope, but messages that would lead these enslaved Africans to freedom.”
Myrtis Louise Hall Mason was a dedicated and committed teacher who started her teaching career in Armstrong, Florida (also in St. Johns County). She then moved to Excelsior Elementary in St. Augustine to teach, along with her husband, Otis, in the same classroom where she was once a student. Ironically enough, she taught just down the hall from her then mother-in-law, who was still working. She loved teaching students in first and second grades, where she could see their progress from the first day of school to the last. To this day, many former students credit her with patiently guiding their hands while learning to write their names.