Hallandale Magnet High School is celebrating a major win – a $50,000 STEM Classroom Makeover Grant from Florida Power & Light Company (FPL). The school is one of just 20 across the state selected for this year’s expanded program, which is part of FPL’s $1 million investment to enhance STEM learning during its centennial year.
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Broward Partnership has been awarded nearly $1 million in grant funding to strengthen its workforce development initiatives and provide essential services for families experiencing homelessness. The Jim Moran Foundation has provided a $625,000 grant to enhance housing and support services for families in crisis through Broward Partnership’s Families First! Program, while the Community Foundation of Broward has awarded a $300,000 grant to support job training and employment resources within Broward Partnership’s Workforce Development Program.
Broward Education Foundation rolled out the hay bales and hospitality at its annual Hootenanny, presented by the Broward Teachers Union to honor more than 250 Broward County Public Schools teachers recognized for their exceptional creativity and innovation in the classroom.
The “It’s Our Time: A Pathway to Excellence” ceremony featured keynote speaker Captain Clevin Weekes.
From engaging campus tours to insightful admissions sessions, every stop on the journey was filled with learning and inspiration. The tour concluded with a powerful visit to the Florida State Capitol, where students explored the impact of civic engagement and the importance of using their voices to shape change.
Dozens of people attended a town hall at New Hope Baptist Church in Fort Lauderdale on April 9, 2025 to vent about their high utility bills and oppose FPL’s proposed $9 billion rate increase, the largest in U.S. history, if approved.
He’s carrying a quartet of bills this year, each designed to better safeguard at-risk kids. Some are repeats of measures he’s filed in years past. All would make the Sunshine State safer for those young people.
Republicans love to talk during their political campaigns and public pronouncements about “saving the children,” yet, to their eternal shame, Florida and many of the other states in the union also have a hunger — specifically, a child hunger — problem.
In Fort Lauderdale, a city rich in both civil rights history and athletic tradition, a proposed historical marker honoring long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad has sparked a heated and deeply personal debate—one that underscores the tension between honoring individual achievement and preserving collective memory.
The YMCA of South Florida hosts the annual FREE Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at seven YMCA locations across Broward and Miami-Dade counties.