MIAMI – Florida lawmakers are proposing to increase punishment for DUI offenders. A bill is being discussed during the Legislative Session that would levy a heftier fine of $500 against first ...

MIAMI – With Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for Haitian migrants set to end in August 2025, U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and fellow Democrats are urging the President Donald Trump ...

MIAMI – Two bills filed by Democratic lawmakers in the Florida Legislature would allow divorce proceedings to be decided by a jury trial. If the bill, sponsored by state Senator Lori Berman (D ...

MIAMI – Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen has been appointed vice chair of the Haitian American Voter Engagement for the Florida Democratic Party. Metayer Bowen, 37, will assist in ...

Kampala, Uganda (AP) — Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa. No disease is deadlier on the continent, especially for children. But the Trump administration’s decision to ...

My grandfather’s first cousin was Lt. Col. Howard Lee Baugh. Cousin Howard was part of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first unit of the Tuskegee Airmen. This month marks the 84th anniversary of ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Teachers in Broward County will get a pay hike. The Broward County School Board voted to give teachers and other eligible employees a three percent salary increase.

MIAMI – Miami-Dade County residents have an opportunity to become financial savvy. The Miami-Dade County Community Action and Human Services Department (CAHSD) and Dade County Federal Credit ...

Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from hantavirus infection, officials in New Mexico announced Friday. Hantavirus, found throughout the world, is spread by contact with rodents or their ...

Miami – A Fla. senator is championing a bill which would lift the burden of taxpayers struggling to pay property taxes amid rising rates that hit a record high in 2023. Amid the Fla. legislative ...

MIAMI – Leisure City K-8 Center Principal Walter C. Hall was awarded the Florida TaxWatch’s Principal Leadership Award (PLA), which honors the most successful school leaders from high-risk ...

Photo (left to right) Miami-Dade Commissioner Keon Hardemon, former Miami-Dade Commissioner Audrey Edmonson, attorney H.T. Smith and Commissioners Marleine Bastien and Kionne McGhee. MIAMI ...