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Broward County Public Schools' Redefining Our Schools initiative is meant to slow the downward spiral of declining enrollment and deteriorating services. But at a town hall this week, some parents said the proposed changes would push them to do just what district leaders are hoping to prevent — to pull their children out of BCPS and place them in private school.
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Broward County commissioners have awarded a Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport contract to sole bidder Tutor Perini Building. The county has five lawsuits against the construction company over previous projects, including allegations of fraud and defects in work.
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Panama's right-wing president-elect, José Raúl Mulino, has pledged to block the Darién jungle passage — a route many Venezuelan migrants use today en route to South Florida.
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Six local filmmakers were chosen for Third Horizon Forward in 2023 and the short films they made with the program funds will be screened on the festival’s opening night at the Pérez Art Museum Miami on May 9.
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Dallas-based Steward Health Care filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Among its hospitals: four in Miami-Dade County and one in Broward County.
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As Hurricane Preparedness Week gets underway, emergency managers are urging Floridians to assess their homes and fortify any vulnerable areas; organize and safeguard all important papers and items; double-check your home-insurance policy; prepare an emergency kit; identify if you live in an evacuation zone.
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A new Florida law prohibits many Chinese citizens from buying homes because of national security concerns. Critics say it has fueled discrimination and chilled the local property market.
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When the Center for Arts & Innovation in Boca Raton unveiled its new conceptual design by a Pritzker prize winning architecture firm, officials said it was a new window into what the building could mean for the community.
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Federal student loan borrowers number about 2.7 million in Florida and they owe more than $103 billion. Nationwide, more than 43 million borrowers owe a collective $1.7 trillion, according to the latest data, with the average amount per borrower topping $37,000.
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Broward County Public Schools officials are drafting plans to address the district's years-long decline in enrollment. BCPS will hold a series of town halls on May 6 - 9 to gather community input on the proposals.
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Quiet zones are happening in northern Palm Beach County — except in Lake Park.
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Florida Keys officials say a public ferry from Miami to Key West is no longer likely, but an inter-island boat system, an overhauled bus network and a new on demand car service are still in the works, alongside the reconstruction of the iconic Seven Mile Bridge.
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Wildlife officials said after more than three weeks of care at Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota, the sawfish — brought in after first-of-its kind rescue — was euthanized as its condition deteriorated.
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“We hear a lot about what's going on back home in terms of the violence, and the pain, and the fear, but we don't hear enough about ... how much beauty and delight there is in being Haitian and in growing up in Haiti,” said M.J. Fievre, a local author taking part in the Little Haiti Book Festival on May 5.