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Palm Beach County commissioners debate how to spend millions in Housing Bond Loan Program funds on new housing development projects, unanimously voting on a few projects while tabling others.
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A new consultant’s report that analyzed three potential sites — at the original Doral location, at the defunct Opa-locka West Airport and in an industrial tract in Medley — will only add fuel to the fire of the ongoing debate.
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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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Scientists believe modern flamingos, which state wildlife officials do not believe are native, are reclaiming their historic range and want the birds reclassified. A new Audubon count has raised their optimism.
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About 50 people descended on Palm Beach Gardens City Hall to express outrage over the decision to lease the city’s oldest park to a private group to build an ice-rink complex.
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Public colleges and universities across Florida are closing down diversity, equity and inclusion programs, in response to changes in state law. At Florida Atlantic University, that led to the closure of the Center for IDEAs. But now students are bringing new life to the space.
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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.