isit Florida, the state’s tourism marketing arm, has a $368,000 contract for ‘protecting and growing visitor volume from Mexico to Florida.’ Ana Goñi-Lessan Tallahassee Democrat the state of Florida, hoping to boost tourism from Mexico, is ready to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to increase “legal” travel from south of the border. Visit Florida, Read More…
New overtime rule expanded for millions of workers Ariana Figueroa Florida Phoenix The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a new overtime rule that will make millions of salaried workers eligible for overtime pay, impacting approximately 4 million workers in its first year of implementation and establishing updates to salary requirements The U.S. Department of Read More…
T-Mobile Install 9 Cell Antennas Near Playground Locked Into 31-Year Contract A private school in San Diego signed a contract with T-Mobile to install hidden antennas only 20 feet above the school’s playground. Parents said they didn’t find out until a parent accidentally saw them while the school was closed for a holiday break. 7483 PAGEVIEWS Read More…
WUFT | By Adrian Carmona (Adrian Carmona/WUFT) David Richardson, the dean of the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Lawrence Barnett, president of Florida Gateway College, signed the agreement bringing the Going Gator initiative to the Lake City state college on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Florida Gateway College president, Lawrence Barnett, and University Read More…
UNFORGETTABLE BLACK HISTORY: 2018- The Youngest Judge in Pennsylvania at Age 27 In 2018, at the age of 27, Judge Hanif Johnson made history as the youngest judge ever elected in the state of Pennsylvania, driven by his personal encounters with law enforcement. During his teenage years, Johnson found himself in handcuffs on multiple occasions, Read More…
‘They are so scared of a pregnant patient, that the emergency medicine staff won’t even look. They just want these people gone.’ One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, Read More…
David Masson pictured before (L) and after (R) quitting alcohol.© David Masson The first time I drank alcohol, I was disgusted by the taste. But I felt something happen. I felt good about myself. Alcohol became my answer. Alcohol allowed me to be a person that I liked. Throughout high school, I waited for the weekend Read More…
By National Urban League ST. PETERSBURG (Jan. 29, 2024) – Nikki Gaskin-Capehart, the newly appointed President and CEO of the Pinellas County Urban League (St. Petersburg, FL), has embarked on a comprehensive strategic planning initiative aimed at shaping the organization’s direction through 2030. Taking over from the late Rev. Watson Haynes, a prominent civil rights Read More…
I went to curt and lost an eviction. The constable is due on Monday, but the landlord entered today and put my guest and my dog out. Can he be charged? Yes. The landlord cannot interfere. You have a date to be out set by the court and the landlord cannot try to speed that Read More…
My neighbor keeps playing his stereo so loud I can hear the bass noise in my living room with doors and windows closed even though I live across the street. What can I do? My neighbor across the street used to do this.i went out on my porch at 2 am once and called the Read More…
