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As Florida moves to drop vaccine mandates, pediatricians brace for more distrust
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (1328+ words) On an average day, a primary care pediatrician cycles through room after room treating anything from an allergic reaction, to a fever, to conducting a routine school physical. It’s a field that requires a dizzying amount of knowledge, spanning from…...
Miami will keep historic PanAm City Hall in Coconut Grove
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (389+ words) The historic Pan American Airlines terminal on Dinner Key in Miami will remain the city's primary city hall after a vote today to preserve the building's 70-year legacy. The terminal, with its marine white and blue facade and ceiling artwork…...
Judge: South Florida nurse who slammed Leavitt on TikTok should get fined
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (474+ words) TALLAHASSEE – An administrative law judge has recommended the Florida Department of Health reprimand and fine a nurse who posted a TikTok disparaging former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “As a labor and delivery nurse, it gives me great joy…...
Miami immigrant advocates want Sens. Moody and Scott to protect Haitian TPS holders from deportation
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (537+ words) Haitian community leaders, immigrant rights advocates, and local allies gathered outside Republican U.S. Senator Ashley Moody’s Miami office on Thursday morning to demand she help hundreds of thousands of Haitians whose temporary recently visas expired. They also announced a billboard campaign…...
Conductor Julian Wachner receives suspended sentence for possession of child sex abuse material
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (296+ words) This report includes mentions of sexual violence. The formerly prominent conductor Julian Wachner has been sentenced to nearly six years of probation after having pleaded guilty in July to five counts of possession of child sex abuse material and one…...
Miami-Dade County School Board adopts $7.4 billion budget and warns of 'difficult decisions' to come
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (448+ words) The Miami-Dade County School Board unanimously adopted a $7.4 billion budget for the 2026-27 school year, but board members said cuts are likely to come throughout the year as plummeting student enrollment shows no sign of improvement. The budget was pieced together…...
'A new dawn': New Miami-Dade school superintendent lays out priorities amid financial challenges
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (524+ words) A week since becoming the chief of Miami-Dade County schools, Rafael Villalobos on Tuesday passionately pitched his vision for the district to local leaders and educators. Despite the challenges the district faces — a concerning enrollment decline, the heated competition with…...
Palm Beach County's oldest theater gets a huge anonymous gift
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (334+ words) The Lake Worth Playhouse recently received a sizable gift from an anonymous resident for future investment. The playhouse is the oldest operating theater in the county. Its building was constructed by brothers Clarence and Lucien Oakley in 1924 to present silent…...
Is your student's Broward County school potentially closing? The district wants to hear from you
1+ week, 2+ day ago (177+ words) As it prepares for another round of school closures due to declining enrollment, Broward County Public Schools wants feedback from families. It has planned to host seven community meetings this month, in which residents can air their concerns and present…...
On his first day, Miami-Dade superintendent hits pause on school closures, consolidations
1+ week, 4+ day ago (362+ words) On the first day of the new job, Miami-Dade County Schools Superintendent Rafael Villalobos pauses the process examining potential closures and consolidations for more than two dozen schools. Last week, the district’s Attendance Boundary Committee released a document naming 12 schools…...