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Miami-Dade County Public Schools is the largest employer in a community that's been called "ground zero" for climate change. The school district is now creating a new sustainability officer position to help guide its conservation and resiliency efforts.
NEWS
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School supplies cost an average of $850 during the 2021-2022 school year — an amount that's totally out of reach for many. Now qualifying families in Palm Beach County can sign up to get help with school supplies at an upcoming giveaway event.
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Property insurance rates are skyrocketing and Florida lawmakers promise action.
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This month’s Sundial Book Club pick takes us to Miami in the 80s with an iconic hotel at the center of the story of this wild and significant time in the city’s history.
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Amid a spike in demand for locally-sourced foods, the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is offering a free education program for budding and seasoned agricultural entrepreneurs about how to market their small-growing operations in the digital consumer era.
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The state Department of Economic Opportunity released a report Friday that showed the April unemployment rate was down from 3.2 percent in March.
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Florida A&M University (FAMU) has been selected to help launch the HBCU Transformation Project. It's designed to drive long-term progress across HBCUs and impact the Black economy.
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Boeing’s Starliner capsule has left the ground and is on its way to the International Space Station. It comes after nearly a two and a half year delay of a critical test flight for the vehicle designed to fly NASA astronauts.
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Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office this week asked a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling that blocked key parts of a 2019 law that banned so-called sanctuary cities in Florida.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law a measure that will increase sentences for trafficking fentanyl and could lead to dealers facing death sentences or life in prison if methamphetamine they distribute kills someone.
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Florida’s annual Lionfish Challenge runs through September 6th. The free tournament rewards participants for removing invasive lionfish from Florida waters.
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A digital log believed to be linked to the accused Buffalo gunman documents six months of planning the terrorist attack. Researchers are looking through it and asking: Were there any red flags?
Sundial
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Miami-Dade’s Mayor takes on housing and climate challenges. A preview of the upcoming hurricane season. And this month’s Sundial Book Club pick takes us to Miami in the 80s with stories about drugs, disco and debauchery.
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The inside on what Congress is doing about condo reform and abortion access. The families of victims of the Surfside condo collapse will get nearly $1 billion. How will that money be divided? And how the Miami Marlins are doing on the field and off the field.
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