FEATURED NEWS
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Government agencies across the state stopped deducting union dues directly from paychecks when a new law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis' went into effect last year. But MDC's president told WLRN the school's union contracts require it — a tension that experts say remains an 'open question.'
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In segregation days, the Ace Theater in Coconut Grove was the black community’s showplace for movies and entertainment events. The historic venue served that role from the 1930s into the 1950s and until its closure.
- Why does TB have such a hold on the Inuit communities of the Canadian Arctic?
- Whistleblower Joshua Dean, who raised concerns about Boeing jets, dies at 45
- Biden says he supports the right to protest but denounces 'chaos' and hate speech
- NYC mayor says 'outside agitators' are co-opting Columbia protests—students disagree
FLORIDA NEWS
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As a Florida law took effect Wednesday preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in Jacksonville --- another sign of the political importance of abortion issues in the 2024 elections.
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The Biden administration says it'll cancel $6 billion in student loans for people who attended the Art Institutes, a system of for-profit colleges that closed the last of its campuses in 2023 amid accusations of fraud. At its height, the chain had campuses across the country, including in New York, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles.
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The new map was drawn up alongside voting rights advocates after more than a year of tense litigation over a redistricting effort that a federal judge called "racially gerrymandered." The deal includes a federal settlement agreement that would take taxpayers' total bill close to $3 million.
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