The latest breaking news, stories and features from Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pompano Beach, Sunrise, Miramar, Davie, Weston, Coral Springs and the rest of Broward County from the award-winning team at South Florida's NPR member station.
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Negotiations have turned sour between Broward Sheriff's office and the City of Deerfield Beach. Both sides have traded barbs, including claims of misinformation and alleged threats of violence.
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The grant termination comes as North Perry Airport's safety record is under increased scrutiny.
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Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia said he was “not at liberty to say” which city or county governments the allegations target.
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Prosecutors accused a South Florida doctor and pharmacists of selling millions of pills illegally for years. WLRN tried to figure out why the state’s pill mill laws did not flag issues sooner.
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An ICE report says Marie-Ange Blaise, 44, died after refusing to take blood pressure medicine. Her son said she couldn't get seen by a doctor for chest pains.
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Programs like Broward's transportation surtax and climate change mitigation efforts are under scrutiny from the state task force as their audit gets underway.
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The Florida Department of Transportation slashed the funding of the rail service by almost $30 million. Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties have been asked to step up but appear unable to bridge the gap. Chief executive David Dech tells WLRN what the future holds for the service.
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Calls to 911 from the Broward Transitional Center, an ICE detention facility in Pompano Beach, are on pace to double from last year, according to an analysis of emergency-call data by The Tributary, a trend that some lawmakers, immigration-rights groups and attorneys attribute to a system that is overwhelmed and operating with little oversight.
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Amid contract talks, Memorial Healthcare halts post-deadline appointments for Florida Blue customersThe insurer has notified about 31,000 clients they may lose in-network access to the Broward health network if a new deal isn't reached by Sept. 1. For now, no appointments after that date are being made.
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The $500 committed to each school sparked debate among school board members — who worry that $500 doesn’t cover the scope of student meal debt or solve student hunger.
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Newly appointed State CFO and FL DOGE will conduct on-site audits of local governments throughout the state. DeSantis has long criticized what he calls Broward County's "massive" budget increases.
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Residents in a Miami suburb used an ax, fire extinguisher and garden hose to rescue four people from a small plane that crashed into a tree. It was yet another mishap near a busy South Florida airport. Angelo Castillo, the mayor of Pembroke Pines, says the response Sunday night was “heroic.” But he is frustrated. Castillo says there have been more than 30 crashes in the past five years on or around North Perry Airport in Broward County.