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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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This year's winning entry is an emotional account of living with schizoaffective disorder, from a student at Miami Dade College.
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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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As war and conflict rage around the world, the artworks at “Loaded,” Farrow’s solo exhibition at VISU Contemporary Gallery on South Beach, are as relevant as ever. But his artistic inspiration is a tale as old as time.
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This month, the Education Fund got a boost of $50,000 from the LifeTime Foundation, a nonprofit run by a national fitness company, to expand and maintain the forests. Since the Food Forest Program started in 2015, 30 school in the county have planted food forests.
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A local library in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood is shutting down for about 10 months to undergo extensive renovations. However, the community will still be able to benefit from library services in the meantime.
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An investigation by The Associated Press has found that at least 17 people died in Florida over a decade following physical encounters with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative.
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Suspensions, internal affairs investigations, shootouts, dog bites, failure to follow procedure - and numerous commendations. Records obtained by WLRN offer sometimes mundane, sometimes revealing details about the candidates vying for the position.
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Miami-Dade County, officially served the eviction notice on the company running Miami Seaquarium after the lease agreement came to an end over the weekend.
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Hospitals and other medical facilities are increasingly turning to the expertise of healthcare architects, patients, their families, physicians and nurses. The University of Miami Health System has a growing volunteer group helping design more effective care facilities.
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Whittled from a list of eight locations, the selections by the Florida Museum of Black History Task Force will next undergo an analysis by the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University School of Architecture and Engineering Technology.
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About 200 job-seekers attended a job fair in Miami this week, where all of the employers were willing to hire people who've been previously incarcerated.