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Jim RosicaOctober 5, 2018

Reversing a state court ruling, a federal judge in Tallahassee on Friday threw out a lawsuit by The Miami Herald seeking records related to a deadly bridge collapse at Florida International University. In a 47-page ruling, Senior U.S. District Judge William Stafford dismissed the case “with prejudice,” meaning the newspaper can’t re-file it. The federal government […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 19, 2018

Miami-Dade voters looking to skip the line on Election Day just got some good news, as Mayor Carlos Gimenez on Wednesday announced the creation of a new early voting site on the campus of Florida International University. Previously, campuses were barred from serving as early voting locations. That ban was struck down in July. Though the […]

Peter SchorschAugust 6, 2018

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The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (FRLA) on Monday said it had hired Guilherme Cunha as Regional Director of its Central Florida chapter. “Cunha brings extensive experience in event management and fundraising as well as a proven track record in tourism development to the association promoting the Sunshine State’s largest industry,” a press release said. […]

Jim RosicaJuly 27, 2018

The federal government is now ‘missing in action’ in a lawsuit over records on March’s pedestrian bridge collapse at Florida International University that killed six people. U.S. Attorney Christopher P. Canova of the Northern District of Florida had asked a Tallahassee judge to delay any rulings while his office decides whether to get involved in […]

Jim RosicaJune 28, 2018

The federal government is asking a Tallahassee judge to delay any rulings while it decides whether to get involved in a lawsuit over records on March’s pedestrian bridge collapse at Florida International University that killed six people. U.S. Attorney Christopher P. Canova of north Florida had first sent a notice on June 15 to Circuit Judge […]

Jim RosicaJune 19, 2018

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for north Florida has told a Tallahassee judge it now “is considering participation” in a lawsuit by The Miami Herald seeking records on March’s bridge collapse at Florida International University that killed six people. U.S. Attorney Christopher P. Canova sent a notice dated June 15 to Circuit Judge John Cooper saying […]

Ryan NicolMay 23, 2018

A preliminary report shows the National Transportation Safety Board is still searching for answers as to the cause of the deadly Florida International University bridge collapse. The report highlights areas the NTSB will focus on in determining the cause of the accident, noting, “The NTSB is evaluating the bridge design, the construction process, and the […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerMay 13, 2018

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Florida’s public universities graduated 57 percent of low-income students receiving federal Pell Grants in six years, but that trailed the graduation rate of non-Pell students, a new study shows. The analysis by Third Way, a Washington, D.C.- based think tank, used newly reported federal data to track a 2010 cohort of first-time, full-time Pell students […]

Jim RosicaMay 5, 2018

A lawyer for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has told a Tallahassee judge that “at least two federal agencies” and Miami-Dade police are pursuing criminal investigations into March’s collapse of a pedestrian bridge at the Florida International University campus. The disclosure came in a letter sent this week to Circuit Judge John Cooper, who’s presiding […]

Scott PowersMarch 30, 2018

In anticipation of Gov. Rick Scott‘s entry as the leading Republican candidate in this year’s U.S. Senate race, Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto and state Sen. Gary Farmer on Friday accused him of avoiding responsibility in the Hollywood Hills, Parkland, and Florida International University tragedies. “There is a stark contrast in how each man takes responsibility […]

Tag: Florida International University

Judge tosses Miami Herald suit over FIU bridge records

Miami-Dade County adds early voting site at FIU

Personnel note: Guilherme Cunha joins FRLA

Feds now MIA in FIU bridge records case

Feds still deliberating entering lawsuit over FIU bridge records

Feds weigh entering lawsuit over FIU bridge records

NTSB releases preliminary report on FIU bridge collapse

Pell Grant students trail in graduation rates

NTSB confirms local, federal criminal investigation into FIU bridge collapse

Democrats portraying Rick Scott as unaccountable in tragedies