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Ryan NicolJune 26, 2018

Bill Nelson has been asking questions since last week about the 70 migrant children housed at a Homestead facility after being separated from their parents. On Tuesday, he was able to get some answers during an interview with Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar. The conversation, which took place during a Senate Finance […]

Staff ReportsJune 22, 2018

U.S. officials provided a glimpse Friday into a South Florida facility housing more than 1,000 teenage migrants, seeking to dispel any suggestions that children are being mistreated. Private contractors who run the center for unaccompanied minors in Homestead showed journalists around the campus like-complex for about an hour. Journalists were not permitted to interview the […]

Ryan NicolJune 21, 2018

After being denied access Tuesday to a Homestead facility housing migrant children, Sen. Bill Nelson says he is being granted a tour of the facility by Health and Human Services (HHS) officials. That tour will take place Saturday. Nelson arrived at the center earlier in the week with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and incoming Florida House […]

Ryan NicolJune 20, 2018

President Donald Trump appears to give in to widespread criticism over his administration’s policy of separating thousands of migrant children from their families. Trump said Wednesday he will sign an executive order ending the controversial policy. “We are going to sign an executive order in a little while to keep families together, but we have […]

Scott PowersJune 20, 2018

Four and potentially all five of Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial candidates could wind up marching arm-in-arm – at least metaphorically – in Homestead this weekend at a rally protesting President Donald Trump‘s policy to separate immigrant children from their families. In quick order Wednesday morning, in a line of falling campaign dominoes, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum […]

Scott PowersJune 19, 2018

“This practice needs to stop now,” declared Gov. Rick Scott in strong opposition to President Donald Trump‘s immigration policy leading to the separation of children from families, In a letter Tuesday to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Scott claimed no direct knowledge of what is going on at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, […]

Ryan NicolJune 19, 2018

Sen. Bill Nelson and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz say they were denied access Tuesday to a Homestead facility housing around 1,000 migrant children, despite earlier assurances they would be allowed entry. “Heading to Homestead, Florida tomorrow to check on the roughly 1,000 migrant children reportedly being held there,” Nelson wrote yesterday on Twitter. He also criticized […]

Ryan NicolJune 8, 2018

Jeff Porter, the three-term mayor of Homestead, is stepping down from his post effective early next year after submitting a resignation letter last night. That’s according to a report from the Miami Herald. Porter declared his intention to run for Florida Agriculture Commissioner back in January. State law requires candidates to resign before running for […]

Danny McAuliffeJune 4, 2018

As its name suggests, Amendment 2 Is For Everybody — the campaign supporting the second proposal on the November ballot — is spreading the word that voting in favor of Amendment 2 would benefit all Floridians. The campaign hosted a Facebook Live panel on Monday with private-industry tax experts who claimed Amendment 2, which seeks to […]

Staff ReportsMay 4, 2018

What’s called “the largest municipal-backed solar project in the nation” was announced Friday by the Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA). In conjunction with 12 Florida municipal electric utilities and NextEra Florida Renewables, the large-scale solar energy project will “provide renewable energy for customers in the most cost-effective way,” a press release said. The project was announced […]

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