Christine Jordan SextonJuly 13, 2020
3min1782
The question is: Are there enough nurses to help?
Tag: Jackson Memorial Hospital
Christine Jordan SextonJuly 13, 2020
Ryan NicolMay 6, 2020
4min1047
Efforts began Wednesday with deliveries to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Renzo DowneyApril 27, 2020
5min366
The Governor's executive order banning those procedures ends May 8.
Florence SnyderMay 22, 2017
3min356
In 1960s Dade County, men who were privileged to be newspaper columnists could — and did — mock “women’s libbers” like Roxcy Bolton in the pages of the Miami Herald. Department stores could — and did — have fancy private dining rooms open only to men. Banks could — and did — deny credit cards […]
Peter SchorschJuly 30, 2016
7min446
When a community’s largest “safety net” hospital receives terrible quality scores from federal reviewers, you’d expect the local paper to take the gloves off with this news. You know, to ensure residents can make informed choices and avoid unnecessary harm. Not so the Miami Herald, which released Thursday what better resembles a long list of […]
Peter SchorschNovember 10, 2015
5min1482
Campaign finance reports for the month of October were due Tuesday; one such report that is worth taking note of is the fundraising for Miami-Dade County Mayor, Carlos Gimenez. Gimenez, who is up for re-election in 2016 and formally announced his campaign Oct. 1, posted an eye-popping $1.2 million for the month, between his campaign […]
Ryan RayAugust 12, 2015
3min425
The lobbying practice led by longtime Adams Street fixture Ron Book continued to net some of the largest earnings figures in all of Florida lobbying this past quarter: His firm took in $2,015,000 in lobbying fees, according to estimates based on a compensation report submitted Tuesday. The Ronald L. Book PA firm led by its namesake had a legislative […]
Mitch PerryApril 8, 2015
3min182
Legislation that would authorize the University of Miami and its affiliates to establish a single sterile needle and syringe exchange pilot program in Miami-Dade County as a means to prevent the transmission of blood-borne diseases passed unanimously in a Senate committee this morning. The bill (SB 1040) is being advanced by Palm Gardens Democrat Oscar Braynon, It’s […]
Christine Jordan SextonMarch 9, 2015
5min189
Behind the scenes of a looming budget stalemate it turns out Florida and officials of the federal government are negotiating a revamped funding formula for hospitals that could cause a dramatic change of fortune for them. Florida has already been told it won’t receive the more than $1 billion in federal aid it has been […]
Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 8, 20153min178
Two billion dollars used to fund health care in Florida is at risk of being eliminated if the federal government doesn’t agree to extend a pool of money used to help fund health care for low income Floridians. Authority for the Low Income Pool expires June 30 and renewal negotiations with the federal government to […]