Scott PowersFebruary 6, 2019
7min473
Gulf State had to pay $800,000 for emergency building repairs after Hurricane Michael.
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Scott PowersFebruary 6, 2019
Lloyd DunkelbergerJanuary 29, 2018
4min537
The Florida college system would remain under the State Board of Education in a proposal approved Friday by a panel of the Constitution Revision Commission. The commission’s Education Committee approved a measure (Proposal 83), sponsored by Commissioner Nicole Washington of Miami Beach, that would put the existing governance system for the 28 state and community […]
Scott PowersJune 9, 2017
2min492
The budget package deal that gave Gov. Rick Scott the $85 million he wants for a Florida Job Growth Grant Fund also restored cut funding sought by Florida colleges and universities for 17 different projects, including funding for medical marijuana research. The research money, $1.69 million will go to the University of Florida Health Center […]
Associated PressDecember 11, 2016
5min260
Former Attorney General Janet Reno, the first woman to hold the top Justice Department job who died last month, never took the easy way out when making the tougher decision was the right thing to do, ex-President Bill Clinton said at a memorial service Sunday. Clinton, who appointed Reno in 1993, told several hundred friends, […]
Jim RosicaAugust 15, 2016
5min359
Miami art dealer Gary Nader has filed a bid protest against Miami Dade College after losing out on a multi-million-dollar development project on campus, according to paperwork obtained by FloridaPolitics.com Sunday. The idea for the project began as Nader’s own unsolicited pitch to the school last May: To build a world-class Latin American art museum […]
Peter SchorschAugust 14, 2016
6min483
Gary Nader, the Lebanon-born, Dominican-raised publisher and philanthropist, has risen to become one of the art world’s most significant figures. Now, what occupies Nader is an even more ambitious project: The Nader Latin American Art Museum (LAAM) at Miami-Dade College. The $900 million museum, set to open late in 2016 or early 2017, will be […]
Peter SchorschAugust 5, 2016
6min355
What was the brain trust at Miami Dade College thinking? Hopefully you’ve read Jim Rosica’s recent summing up of a high-profile and high-powered duel going on in Miami between two titans of art and business (with kudos to the Miami Herald’s numerous stories). To recap, Miami art dealer Gary Nader has been in a running […]
Jim RosicaAugust 2, 2016
13min300
Two multi-millionaire art aficionados are dueling over creating Miami’s newest museum, leading to a bid protest that could be filed later this week. The fight over money, land and prestige pits Miami art dealer Gary Nader against developer Jorge Pérez, CEO of Related Group, with their running battle largely playing out in the pages of the Miami Herald. Among other things, […]
Peter SchorschSeptember 7, 2015
7min359
Amid the parades and barbecues, the meaning of Labor Day often gets lost on contemporary Americans, particularly in Florida, where unions scarcely carry political or cultural clout outside of Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties. But as we celebrate the holiday, let’s take a moment to honor those who persevered through dangerous working conditions and violent […]
Bob SparksSeptember 3, 20157min244
Vice President Joe Biden visited Florida this week supposedly to do what vice presidents do. He came to raise money for Democrats and talk about a college readiness policy initiative on behalf of President Obama. The media interest in his Florida stop centered not on the traditional role of a vice president, but whether he […]