Nursing-Home Deaths Spotlight Weakened Laws to Protect Elderly
Even though a fully functioning hospital was across the street, eight residents died in a sweltering nursing home without air-conditioning in the Miami suburb of Hollywood, while calls for help…
Florida Calls on Volunteer Nurses for Irma Relief
Gov. Rick Scott has taken to Twitter with his plea for 1,000 volunteer nurses to help the state’s special needs shelters in the wake of Hurricane Irma. “We’ve done everything…
Fight to Protect Florida’s Undocumented Injured Workers
Florida is supposed to provide workers’ compensation benefits to all workers despite their legal status, but some employers and insurance companies have found a way to beat the system. An…
DeVos Avoids Visiting Public Schools in Florida’s Capital
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, a controversial champion of private schools, is causing a stir in Florida’s capital city, since it appears she’s bypassing any visits to traditional public schools….
Will Florida Utility Customers Pay Now for Future Power?
A federal appeals court hears arguments this week in a case challenging a Florida law that leaves utility customers on the hook for speculative nuclear projects. The controversial nuclear cost-recovery…
Comment Period Ending for Offshore Drilling
The comment period on a plan by the Trump administration to undo Obama-era protections for the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans ends this week. President Trump has vowed to take steps…
Demanding Rep. Diaz-Balart Defund Hate, Protect DACA and TPS
The president’s FY18 budget would make drastic cuts to healthcare, education and other programs that help people put food on the table, and instead includes billions of dollars for immigration…
Terminally-Ill Domestic Worker Awaits ICE Decision
Reina Gómez, an undocumented domestic worker leader from Honduras who migrated to South Florida over 12 years, has been living a nightmare in the past month due to ICE’s new…
Allergies and Asthma in Florida Worsened by Bad Air Days
Are your allergies acting up this summer? A new report says almost a quarter of Floridians live in counties plagued by a combination of high ragweed pollen levels and excessive…
Warning About Future of DACA, TPS Recipients is Uncertain
The fate of the temporary protections provided to more than 1.5 million Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, is in jeopardy, following DHS…