Month: May 2021

Handwriting comparison experts compared handwriting from the check used to pay Jestine Iannotti’s campaign filing fees (top) with samples from a court case (bottom) involving Eric Foglesong, the political consultant who donated to Iannotti’s campaign. The experts said it’s likely the same person wrote the check as wrote the samples. ... Read More

“The 2021 voter suppression law is just the latest in a long line of voter suppression laws targeting Florida’s Black voters, Latino voters, and voters with disabilities.” said the lawsuit, which named Secretary of State Laurel Lee as the defendant. “For far too long, Florida’s lawmakers and elected officials have created a vast array of hurdles that have made it more difficult for these and other voters to make their voices heard.” ... Read More

Terrance Wilson, director of campus security at Florida Memorial University, discusses COVID-19 protocols in this June video. He has worked at Florida Memorial while also holding a job as area security manager for Broward schools. (Florida Memorial University Office of the President (YouTube screen grab)) ... Read More

“Many people consider Trump Doral to be unmatched from a gaming perspective — at 700 acres, properties just don’t exist of that size and quality in South Florida, let alone in the heart of Miami,” Eric Trump wrote in an email to the Washington Post. ... Read More

As of 8 p.m. Thursday, its odds of developing were 80% in the next two days and 80% in the next five days. On Friday, the low is expected to turn west-southwestward over warmer waters and will likely become a subtropical cyclone near and to the northeast of Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center said. By Saturday or Sunday, the low is forecast to move north into a more hostile environment. ... Read More

Current FDA policy requires men who have had sex with other men to wait three months from their last sexual encounter before donating because of lingering concerns over HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, the infection that causes AIDS. But all donated blood is already screened for HIV, along with roughly a dozen other illnesses, and technology can now detect even infections so new that the person hasn’t yet developed antibodies, the researchers said. ... Read More

Palm Beach County: Test results for residents were reported , leading to a daily positivity rate of %. That’s from % the previous day. Broward County: Test results for residents were reported , leading to a daily positivity rate of %. That’s from % the previous day. Miami-Dade County: Test results for residents were reported , leading to a daily positivity rate of %. That’s from % the previous day. ... Read More

“The Department of Homeland Security, like all executive agencies, must accomplish its mission while operating with finite resources,” Justice Department attorneys wrote in a court filing. “In fulfilling its charge to enforce U.S. immigration laws, it cannot arrest, detain, and remove all noncitizens unlawfully present in the United States. Thus, during every presidential administration, DHS invariably has had to make decisions over where it will dedicate its limited resources in order... Read More