Category: Broward News

Disney, which has more than 60,000 employees in Central Florida, is joining a growing list of major companies mandating COVID-19 vaccinations. Others include Google, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, Saks Fifth Avenue, Lyft and Uber, according to a report from CNN. ... Read More

Florida’s new daily COVID case count hit a high on Wednesday not seen since the post-holiday surge in January, with 17,589 new cases. More than 7,000 people have been hospitalized with the virus in the last week and another 1,500 are suspected COVID hospital admissions, according to a White House report released July 26. ... Read More

Some caecilians live largely underground. But other species, such as the one found in Miami, prefer warm, slow-moving bodies of water with aquatic vegetation, which fits the description the Tamiami canal where the amphibian was netted in good health during a routine survey. ... Read More

The results of the Florida Standards Assessment, released Thursday, show especially dramatic declines in math, with the proficiency rates for third to eighth graders falling in Broward County from 63% in 2019 to 45% this year. That 18-point plunge is the second-largest drop in the state, just below a 19-point drop in Gadsten County, in the Panhandle. ... Read More

“The traffic is indicative of the concerns people have with regard to the increase in positive cases,” said Mike Jachles, public information officer for the City of Fort Lauderdale. “If you are coming to get tested, plan ahead, pack a little patience, and have a full tank of gas.” ... Read More

As for other counties, including Miami-Dade and Broward, which imposed indoor mask mandates at county facilities Wednesday and Thursday, “It is not the role of any level of government – local, state, or federal – to micromanage individuals’ decisions or fine people for declining to wear a face covering,” Pushaw said. ... Read More

Tom Feeney, president and CEO of Associated Industries of Florida, at his Tallahassee office, on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. The nonprofit’s Adams Street headquarters was listed on paperwork for two PACs involved in the “ghost” candidate controversy. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel) ... Read More

Miami resident and nurse Teresa Ripoll lends a hand in removing the tails from 60 lobsters caught by the team of five divers after their early start and return to Matheson Hammock Park Marina on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Miami. There’s a 12-lobster limit in Florida, except in Monroe County and Biscayne National Park, where the limit is six per person. The two-day lobster mini season started for residents and visitors to get their share of lobsters ahead of the commercial and regular... Read More

Until Friday, guests will operate under the same procedures: masks are optional for fully vaccinated guests in most areas except on resort transportation, including the Skyliner, monorail and buses. Guests who are not fully vaccinated are expected to wear face coverings while indoors and upon entering attractions and transportation, per Disney’s guidelines. Disney does not require proof of visitor vaccination. ... Read More

Broward has thus far been an outlier on the issue. Most if not all other districts in the state had already announced that masks would be optional, including Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, Orange, Hillsborough and Duval counties. Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said his district is reconsidering the issue in light of the new CDC recommendation but hasn’t made any decisions yet. ... Read More