Category: Broward News

Parnas and Correia had been charged along with two other men, Igor Fruman and Andrew Kukushkin, a Ukrainian-born U.S. citizen, in a scheme to make illegal campaign donations to local and federal politicians in New York, Nevada and other states to try to win support for a new recreational marijuana business. ... Read More

Image from “Responsibility,” an ad from Priorities USA Action starting in Florida on Friday. The super PAC is buying a week of statewide broadcast television, funded by a $5.4 million donation from Mike Bloomberg as part of his recently announced $100 million spending in the Sunshine State to support Democratic nominee Joe Biden and defeat President Donald Trump. (Priorities USA/Courtesy) ... Read More

Grounded Spirit airliners are parked at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport in April, The Miramar-based airline received $330 million as part of a massive federal aid program designed to spare the nation’s airline industry from a financial collapse driven by the coronavirus pandemic. On Sept. 19, Spirit will resume flights to Colombia for the first time since international flight restrictions. (Joe Cavaretta / South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More

A gun buyer fills out federal background check paperwork. Attorneys for the state of Florida and the National Rifle Association this month detailed dueling arguments about the constitutionality of a Florida law that prevents people under age 21 from buying guns, a law that was enacted after the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images) ... Read More

The Republican senators said in a news release that the intent is to provide “one year of stability for families who are already dealing with enough change with virtual learning, work from home, and other disruptions the COVID-19 pandemic has placed into our daily lives.” ... Read More

Jenie Barbato was discovered by deputies who were conducting a welfare check about 9:20 p.m at her residence in the West Palm Beach retirement community. Through a shattered window, they could see her lying motionless on the floor in a pool of blood, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. ... Read More

In this Feb. 5, 2020, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at a campaign event in Providence, R.I. Bloomberg has come through on his vow to spend “whatever it takes” to defeat President Donald Trump. The former presidential candidate has pledged to spend $100 million in Florida to boost Joe Biden there. (David Goldman/AP) ... Read More

Mary Mayhew, Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration at a news conference on COVID-19 in June at Florida International University in Miami. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at a roundtable discussion on coronavirus in nursing homes in Jacksonville on Aug. 4, 2020. In recent days, the DeSantis administration has announced it is eliminating state-supported every-other-week testing of workers in long-term care facilities and that it is shuttering 23 COVID-19 nursing facilities... Read More

U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel (second from left) a Palm Beach County Democrat joins House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (in yellow) on July 18, 2019, in support of increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Florida voters will vote on a referendum in the 2020 presidential election that would increase the $8.56 an hour Florida minimum wage to $15 over six years. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) ... Read More

Siri said she wanted to catch a glimpse of Biden’s entourage, including singer Ricky Martin, as they arrived to show them the community’s support. By the time of Biden’s scheduled arrival, she’d been standing near U.S. Highway 192 for two hours. ... Read More