Racist text messages referencing slavery raise alarms in multiple states and prompt investigations

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 8, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By AYANNA ALEXANDER, ALI SWENSON and GARY FIELDS WASHINGTON (AP) — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies. The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. They generally used a similar tone but varied in wording. Some instructed the recipient to show up at an address at a particular time “with your belongings,” while others...

Control of the US House hangs in the balance with enormous implications for Trump’s agenda

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 7, 2024. Posted in Election Night Links, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House majority hung in the balance Wednesday, teetering between Republican control that would usher in a new era of unified GOP governance in Washington or a flip to Democrats as a last line of resistance to a Trump second-term White House agenda. A few individual seats, or even a single one, will determine the outcome. Final tallies will take a while, likely pushing the decision into next week — or beyond. After Republicans swept into the majority in the U.S. Senate by picking up seats in West Virginia, Ohio and Montana,...

What’s next for Fort Lauderdale: Four election winners discuss biggest steps ahead

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 7, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News, Politics.

Fort Lauderdale’s sometimes nasty election cycle saw political rivals attacking incumbents, railing against overdevelopment, broken sewer pipes and nightmarish gridlock. They promised change. But on Tuesday, three out of the four incumbents declared victory. Dean Trantalis, an attorney elected mayor of Fort Lauderdale six years ago, won a third and final term. Incumbents John Herbst and Steve Glassman won their commission races for the District 1 and 2 seats. And Ben Sorensen, a former commissioner who stepped down in 2022 to run for Congress, easily knocked out incumbent Warren Sturman for...

Palm Beach County re-elects mayor and two new faces to the commission

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 6, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

Palm Beach County will keep its mayor and welcome two new faces to the county commission. Current Democratic mayor Maria Sachs led the way in the polls Tuesday night with 795 of 799 precincts reporting as of 9:30 p.m., defeating her Republican opponent John Fischer. Sachs will continue representing District 5 on the commission, which encompasses West Boca and West Delray. She ran again to continue the projects she said she began during her first term. Sachs said her priorities heading into another mayoral term will be affordable and workforce housing, smart development and alleviating the...

Cox, Stern locked in close race to replace Palm Beach State Attorney Aronberg

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 6, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News, Politics.

Democrat Alexcia Cox and Republican Sam Stern were locked in a tight race for Palm Beach State Attorney Tuesday night, with early and absentee voting results giving Cox a head start and Stern closing the gap to within a percentage point with most of the Election Day votes tallied. The race was destined to defy easy prediction. While Democrats hold a registration advantage in the county, Republicans have recently shown the ability to carry a majority. Gov. Ron DeSantis defeated Democratic challenger Charlie Crist in Palm Beach two years ago. This year, with Palm Beach resident Donald Trump...

Gossett-Seidman wins reelection in House District 91 race in Palm Beach County

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 6, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News, Politics.

State Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman, R-Highland Beach, won a second term Tuesday in Florida’s House District 91 race. She defeated Democratic candidate Jay Shooster. District 91 represents a large swatch of southern Palm Beach County, including Boca Raton, Highland Beach and reaching farther west toward West Boca. In questionnaires provided to the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s Editorial Board, Gossett-Seidman said the three most important issues facing the legislative district are “inflation, traffic congestion and infrastructure failures, and property tax and property rental tax reform.”...

Harris, Obamas and voting rights leaders work to turn out Black voters in run-up to Election Day

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 4, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By MATT BROWN and FREIDA FRISARO, Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Concerts and carnivals hosted at polling precincts. “Souls to the Polls” mobilizations after Sunday service. And star-studded rallies featuring Hollywood actors, business leaders, musical artists and activists. Such seemingly disparate efforts all have a single goal: boost Black voter turnout ahead of Election Day. How Black communities turn out in the 2024 election has been scrutinized due to the pivotal role Black voters have played in races for the White House, Congress and state legislatures across the country. Vice...

Federal judge lets Iowa keep challenging voter rolls although naturalized citizens may be affected

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 4, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By JOHN HANNA, SCOTT McFETRIDGE and MICHAEL GOLDBERG, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge ruled Sunday that Iowa can continue challenging the validity of hundreds of ballots from potential noncitizens even though critics said the effort threatens the voting rights of people who’ve recently become U.S. citizens. U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher, an appointee of President Joe Biden, sided with the state in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in the Iowa capital of Des Moines on behalf of the League of Latin American Citizens of Iowa and four recently...

South Florida radio personality, Hollywood commission candidate Jill Tracey dies

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 2, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, News Obituaries, Politics.

Jill Tracey Folmar, a well-known South Florida radio personality and current candidate for Hollywood city commission, has died at age 60. Originally from Detroit, Jill Tracey, as she was known professionally, was a long-time personality on Miami’s WHQT Hot 105 and had been in the radio industry for three decades, including on WEDR 99Jamz. She was in a three-way race with Peter Hernandez and Richard Walker for Hollywood’s District 2 commission seat in next week’s election. Throughout her career, Tracey served as news director at Hot 105 and was a former president of the National Association...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams gets April 2025 trial date as his lawyers fight to get bribery charge tossed

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 2, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ federal corruption trial will begin next April, a judge ruled Friday, right in the thick of his promised reelection campaign. U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho set the trial date as Adams returned to Manhattan federal court for a hearing on his bid to eliminate a key charge in the indictment that threatens his political future. Ho said he’s confident the April 21, 2025, date will hold, “assuming nothing unexpected comes up.” At the same time, prosecutors said they still haven’t been able to crack a...

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