Palm Beach County School Board races in District 1 and 5 will head to November runoffs

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 21, 2024. Posted in Education, Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

The winners of the Palm Beach County School Board races are still undetermined after Tuesday night’s election, with no automatic winners in either race as no candidate received more than 50% of the vote. As of Tuesday night, there was a slim margin between candidates Gloria Branch and Mindy Koch in the District 5 race. State law requires a recount when the margin is less than or equal to 0.5% of the total votes. The results of a recount could likely occur in the coming days, unless the candidate with the lesser votes requests for the recount not to happen. But a recount would likely not...

Broward voters chose new tax collector and incumbents for elections supervisor and clerk of courts

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 21, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

Broward County voters chose three of its constitutional officers Tuesday, including the incumbents for elections office supervisor and clerk of courts as well as the first person to the newly created job of tax collector. Tax collector Broward voters chose a political newcomer for the first ever elected tax collector. The new tax collector, Abbey Ajayi, will perform duties that were previously handled by county employees. Ajayi held various banking positions before she joined the county tax office in 2015, first as a special project coordinator, and worked her way up to operations manager...

Democrats approve a platform that mentions Biden’s ‘second term’ despite his making way for Harris

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 20, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By WILL WEISSERT and ALI SWENSON CHICAGO (AP) — Delegates at the Democratic National Convention voted Monday night to approve their 2024 party platform, which lays out familiar priorities for the party but wasn’t updated to reflect that President Joe Biden is no longer running for reelection. The largely ceremonial vote at Chicago’s convention signaled the party coalescing around a singular vision for the next four years — though a somewhat outdated one, as Vice President Kamala Harris has only outlined a few of her own specific policy positions since she took over the Democratic...

‘Sir, I’ve been shot’: Victims in shooting in Fort Lauderdale called 911

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 20, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

Gunshots erupted on a Fort Lauderdale street early Saturday morning and moments later, several of the men who were struck called 911, pleading for help and for one person to be rushed to the hospital. A shooter or shooters fired at a car in the 600 block of Northwest 62nd Street just after 5 a.m. and fled the area. Three people were found shot inside the car and were taken to Broward Health Medical Center, where one was pronounced dead. Fort Lauderdale Police on Monday identified the person who died at the hospital as 18-year-old Marion Harrison. A fourth adult man was found after the...

Pro-abortion rights and LGBTQ+ protesters rally ahead of the start of the DNC

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 19, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

A crowd of hundreds called for abortion and LGBTQ+ rights Sunday evening in downtown Chicago, getting a head start on a week of protests before the Democratic National Convention kickoff Monday. Starting with a rally on Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive by the Chicago River, with Trump Tower as a backdrop as the blazing sun set behind the Marina City Towers, demonstrators headed south to the Grant Park monument of Union Army Gen. John Logan, which protesters climbed in an iconic moment during the DNC protests in August 1968. After an acoustic sing-along by the crowd — “My body, my body/ My...

The DNC starts Monday in Chicago. Here’s what to know

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 19, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, News, Politics.

More than a year after Chicago was announced as the host city, the Democratic National Convention is about to start. Running Monday through Thursday, the convention is a huge moment for national Democrats, who have had a whirlwind few weeks since President Joe Biden quit the race, paving the way for Vice President Kamala Harris to become the first Black and Asian American woman to lead a major party ticket. Eyes will also be on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who are looking to pull off the massive made-for-TV event without a hitch, building on the success of...

Can the DNC help reverse Chicago’s national narrative?

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 19, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

The eyes of the political world turn to Chicago this week as tens of thousands of delegates, media, dignitaries and political influencers arrive for a historic Democratic National Convention featuring Vice President Kamala Harris’ celebratory and ceremonial acceptance of the party’s presidential nomination. An event that only a month ago saw Democratic organizers trying to build enthusiasm over the anticipated renomination of President Joe Biden has now developed its own energy with the president’s decision to drop from the race and back Harris, the first Black and Asian woman to receive a...

Broward schools safety chief resigns, days after metal detector chaos

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 17, 2024. Posted in Education, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

Jaime Alberti resigned Friday as chief of safety and security for Broward schools, four days after a troubled rollout of high school metal detectors created chaos on the first day of school. Alberti, 53, wrote in a letter of resignation to Superintendent Howard Hepburn that his last day will be Nov. 4, although he will use accrued leave time until then, district spokesman John Sullivan told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “Thank you for the support and opportunities provided to me at Broward County Public Schools and I wish everyone continued success,” Alberti wrote. Hepburn said in a...

Sasse stepped down. Donors and top officials say he was forced out.

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 17, 2024. Posted in Education, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

Former UF President Ben Sasse stepped down unexpectedly in July, citing concerns about his wife’s health. But nine current and former administrators and top donors say there was more to the story. After 17 months on the job, his working relationship with the UF Board of Trustees chairman, Morteza “Mori” Hosseini, became untenable, they say. Hosseini, a strong-willed top political appointee of Gov. Ron DeSantis and a developer, has served as head of the school’s board of trustees since 2018. Out of public view, tensions escalated to a breaking point between Hosseini and Sasse, the former...

FACT FOCUS: Trump blends falsehoods and exaggerations at rambling NJ press conference

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 16, 2024. Posted in Business, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday gave his second news conference in as many weeks as he adjusts to a newly energized Democratic ticket ahead of next week’s Democratic National Convention. At his New Jersey golf club, the Republican nominee blended falsehoods about the economy with misleading statements and deeply personal attacks about his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Here’s a closer look at the facts. Inflation did not take the toll Trump claimed. Growth surged under Biden TRUMP: “As a result of Kamala’s inflation, price hikes have cost the typical household...

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