The Senate Children, Families and Seniors Committee held a meeting, to discuss the strike-all amendment presented by Senator Christopher L. Smith representing District 31. Smith said, the strike-all amendment revises the current language of law involving after school programs or national organizations that do not provide childcare. Programs will be […]

Only Arizona, Massachusetts and Minnesota currently have the All American Flag bill passed into law. Last week Rep. Bob Cortes, R-Longwood, presented his to the local government subcommittee with hopes to bring this bill to Florida. The bill requires all government agencies to use only American-made flags. It began as […]

Civil Rights activists, John Due, and Rev. Henry Marion Steele joined Dr. Paul Ortiz, a University of Florida professor, in a panel discussion about their experiences fighting for social justice at the Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee, Fla. During the discussion activists Due and Steele spoke about Tallahassee’s history […]

Florida’s rural fire departments received $11.2K million in federal excess firefighting equipment. With the help of the Florida Forest Service, rural fire departments can get no-cost lease equipment for years at a time through the administration of Florida’s Firefighter Federal Excess Program. Commissioner Adam H. Putnam at Florida Department of […]

The Internal Revenue Service released, for the first time, the “Dirty Dozen, “ a list of the top tax scams, with a warning to taxpayers about aggressive telephone scams occurring during the first couple of weeks of this year’s filing season, on February 16. There has been a large  amount […]

Citizenship may potentially change for Cuban immigrants in America. Legislators have decided to challenge the Cuban Adjustment Act, which may possibly change Cuban citizenship for immigrants trying to come into the United States that would like to gain citizenship. This law was originally established in 1966, and allowed broader protection […]

The Public Safety Coordinating Council met Tuesday at the Leon County Courthouse Commission Chambers and gave advice on how to deal with overcrowded county jails and other public safety concerns. There were updates on the Renaissance Community Center Complex and veteran’s affairs.   The PSCC was an advisory committee for […]

The Florida A&M University Center for Health Equity is seeking recognition from the Center of Disease Control for the Diabetes Intervention Project. The project is modeled after the National Diabetes Prevention Program. NDPP is based off a national diabetes prevention study. The study showed that with moderate changes in lifestyle […]

Numerous students went to Perry Paige Auditorium all day. The College of Science and Technology at Florida A&M university, hosted the Tour for Diversity in Medicine. The event was open to all undergraduate and graduate students. For five dollars, students were allowed to network with medical students and physicians to […]