Thousands Of Haitians Gather Under Border Bridge, Hoping To Gain Entrance To US, As Deportations Continue CBS Miami / Joel Waldman / September 17, 2021 More than 10,000 mostly Haitian migrants are sheltering under an international bridge in Mexico, waiting to be processed by immigration authorities in the United States. The problem is that there are too many people and there is not… Read more »
French Forces Kill ISIS Leader Believed To Be Responsible For Sgt. La David Johnson's Death CBS Miami / Jessica Vallejo / September 16, 2021 Justice, finally, for a local hero and his family. The man believed to be responsible for the death of Sgt. La David Johnson from Miami Gardens is dead. French forces killed Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of the Islamic State in the… Read more »
Slain Islamic State leader was behind death of Miami Gardens Army Sgt. La David Johnson Local 10 News / Nicole Lopez-Alvar / September 16, 2021 France says its military has killed a terrorist known as Abu Walid. The Islamic State Leader is believed to be the mastermind of the ambush and killing of four U.S. servicemen in Niger in 2017 One of those was Army Sgt. La David Johnson of… Read more »
COVID plagues Miami-Dade school system Miami Times / Bianca Marcof / September 14, 2021 Bus drivers are dying in the midst of a shortage. Educators are wondering where their colleagues are. The number of deaths in Florida's largest school district paints an alarming picture of the state of schools reopening in the middle of a pandemic. Thirteen unvaccinated Miami-Dade County Public… Read more »
House Panel Spars Over Reconciliation Package's Higher Ed Provisions NASFAA / Hugh T. Ferguson / September 10, 2021 In a lengthy markup the House Education and Labor Committee advanced their portion of the reconciliation package that would invest roughly $111 billion in funding for programs related to higher education. The 28-22 vote to move the package's education and labor related… Read more »
Frederica Wilson Brings Back the Quality Higher Education Act" Florida Daily / Kevin Derby / September 9, 2021 At the end of last month, U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., the chairwoman of the U.S. House Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee, brought back the "Quality Higher Education Act." The bill "enhances the accreditation system to ensure that colleges are… Read more »
House Panel Approves Small-Business Aid: Congress Update The Washington Post / Bloomberg / September 9, 2021 The U.S. Congress ramped up its work on President Joe Biden's economic agenda on Thursday with House committee votes on core pieces of a planned $3.5 trillion tax-and-social-spending budget bill. The key House Ways and Means Committee is at the center of Thursday's action,… Read more »
Rep. Frederica Wilson on Liberty City teacher who died of COVID-19: ‘He was irreplaceable' Local 10 News / Terrell Forney / September 8, 2021 MIAMI – Rep. Frederica Wilson and a group of students met on Wednesday in Miami to honor the memory of a beloved 55-year-old teacher from Liberty City. The weather hampered a plan to release balloons in honor of Abe Coleman, who… Read more »
13 unvaccinated Miami school workers were killed by COVID-19 in recent weeks The New York Post / Jesse O'Neil / September 7, 2021 More than a dozen unvaccinated employees at Florida's largest school district have died from COVID-19 in the past three weeks, according to a report. A Miami-Dade County Public School spokeswoman said that family members have reported 13 worker deaths… Read more »
13 Miami-area school staffers have died of covid-19 this school year MSN News / Kim Bellware / September 7, 2021 Miami-Dade County Public Schools are reporting at least 13 employee deaths from covid-19 since mid-August, a tally that forecasts what could be a grim autumn for Florida educators. Spokeswoman Jaquelyn Calzadilla told The Washington Post in an email that the district is… Read more »
