On Friday, September 10, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson voted to advance the portion of the Build Back Better Act that falls under the jurisdiction of the Education and Labor Committee. The historic package invests $761 billion to lower the cost of childcare, expand access to quality education, and help Americans secure good-paying jobs. Congresswoman Wilson, who chairs the… Read more »
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson released a new report from the Joint Economic Committee today estimating that 75,000 Child Tax Credit payments were sent to families in the Florida's 24th congressional district in August. A total of $36,000,000 in tax cuts went back into the pockets of these hardworking families.Statewide, 2,296,000 monthly tax cut payments went to families in August for a… 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 »
Teacher Abe Coleman, who mentored students at Liberty City school, dies of COVID at 55 Miami Herald / Howard Cohen / September 4, 2021 Abe Coleman, a longtime Holmes Elementary teacher and mentor to thousands of young men in Miami — "one of the best that the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project ever had" — died Wednesday, Sept. 1, after being hospitalized with COVID-19. … Read more »
BEST POLITICIAN Miami New Times / September 2, 2021 Frederica Wilson means far more to Miami than her iconic, colorful headgear might suggest. For years she has fought for under-represented minorities, first as principal of Skyway Elementary School in Miami Gardens, then as a member of the Miami-Dade school board, the Florida legislature and, since 2011, Congress. Before taking the oath… Read more »
They survived ‘vacation from hell,' arrest in D.R. Now Florida brothers face more misery Miami Herald / Jacqueline Charles & Kevin G. Hall / August 31, 2021 Three South Florida brothers trapped for a year in the Dominican Republic on the "vacation from hell" thought the nightmare finally ended when they were allowed to return home in July. They were wrong. Returning to… Read more »
