Personnel note: Nikki Fried promotes three more inside Ag Department Florida Politics / Jesse Scheckner / August 30, 2021 A week after promoting two people and hiring a third, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried announced Monday three additional promotions in the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. "Florida continues to face major agricultural, public health, and… Read more »
EDITORIAL: John Lewis May Be Smiling but Should We? The Washington Informer / Editorial Board / August 25, 2021 Many Americans raised their hands displaying victory signs after the House passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act on Tuesday, Aug. 24. The legislation increases the power of the federal government and minorities to stop or challenge discriminatory election rules. … Read more »
Wilson Reintroduces the Quality Higher Education Act Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson, chair of the Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, has reintroduced the Quality Higher Education Act, which enhances the accreditation system to ensure that colleges are graduating students with meaningful degrees and preparing them for workplace… Read more »
Wilson Votes for Transformative Benefits for Working Families, Advances President Biden's Historic Agenda Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson voted to advance President Biden's historic Build Back Better agenda, which will deliver life-changing benefits for working families in Florida and across the nation. With today's vote, the House took a key step required in order to move… Read more »
Wilson Statement on Passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Washington, DC – Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act: "Today, I proudly voted to pass H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, to restore critical protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and… Read more »
‘I could have died in this city.' Some Haitians brave gangs, gunfire to deliver aid Miami Herald / Jacqueline Charles, Alex Daugherty, Michael Wilner, Syra Ortiz Blanes / August 18, 2021 As government help trickles into southwest Haiti after Saturday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake, some Haitians are braving gang-controlled roads to bring in aid on their own. Widler "Wid" Octavius, a… Read more »
Haitian advocates appeal for immediate end to deportations and expansion of TPS Miami Herald / Alex Daugherty / August 17, 2021 Members of Congress, Haitian-Americans and immigrant advocacy groups are calling on the Biden administration to expand Haiti's Temporary Protected Status designation after a major earthquake claimed at least 1,300 lives in Haiti's southwestern peninsula on… Read more »
Delegation for 8.17.21: Kabul falls — Reagan — bad meat? — mask up — Haiti Florida Politics / August 17, 2021 Haiti heat In a year of international crises, Hollywood Democrat Frederica Wilson's eyes fixed once again this week on the island of Haiti. Florida's 24th Congressional District includes more Haitian American constituents than any other in the United… Read more »
Crist's first TV ad hammers DeSantis on masks — Rick Scott suggests removing Biden from office — U.S. sends aid to Haiti, but is it enough? — Florida's unemployment site still a jalopy Politico / Gary Fineout / August 17, 2021 The daily rundown — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted information that there were 17,216 new Covid-19 infections… Read more »
Haitian advocates appeal for immediate end to deportations and expansion of TPS Miami Herald / Alex Dugherty / August 17, 2021 Members of Congress, Haitian-Americans and immigrant advocacy groups are calling on the Biden administration to expand Haiti's Temporary Protected Status designation after a major earthquake claimed at least 1,300 lives in Haiti's southwestern peninsula on… Read more »
