Second lawsuit attacks Florida school funding
TALLAHASSEE (AP) —State officials are facing a second lawsuit filed in as many weeks accusing them of shortchanging public schools in violation of a state …
Leaders decry lack of county commission appointment
FORT LAUDERDALE — Another week has passed, and Gov. Charlie Crist still has not appointed anyone to fill the vacant District 9 Broward County commission …
Suspended commissioner to run again for re-election
MIAMI – Less than a week after Miami City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones was suspended from office, voters learned on Thursday that she will seek to …
Young poets find self-expression
WEST PALM BEACH — A small crowd gathered at the Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts to experience the “Words Not Weapons” poetry …
ICABA lauds leaders in health care and law
DAVIE — Throughout South Florida, African Americans are defying substantial odds and emerging as pioneers in their professions and their communities. That was the theme …
Harlem welcomes Miami Children’s Initiative
A delegation of 12 people seeking to improve the lives of children in Liberty City recently visited Harlem to learn how an innovative program for …
Broward Census Committee reaching out to immigrants
DAVIE — With millions of dollars hanging in the balance, the Broward County Complete Count Committee pulled out all the stops recently to emphasize the …
AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA with ELGIN JONES 11-20-09
FREE MOVIE TICKETS The South Florida Times is giving away free tickets to the official South Florida screening of Armored, a highly touted action-thriller movie …
Ifill talks politics at Miami Book Fair
MIAMI — “As I suspected, the minute the debates were over, the controversy was over. No one who’d read the book thought of it as …
Community Calendar November 20 – 29, 2009
Friday, November 20 Nikki Giovanni: Nikki Giovanni comes to Books and Books, 265 Aragon Avenue in Coral Gables, with her latest work, Hip Hop Speaks …