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Coconut Grove groups accuse City of Miami of housing discrimination against Black residents
Joshua Ceballos Jul 23, 2024 Updated Jul 26, 2024 Reverend Willie F. Ford’s church is emptier than it used to be. It’s not that his congregation doesn’t want to come in on…
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Florida has highest number of heat-related illnesses in the nation, new report finds
Ashley Miznazi Fri, July 26, 2024 at 4:30 AM CDT Florida’s record hot summers can be dangerous for some people and a new study puts numbers to just how dangerous…
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‘It’s been devastating’: Teen with complex medical needs one of more than 500,000 children in Florida dropped from Medicaid
BY HEATHER WALKER, DANIEL COHEN JULY 25, 2024 To watch video report, Click Here. (WSVN) – More than a half million of Florida’s most vulnerable children have lost their Medicaid coverage in…
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Justice Department alleges sexual abuse of migrant children housed in nonprofit’s shelters
The allegations were made in a lawsuit, which Texas-based Southwest Key said “does not present the accurate picture of the care and commitment” it provides to migrant children. July 19,…
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42 people arrested during human trafficking operation in Scottsdale
The multi-agency operation took place over two days on July 12 and 13 By: abc15.com staff Posted at 8:33 PM, Jul 17, 2024 and last updated 1:47 PM, Jul 18, 2024 To watch…
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Virginia lawmakers restore military tuition program funding, for now
By Charlotte Renee Woods, Virginia Mercury Friday, Jul 19, 2024 Legislators met on Thursday and passed bills to repeal changes to a college financial aid program for military veterans’ families and designate $90 million towards sustaining it…
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Jon Stewart pushes VA to help veterans sickened after uranium exposure
By Tara Copp Jul 23, 2024, 01:00 PM Comedian Jon Stewart is pressing the Biden administration to fix a loophole in a massive veterans aid bill that left out some of the first U.S.…
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New VA chief of staff sworn in
By Jonathan Lehrfeld Thursday, Jul 18, 2024 The newest chief of staff for The Department of Veterans Affairs was sworn in Wednesday to her role as the top advisor to the VA secretary…
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VA urges mortgage firms to extend foreclosure pause until next year
By Leo Shane III Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Veterans Affairs leaders are asking for mortgage servicers to pause nearly all foreclosures of department-guaranteed loans through the end of the year as officials launch new efforts designed to…
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