Governor Ron DeSantis Reappoints Three to the South Florida Water Management District

Governor Ron DeSantis Reappoints Three to the South Florida Water Management District

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the reappointment of Chauncey Goss, John Steinle, and Scott Wagner to the South Florida Water Management District.   Chauncey Goss Goss is a Managing Partner of Goss Practical Solutions, LLC. He was previously a Deputy Staff Director for the United States House of Representatives Committee on Budget and […]

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Governor Ron DeSantis Appoints Five to the Big Cypress Basin Board

Governor Ron DeSantis Reappoints Three to the South Florida Water Management District

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Michelle McLeod, Michael Romano, and Patricia “P.J.” Smith and the reappointment of Andrew Hill and Daniel Waters to the Big Cypress Basin Board.   Michelle McLeod  McLeod, of Naples, is the Director of Business Development for Lutgert Construction. She was elected as a Naples City […]

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Virtual Strive305 digital marketing classes available

Virtual Strive305 digital marketing classes available

To help small business owners in Miami-Dade County better market their businesses online, the Strive305 initiative has added up to 30-hour learning courses to its virtual catalog of courses, available to all business owners at no cost.  One course created by BizHack Academy, the online course requires approximately 15-20 hours to complete. It will teach students how […]

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Miami-Dade receives the Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grant

Miami-Dade receives the Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grant

Miami-Dade County has received a $40 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation (CNI) grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The highly competitive grant will be used to transform Cutler Manor Apartments, an aging HUD-assisted housing development located in the Goulds neighborhood in South Dade, into a new more resilient mixed-income community and […]

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Altamonte Springs Dentist Convicted Of Tax Evasion

Altamonte Springs Dentist Convicted Of Tax Evasion

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Frantz Brignol guilty of tax evasion. Brignol faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for November 9, 2023, before Senior United States District Judge Gregory A. Presnell. Brignol was indicted on […]

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Governor DeSantis’ Innovative Approach to Opioid Recovery is Saving Lives and Curbing Addiction in Florida

Governor Ron DeSantis Reappoints Three to the South Florida Water Management District

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis celebrate one year of helping Floridians break the cycle of addiction through the Coordinated Opioid Recovery Network (CORE). As the first comprehensive solution to addiction care in the nation, this program disrupts the revolving door of addiction and overdose by providing patients with the tools to choose sustainable recovery.   “The […]

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Longtime Miami-Dade Police Department Explorer Program Advisors Helping to Shape Young Lives

Longtime Miami-Dade Police Department Explorer Program Advisors Helping to Shape Young Lives

Tucked inside Officer Arlene Jimenez’s desk drawer is a folder stuffed with snapshots, some Polaroids, of the hundreds of young men and women she has supervised over the past 20 years at the Hammocks District, as part of the Miami-Dade Police Department Explorer Program. Mixed in with the photos are letters from former cadets, thanking […]

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STATE SENATOR GARY FARMER CALLS FOR SPECIAL SESSION TO ADDRESS FLORIDA’S PROPERTY INSURANCE CRISIS

STATE SENATOR GARY FARMER CALLS FOR SPECIAL SESSION TO ADDRESS FLORIDA’S PROPERTY INSURANCE CRISIS

Ft. Lauderdale — This morning State Senator Gary Farmer joined many of his fellow legislators in sending a request to Secretary of State Laurel Lee for a special session of the Legislature related to property insurance reform. Senator Farmer issued the following statement related to his request: “Today I joined many of my fellow legislators […]

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Implement mosquito control measures that allow you to enjoy the outdoors this summer

Implement mosquito control measures that allow you to enjoy the outdoors this summer

The warmer, wetter months are here and will be far beyond the traditional summer season. That means an elevated amount of mosquitoes will be present here in Miami-Dade, so remember to Drain and Cover. Your best defense against mosquitoes is to drain standing water and eliminate objects that may hold water, like tires, buckets, planters, […]

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Two Men Sentenced For Conspiracy To Distribute Fentanyl And Possessing A Firearm While Drug Trafficking

Altamonte Springs Dentist Convicted Of Tax Evasion

Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Javier Alejandro Lopez Rivera (36, Orlando) to six years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. […]

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