Broward Circuit Judge Lynn Rosenthal, who was arrested for DUI after ramming her black BMW SUV into a police car in the Broward County courthouse parking lot in 2014, has resigned. The Judicial Qualifications Commission was set to begin hearings in her misconduct case, but will now be cancelled following…
A Broward Inspector General’s Office report says Assistant City Manager Kennie Hobbs and city operations manager Julie Saunders violated state ethics law by receiving loans for more than $300,000 each via a program administered by their subordinates and over which they have directional control. Hobbs has served as the Executive Director…
The House Civil Justice Committee is holding a hearing today on a proposed new law called “The Pastor Protection Act,” which is designed to supposedly protect Florida’s clergy from performing marriages they deem “unholy.” But many, including some pastors and ministers, are arguing that the law is unnecessary since clergy…
On Tuesday, Broward County commissioners gave preliminary approval for an ordinance that would allow police officers to issue civil citations to anyone caught with 20 grams of pot, rather than filing criminal charges. The commissioners voted unanimously to move forward with a final hearing next month to decriminalize marijuana like…
The Miami Dolphins have themselves a new head coach. At least on an interim basis. But, so far, it’s been nothing but positive reviews for Dan Campbell, who took over the team for the recently fired Joe Philbin. Of course, the majority of that praise is based off of one…
On Monday, Tribune Publishing announced new buyouts for its employees are coming in the next week as a cost-cutting move that’s been brewing since September. As reported by CNN, the L.A. Times is expected to get hit the hardest, with at least one-tenth of that paper’s editorial staff being cut…
Broward County commissioners will finally take up a vote for a measure to decriminalize marijuana possession throughout the county on Tuesday. The measure, which was introduced by Commissioner Martin Kiar, had been in the works for some time ever since Miami-Dade county decriminalized pot possession in June. Since then, Key West…
Another week has come and gone and the Miami Dolphins are still a gigantic cesspool of a franchise. Following yet another embracing loss, this time to the New York Jets on Sunday, everyone is clamoring for head coach Joe Philbin to be canned. New Times did this last week, because…
The crowd of about 1,200 filed languidly out of the Friday afternoon sun into the dank B. George Mayer Gymnasium in Broward College, waiting to catch a glimpse of the Democratic frontrunner for President of the United States. But there seemed to be very little enthusiasm for Hilary Clinton outside…
After last week’s demolishing at the hands of the Buffalo Bills, we wrote that the Dolphins should clean house and fire everyone on the coaching staff and front office. We still hold to that. Some agreed, while others have argued that the season is still very early and that the…
The Florida Family Policy Council has called on Gov. Rick Scott to fully defund Planned Parenthood. The FFPC says Scott has not done enough to show he’s a pro-life governor, and have launched a campaign to get Scott to terminate Florida’s Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood was well as the…
Arguments are being made before a judge in an emergency hearing to stop the Florida bear hunt that is set to begin later this month. The environmental group Speak Up Wekiva has filed a lawsuit against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission seeking to stop the hunt. If the…
A manager at the Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort showed a member of the housekeeping staff his penis, and propositioned her for sex several times, a lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges. When the woman complained to the manager’s supervisor and reported the harassment, she was fired, according to…
The Palm Beach County Inspector General’s office says that they are looking into the leaking of confidential police information release by West Palm Beach onto the city’s website earlier this month. On Wednesday morning, Inspector General John Carey announced that he is also looking into allegations that city spokesman Elliot Cohen…
On Monday, we posited the idea that the Miami Dolphins need to fire their entire staff, from front office to all the coaches, and start over. And we stand by this. On Wednesday, our sister paper Miami New Times said that the team should fire head coach Joe Philbin and…
Boca Raton has had the 3rd highest poverty decrease in the United States since 2008, a new study says. The study, put together by personal finance website WalletHub, looked into the quickest socioeconomic changes, compared 515 U.S. cities across 10 key metrics, ranging from population growth rate to unemployment rate decrease,…
With Uber’s ongoing battle with Broward County commissioners over how the ride-sharing app company is to be regulated, the taxi cab industry has gotten in on the app game with the New York-based company ZabCab. Much like Uber and Lyft, the ZabCab app allows a person to summon a ride…
Donald Trump continues to lead the GOP in Florida, but a new poll recently released shows Jeb Bush making a sudden and strong comeback, vaulting into second and gaining on The Donald. According to the latest Jacksonville University poll, Trump gets 24 percent of the vote in Florida, with Jeb…
With Donald Trump harping on Hispanic immigration and Jeb Bush talking up how society should not be multicultural, it’s time to look at the numbers and see exactly where Florida — the state where the two candidates hail from — ranks when it comes to Hispanic assimilation. A recent study…
Whoa man were we colossally wrong about that one. Most of us were. Most bought into this season being different. That the Dolphins were ready to turn the corner. That they added enough talent, including an all-world defensive tackle, and a dynamic rookie wide receiver, and that their quarterback was…
Ray Strack worked as a U.S. Customs special agent on JFK International Airport’s drug squad in New York during his 27-year career. He constantly busted people — two per day on average — who were attempting to smuggle narcotics into the country. But today, the now-retired Strack is working to…
It’s Week 3 of the NFL season and so far the Miami Dolphins have managed to only Dolphin their way into a 1-1 record, after struggling to beat the crappy Washington Redskins and losing to the arguably crappier Jacksonville Jaguars. Now is when things start to get interesting. And by…
