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  After Recent Wins in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties, a Proposed State Senate Bill Would Raise Teacher Salaries Statewide

  Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 9:47 a.m.

  Dem. State Sen. Kevin Rader last week proposed raising the minimum salary for Florida public school teachers to $50,000. But even after recent progress in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, a Republican-dominated legislature that supports charter schools makes it unlikely that the bill will pass.

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  "Impossible" Wages Keep Broward Airport Employees Working Through the Holidays

  Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.

  Every Thanksgiving, Stevenson Tibel shows up at Fort Lauderdale International Airport for his work as a wheelchair attendant, in a job that pays him so little he can't afford to miss a single shift. On a day of family and celebration, Tibel will be working while his wife and ten-year-old son are eating Thanksgiving dinner, just like he has for the past six years. He has no other choice but to work through the holidays.

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  Tenants of Riviera Beach Apartments Say Marco Rubio Is No Help

  Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 8:45 a.m.

  A mop, a bucket, and bottles of bleach line the wall by the door in Kiara Canady’s barren, one-bedroom place at the Stonybrook Apartments in Riviera Beach. The slim African American 22-year-old says management at the housing complex located on Martin Luther King Boulevard just off I-95 mops the tile floor every...

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  Had Legislators Followed Rick Scott a Year Ago, Gambling Mess Would've Been Over

  Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 8:58 a.m.

  A year ago, Governor Rick Scott had worked out a compact with the Seminoles for $3 billion. That's $3 billion more than the state is likely going to get now.

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  Las Olas Marina Could Receive $25 Million Facelift to Accomodate Megayachts

  Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 8:25 a.m.

  Yachts are becoming bigger and more luxurious, forcing the marinas were they dock to adapt, too. As the yachting capital of the world, officials say that Fort Lauderdale must upgrade, expand, and redevelop the Las Olas Marina to maintain its title. It's a move that could cost $25 million and...

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  Poop Smell Plagues a Fort Lauderdale Shopping Plaza

  Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 9:08 a.m.

  A foul stench haunts the South Harbor Plaza near Port Everglades on Southeast 17th Street. There's a Thai restaurant, a Carrabas Italian Grill, a cafe, a dry cleaners, a cellphone provider, and other shops that couldn't omit that odor, which can only be described as human feces with subtle undertones...