Wyatt wins lawsuit against B-CU
Other Reed-era lawsuits continue BY JAMES HARPER, FLORIDA COURIER DAYTONA BEACH – Former Bethune Cookman-University head football coach Alvin “Shine” Wyatt, Sr. won his breach of contract lawsuit against the Daytona Beach-based school and has been awarded almost $770,000. The decision was announced Wednesday after a non-jury trial that concluded May 17. Wyatt’s case was just [...]
GRILLED
The Departments of Treasury, Justice and State provide unwanted distractions for Barack Obama’s second-term agenda. COMPILED FROM WIRE AND STAFF REPORTS Four months into his second term, President Barack Obama finds himself under siege from members of both parties and the news media for a series of crises that have stalled his policy priorities and [...]
CLASS OF 2013
At last, it’s graduation time! A jubilant Jerred Mason was among thousands of graduates receiving degrees Monday from Daytona State College. The Daytona Beach college made national news this week because one of its 4,200 spring graduates included 91-year-old Irene Lewis, who, like Mason, received a bachelor’s degree. (COURTESY OF DAYTONA STATE COLLEGE)
Decisions, decisions
Education bills await governor BY BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The biggest battles on the education front in the 2013 legislative sessions have already been fought and largely decided. Educators will get $480 million in pay raises, though not precisely how Gov. Rick Scott had asked. The Senate killed a bill allowing parents [...]
Miami-Dade early voters opposed stadium funding
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The Miami Dolphins were down 14 percentage points at the polls when time ran out on their bid to pick up needed legislative support for the referendum on using hotel bed-tax dollars for upgrades at Sun Life Stadium. Of the 60,678 ballots cast toward the May 14 referendum in Miami-Dade [...]
College president’s pay wide-ranging, report shows
BY BRANDON LARRABEE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE – The contracts for Florida state college presidents range widely and in several cases seem to violate state law, according to a review released Monday by Gov. Rick Scott’s top oversight official. In her report, Chief Inspector General Melinda Miguel wrote that presidents at the 28 institutions [...]
State: Keep Trayvon’s personal life out of trial
Prosecution asks judge not to allow certain testimony relating to slain teenager BY SUSAN JACOBSON ORLANDO SENTINEL/MCT ORLANDO – The prosecution in the George Zimmerman murder case has asked a judge to prohibit testimony about shooting victim Trayvon Martin’s personal life, including whether he had been suspended from school, used marijuana or been in a [...]
BRIEFS
Governor says he’s ‘working’ on Carroll replacement After Jennifer Carroll abruptly resigned from the lieutenant governor post two months ago, Gov. Rick Scott said he would wait until after the legislative session to select a replacement. A week after the session concluded, Scott says: “I’m working on that.” In a May 10 interview broadcast on [...]
FAMU’s legacy is one of improving lives, community
Dr. Larry Robinson GUEST COMMENTARY Over the past 18 months, Florida A&M University has become an institution of national interest for a lot of the wrong reasons. But as the media repeatedly asked what went wrong at FAMU and focused on unflattering news stories, it may have been easy for the general public to miss [...]
Random thoughts of a free Black mind, v. 177
IRS ‘targets’ right-wing groups – Cry me a river. ‘Mainstream’ media are all blasting Bro. Prez’s administration after finding out that the Internal Revenue Service singled out a few conservative organizations for extra scrutiny as they applied for non-profit tax exemptions. Oh, the outrage! As usual, nobody bothers to the check the historical facts – [...]
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