Comcast RISE Program opens to minority-owned small businesses
SPECIAL TO THE FLORIDA COURIER
Comcast is now accepting applications for the next phase of Comcast RISE with expanded eligibility to include Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)...
State implementing extended unemployment benefits
BY JIM TURNER
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE – Extended unemployment benefits included in the latest federal stimulus package are starting to become available for Floridians...
Federal food program extended through April
BY ALEXIA ELEJALDE-RUIZ
CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS
A federal program that has provided boxes of fresh food to charities facing long lines of hungry people during the coronavirus...
Coronavirus drives down gas prices in 2020
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Gas prices in Florida during 2020 were the lowest in 16 years as travel and daily commuting dropped because of the...
Black leaders unite to help get minorities vaccinated
BY CHRISTINE SEXTON
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE – A coalition of Black community leaders said Jan. 6 they will work to ensure that upward of...
B-CU’s Miami chapter honors 97-year-old Wildcat
BY ANDREAS BUTLER
FLORIDA COURIER
During the holiday season, Nancy Dawkins, 97, received a great gift.
The South Florida resident was honored last month for being the...
‘TRAGIC, COWARDLY’ RIOT
Florida Republicans decried the violence at the pro-Trump protest but appeared careful not to condemn the president.
BY RYAN DAILEY
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE – Florida...
Seniors camp out overnight in Daytona to get coronavirus vaccinations
FLORIDA COURIER STAFF
By 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Daytona Stadium had reached its 1,000-person capacity for people 65 and over to get the Moderna vaccination....
State implementing extended unemployment benefits
BY JIM TURNER
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE – Extended unemployment benefits included in the latest federal stimulus package are starting to become available for Floridians...
New virus strain emerges in Florida
TALLAHASSEE - A contagious new strain of the coronavirus that has spread in Britain has been detected in a man in Florida, the state...
