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Florida Panthers get $4.2 million grant for new scoreboard – after scolding from commission
Miami :: FL :: USA | 1 month ago
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Florida Panthers president Michael Yormark looked as if he had been called into the principal's office for good portions of Tuesday's meeting with the Broward County Commission...After being dressed down and forced to apologize for the team's
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Nostalgia won't save former Fort Lauderdale golf course
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | 3 months ago
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The cost of repairing and reopening the course wasn't an option for the investment group that bought it and the adjacent Coral Ridge Country Club in 2004, especially given the tough financial conditions in the golf industry nationally. The city never
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PACE financing could be coming to energy-saving projects in Broward
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | 4 months ago
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Innovative programs to help Floridians finance major energy-saving projects such as solar systems are starting to roll out across the state...Floridians stretch out payments for big energy-saving projects instead of shelling out the full cost upfront.
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Former Broward official faces charges, believed to be in Middle East
Amarillo :: TX :: USA | 5 months ago
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Broward County 's former traffic engineering director is a wanted man. There's been an arrest warrant out for Jihad El Eid since August with federal prosecutors accusing him of pocketing more than $150,000 in bribes from a company that had millions
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Citrix to expand, asks Broward for incentives
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | 5 months ago
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The company, which currently employs 1,500 in Fort Lauderdale , is expected to add jobs in software engineering, marketing and sales. Local incentives totaling $1.6 million are on the Broward County Commission 's agenda for Tuesday's meeting. Another
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Palm Beach County scraps wage theft law
West Palm Beach :: FL :: USA | 7 months ago
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December 4, 2012 Palm Beach County commissioners sided with business interests Tuesday in opting for watered-down wage-theft help for local workers. For nearly three years, a coalition of local religious groups urged the County Commission to pass a
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Would-be Fort Lauderdale commission candidate loses voting rights
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | 8 months ago
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City activist Robert Walsh has plans to run for the city commission in January, but he isn't being allowed to vote this Election Day. It's not likely he'll be able to run for the commission, either. The state says Walsh, convicted of a non-violent
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Business groups propose alternative to 'wage theft' ordinance in Broward
Commerce :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
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The $175,000 in proposed county funding to battle wage theft should be given to Legal Aid to represent unpaid workers, the Fort Lauderdale Chamber and other business groups said on Monday. On Oct. 9, the commission heard from the public and debated
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Two long-serving commissioners face challenge in Lauderhill
Lauderhill :: FL :: USA | 9 months ago
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Established commissioners and candidates who want to bring a new perspective to the board offer a choice to voters in two commission races. Howard Berger, a commissioner in the 1980s and more recently since 2004, is being challenged by three
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Seven jockey for three Dania Beach seats
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | 9 months ago
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Seven candidates including two incumbents are vying to fill three at-large City Commission seats representing the six square miles that make up Broward County 's first city. The three candidates with the highest number of votes will win; the one with
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