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No means no: Fort Lauderdale again rebuffs offer to buy office tower for City Hall
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1126+ words) Fort Lauderdale is forging ahead with plans to build a $200 million City Hall despite concerns there will be no money to build it should voters across the state approve property tax reform. Commissioners are expected to vote in April on…...
FHP trooper injured during traffic stop where passenger tried to escape immigration arrest
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (354+ words) A Florida Highway Patrol trooper, acting with federal immigration authority, was injured on Monday morning during a traffic stop in Plantation as he tried to handcuff a man, who then managed to briefly escape arrest. Jonathan Hernandez Guzman, 29, of Stuart,…...
Florida has some of the fastest-growing areas in the U.S. Here’s where.
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (403+ words) The population has kept growing in many of Florida's metropolitan areas, including South Florida and Central Florida " putting them in national Top Ten lists, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Recently released data showed the combined populations of Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm…...