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McClatchy DC / Miami HeraldHow the 40-year battle over abortion blocked Zika fundingBY JAMES ROSENjrosen@mcclatchydc.comSenior policy analysts with Planned Parenthood were perplexed in June when they first saw a provision excluding their partner clinics in Puerto Rico slipped into a draft bill providing $1.1 billion in emergency Zika prevention funds.Puerto Rico, after all, is the… Read more »

Sports IllustratedWith odds stacked against her, Mallory Weggemann never lost competitive driveGabriel BaumgaertnerFriday September 16th, 2016When Mallory Weggemann wheels out to the pool deck, her face remains friendly but mostly expressionless, her ears covered by pink headphones and her eyes staring forward toward her aqueous home. As she prepares to dive in, she forgets about how she… Read more »

Sun SentinelVeterans one step closer to safer crossing to clinicBrittany WallmanSun SentinelCounty offers door-to-door rides to V.A. clinic to avoid Commercial crossingBroward commissioners threw their support Thursday behind a safer crossing for military veterans headed to a clinic in Sunrise. But it likely won't be the crosswalk and pedestrian signal many have asked for.Instead,… Read more »

Sun SentinelCrosswalk plea from veteran's widow gains steamWidow presses for crosswalk at site of husband's deathBrittany WallmanSun SentinelIt's just one six-lane roadway, just one crusade to help veterans cross the street to the clinic, and it has support from City Halls to the halls of Congress.It's a cause that gained the voice of a widow after a 70-year-old Army… Read more »

Tampa Bay TimesDems want Trump-Bondi probe: 'There is a stink rotting in the Florida Attorney General's office'Alex LearyAlex Leary, Times Washington Bureau ChiefWednesday, September 14, 2016 12:35pmAsserting that Donald Trump used a political donation to Attorney General Pam Bondi to kill an investigation into his real estate seminars, congressional Democrats on Wednesday… Read more »

Miami Herald / Tampa Bay TimesFlorida lawmakers push for Zika funding in Congress: 'This is a big moment'via @learyreportsA bipartisan group of Florida lawmakers -- including one of the most liberal and the most conservative in Congress -- pressed Tuesday for a "clean" $1.1 billion spending measure to combat the Zika virus."This is a big moment in the history of… Read more »

Miami HeraldFlorida members of Congress to Gov. Rick Scott: Ask for clean Zika bill@PatriciaMazzeiNine Florida members of Congress asked Gov. Rick Scott to use his Tuesday visit to Washington to advocate for a "clean" Zika funding bill, free of any politically charged amendments that would make it more difficult for the legislation to win bipartisan approval."The stakes are… Read more »

WSVNSpraying for Zika continues in Broward and Miami-DadeMIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Planes and trucks were back out early, Monday morning, for another round of spraying insecticide in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.A chemically-loaded truck could be seen in the streets of Miami Beach, around 2 a.m. In Broward, a plane packed with insecticide could be seen spraying five small areas across… Read more »

West Palm Beach TVAfter senate blocks Zika funding bill, Florida lawmakers on both sides demand actionOne day after failing to pass a $1.1 billion bill that would fund the fight to prevent Zika, lawmakers on both sides talked tough.The fight for that Zika funding is tied up in what amounts to a political stalemate - and neither side is blinking.Several South Florida lawmakers made their… Read more »

South Florida Jewish JournalHolocaust survivor among centenarian celebrantsMarvin GlassmanWithin the past few weeks, three local Jewish residents celebrated their 100th and 101st birthdays with special celebrations.Centenarians Steven Berkowicz, a Holocaust survivor living in Pembroke Pines, Alice Borisoff of Pembroke Park and Mollie Gross of Pembroke Pines each marked their milestones… Read more »