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SUN SENTINELWasserman Schultz calls out Congress, Gov. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio over ZikaBy Olivia DimmerRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz called for cooperation between state and federal leaders to combat the Zika virus on Monday.She spoke with senior citizens at a town hall at the Southwest Focal Point Senior Center in Pembroke Pines, about 20 miles north of the Zika hotbed near Wynwood, where at least 16 locally acquired Zika diagnoses have been made.While pregnant women are most vulnerable to ... Read more

WSVN 7 (FOX MIAMI)Hundreds attend Hope and Healing forum, work for improvement in police-community relationsSUNRISE, FLA. (WSVN) - Hundreds of community members attended a town hall meeting held by South Florida leaders in hopes of improving relations between law enforcement and the public, Thursday night.Hope and Healing are the two words centered around a discussion at the Faith Center, along Northwest 95th Avenue, in Sunrise. 7News, along with the Broward Sheriff’s Office and the Faith Center... Read more

MIAMI HERALDIn virus-plagued Wynwood, politicians point fingers over Zika fundingBy Alex Daugherty, Emily Cochrane and Patricia MazzeiThe Zika virus arrived in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood last week. The politicians came Thursday.Miami-Dade County Commissioner Audrey Edmonson handed out mosquito-repellent wipes. U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson advocated for safe sex. Florida Gov. Rick Scott zig-zagged from the Miami Under Ground coffee shop to the LiveNinja HQ start-up to Zak the Baker.Their message:... Read more

Wasserman Schultz returns to public eye at community policing eventBy Dan SweeneyAfter keeping out of the public eye since her resignation as chair of the Democratic National Committee on July 24, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, chose to step back into the spotlight at a town hall event at the Faith Center, a nondenominational African-American church in Sunrise.Thursday's town hall, billed as "Hope and Healing: A Community Conversation," was meant to bring law enforcement and the b... Read more

SUN SENTINELLet the healing begin: Faith Center hosts discussion on police, race relationsBy Susannah BryanIf you're stopped by a bad cop, can you call 911?That was just one of the tough questions asked Thursday night during a "Hope and Healing" town hall meeting co-hosted by Broward Sheriff Scott Israel and Faith Center Bishop Henry Fernandez.More than 500 people flocked to the Faith Center to hear from an 18-member panel that included U.S. Rep Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Broward Mayor Marty Kiar... Read more

POLITICOFla. lawmakers say 'I told you so,' about threat of Zika virus, need for federal funding By Christine SextonTALLAHASSEE - Top Florida Democrats and Republicans, who have been hollering at Congress for months about boosting funding to stop the spread of the Zika virus, ratcheted up their rhetoric on Friday following the announcement that the first confirmed non-travel Zika cases had emerged in the state."If there was ever a time for Congress to act, it is now," Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) w... Read more

POLITICOSenate Dems: Cancel recess to deal with Zika 'emergency'By Nicole NareaSenate Democrats urged Congress on Friday to cut short its seven-week recess to pass a federal Zika aid package following confirmation of the first four locally-transmitted cases of the mosquito-born disease in the continental U.S.."Zika is public health emergency that requires immediate bipartisan action," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) tweeted. "Americans can't afford to wait until Congress' vacation is ... Read more

WLRN RADIO'When We Are Demonized, We Both Lose:' South Florida Leaders Discuss Police And Community RelationsBy Amanda RabinesAround the same time of the shootings of police officers in Baton Rouge, South Florida politicians and law enforcement officials came together at Broward College to discuss the relationship between the police and the communities that they serve.“When we’re demonized and we’re not looked at as human or when we demonize the population of people that we serve, I think we bot... Read more

VIDEOCongresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaks on law enforcement issuesCongresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz talks about strengthening the bonds of trust between law enforcement and the community in light of the tragic shootings in Dallas, TX, St. Paul, MN, and in Baton Rouge, LA. Rep. Wasserman Shultz was attending a Unity Meeting of the Task Force on Law Enforcement and Community Relations at Broward College on Sunday, July 17, 2016.Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/... Read more

MIAMI HERALDDignitaries, S. Fla. police meet at Broward College to speak about community relationsBy Alex DaughertySunday’s gathering of the Police Community Relations Task Force at Broward College featured speeches from law enforcement officers and community members.The task force began in 2014 with a conversation on the House floor between Democratic Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston and Rep. Alcee Hastings of Miramar.“We formed this task force because we knew that strengthening our rel... Read more