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Senator From Miami Gardens Recounts

With controversial gun legislation again proposed for Florida lawmakers to consider this spring, Senate Democratic Leader Oscar Braynon told reporters Tuesday that the Legislature needs to do a better job of understanding the true reality of gun violence — as…

Gun Violence in Miami-Dade Kills Too Many

MIAMI-DADE, Fla. – During the last three years, shootings in Miami-Dade County have killed six children: 4-year-old Rahkel Carr, 6-year-old King Carter, 7-year-old Amiere Castro, 8-year-old Jada Page and 10-year-olds Marlon Eason and Aaron Vu. Last year’s funerals had the…

Congresswoman Wilson Secures $5 Million

Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson applauds the announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice that the agency has awarded Metropolitan Dade County and the City of Miami a $3,125,000 and $1,875,000 grant, respectively, through its Office of Community Oriented Policing Services…