Kendrick Meek News

A looming $6 million budget deficit means some belt-tightening for Milwaukee County employees.

"Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards , Congressman Kendrick B. Meek , and Congresswoman Yvette D. Clark traveled to Haiti to see firsthand the situation there after four devastating hurricanes hit the country in the ...

Miami Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, reversing her earlier vote this week against the proposed $700 billion bailout for the nation's financial system, cast her vote in favor of the measure on Friday.

On the surface, Amendment 2 reads like a ban on gay marriage. But in the final weeks before the election, people on both sides of the debate are traveling the state, arguing that the effects of the amendment ...

Twenty-seven members of the Congressional Black Caucus have expressed concern to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin over recent FCC proposals that would dictate how broadcasters serve their local communities, placing ...

Florida's popular class-size amendment may be put on ice, thanks to a weakening economy and a statewide budget crisis.

Florida Senators Mel Martinez and Bill Nelson renewed their call for the U.S. Senate to pass legislation for the creation of a Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force within the Federal Bureau of Investigation .

The corrected release reads: NATIONAL BLACK CAUCUS OF STATE LEGISLATORS TO HOST 15TH ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE October 3rd event aims to improve mental health in the African American community The ...

The goal of the conference is to educate state legislators, healthcare professionals, community leaders and the public about mental illness and what can be done to reduce the cultural stigmas and barriers that ...

Here's how Oklahoma senators and House of Representatives members voted on key bills and amendments last week.

FUNDING IRONWORKER TRAINING FOR INDIAN TRIBES: The House passed a bill sponsored by Rep.

USAid sets up $2m investment fund House of Representatives approves hurricane relief USAid commits $2m for emergency bridges Haitian Americans who have long dreamed of creating jobs in Haiti, but lacked the ...

These days, it's tempting to think that a nonpolitical supervisor who got the job on qualifications rather than voter whim could save the Palm Beach County elections office.

Rewriting history: Arva Moore Parks . The South Florida native is updating her book Miami: The Magic City ,first published in 1980 and revised in 1991.

Contact Categories Archives September 16, 2008 Meet the Congressmen already guaranteed victory As electoral-vote.com today reports, more than 30 Congressmen are running unopposed and thus guaranteed to be ...

As Haiti Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis toured storm-ravaged Gonaives Saturday, the country got some heavy-lifting from its celebrity friends and U.S. politicians.

En route to Haiti to see storm devastation, Rep. Kendrick Meek assailed the White House Friday for continuing to deport Haitians in the U.S. to the storm-wracked island.

Hurricane Ike will hit Texas in just hours. People in Palm Beach, Martin and St.

Congress said goodbye to Cleveland congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones on Wednesday.

The Congressional Black Caucus team: Joe Leonard, staff director; Irene Schwoeffermann, coalitions advisor; Keiana Barrett, communications director; and Brian Fernandez, technology advisor.