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I-Team: Stimulus Bridge Repairs Coming Up Short
Two years ago Saturday, the I-35W bridge collapsed over the Mississippi River near Minneapolis killing 13 people and injuring 145. President Barack Obama and Congress pledged to use part of his $787...
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Governor Scott Ditches High-Speed Rail Project
MIAMI (CBS4) – Partisan politics took center stage in Tallahassee Wednesday morning when Florida Governor Rick Scott formally rejected more than $2 billion of federal money to build a high-speed rail...
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Thousands ‘Walk-In’ To Support Public School Funding
MIAMI (CBS4)- A crowd of a hundred of so parents, teachers, and students showed up at Coral Park High School in West Miami-Dade as part of a larger protest against proposed cuts in public school...
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Hours Left Before Government Shutdown
MIAMI (CBS4) – As the hours tick away towards a shutdown of the federal government, neither side is willing to give in and everyone from employees at Everglades National Park to South Floridians...
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South Florida Schools Concerned About Budget Decision
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) – Florida legislators are expected to cut more than $1 billion dollars from education in a budget they will vote on Friday night. The cuts mean school funding for the state will...
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Satellite Funding Worries Federal Forecasters
MIAMI (CBS4) — Funding for storm-tracking satellites is worrying the director of the and the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco told...
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Budget Cuts Hit Florida’s Youngest Students
MIAMI (CBS4) – At the Cherry Blossom Learning Center in Miami Thursday two teachers put a group of four year-olds through their academic paces, sounding out letters, learning “Q” words like quick,...
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Broward Help Line In Need Of Funding
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) – 211 Broward — the free helpline which connects people in need with a wide range of services — needs help itself. The agency is trying to close a $25,000 budget shortfall....
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Scott Defends Veto Of Money For Citrus Research
BONITA SPRINGS (CBS4)– Gov. Rick Scott says he vetoed $2 million for citrus greening research because there are other sources of funding for it within the industry. Concerned growers gathering for...
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Company Building Port Of Miami Tunnel Seeks More Money
MIAMI(CBS4)- Executives of the multinational firm in charge of the Port of Miami tunnel project are asking for more money from an emergency reserve fund. The fund will cover the cost of what the firm,...
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FAA Halts Ft. Lauderdale Improvement Project
MIAMI (CBSMiami.com) – The Federal Aviation Administration has halted dozens of major projects that dealt with construction and technology improvements, including a project at Fort Lauderdale...
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Major S. Fla Airport Projects Delayed From Lack Of FAA Funding
MIAMI (CBSMiami.com) – The Federal Aviation Administration has halted dozens of major projects that dealt with construction and technology improvements, including a project at Fort Lauderdale...
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Court Funding ‘A Priority’ Gov. Scott Tells Lawyers
TALLAHASSEE – (CBSMiami.com) – Florida courts are under increasing pressure to make do with less even as numerous foreclosure and criminal cases continue to flood the judicial system daily. On Monday,...
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Coral Springs Arts Program Filling The Void At Cash-Strapped Schools
CORAL SPRINGS (CBS4) – Proud parents watch as one child after another takes their turn at the piano, playing like pros in front of amazed adults. But the sad truth now is that with deep budget cuts,...
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Report: Florida Has “Significant Issues” Implementing Race To The Top
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida is one of three states named in a new report as having “significant issues” meeting plans for Race to the Top school grant money. Several states that won a slice of the...
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Opa-Locka, 12 Other Cities Get Housing, Community Revitalization Grant
OPA-LOCKA (CBS4)- Thirteen communities across the U.S., including Opa-Locka, will split $3.6 million to use towards grassroots efforts to revitalize housing and their community, the U.S. Department of...
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Fla. Democrats Can’t Attend Own Fundraiser
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Florida Democratic Party is about to answer the question what happens when you throw a “legislative appreciation party” and no legislators show up. Democrats from the Florida...
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House Gives Preliminary Approval To Budget
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBSMiami) – The Florida House of Representatives has given tentative approval to the state’s more than $65 billion budget. The new budget will cut Medicaid reimbursement rates, force...
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FL University Presidents Warn Of Closures If Spending Cuts Persist
MIAMI (CBS4) – The Greek philosopher Diogenes Laertius said, “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.” Eighteen centuries later, administrators and students on state university...
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Budget Cuts Threaten Future Of Farm Share
MIAMI (CBS4) – A South Florida organization which provides free food to those in need is facing a desperate need of their own; funding. “Farm Share is the pipeline between the farmers and soup kitchens...
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