Billy Jean Louis
Senior Editor and Reporter at Key Biscayne Independent
Senior editor/reporter for @kbindependent, former associate litigation reporter @Blaw; DEI reporter @baltimoresun @UF Alumnus. @Report4America
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1 week ago |
kbindependent.org | Billy Jean Louis
FORT WALTON BEACH — Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against a former Florida sheriff’s deputy and others for the May 2024 shooting death of 23-year-old U.S. Senior Airman Roger Fortson. Former Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Eddie Duran shot and killed Fortson, who was Black, at the door of Fortson’s apartment. Duran has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. That criminal case is pending.
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1 week ago |
kbindependent.org | Billy Jean Louis
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday night that five leading Venezuelan opposition figures sought by the country’s dictatorship had been rescued from the Argentine embassy in Caracas — where they’d taken refuge last year — in a “precise” operation.
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1 week ago |
kbindependent.org | Billy Jean Louis
S that removing fluoride from the municipal water supplies disproportionately hurts the dental health of low-income families. Miami-Dade District 3 Commissioner Keon Hardemon, who represents Liberty City and Little Haiti, voted on Tuesday to override Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s veto on removing the additive from the water supply. The 8-4 vote to override Levine Cava’s veto comes during the anti-vaxx, anti-science crusade of Republicans nationwide.
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1 week ago |
kbindependent.org | Billy Jean Louis
MIAMI GARDENS — In between the loud zooms of cars whipping around the racetrack, nightclub-like electronic beats blared through the speakers at the Miami Grand Prix. Some attendees took in the scene sitting comfortably in shaded trackside suites. Some dipped their feet in a pool at the Hard Rock Beach Club, the signature day club at the Miami International Autodrome that provides a tropical backdrop for some of the most popular music acts in the city.
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2 weeks ago |
kbindependent.org | Billy Jean Louis
The northwest corner of 60th Street in Liberty City for more than 17 years stood vacant, nothing more than a repository for trash. Now there is a townhome on the site, the fruit of the First Time Homebuyer Program, sponsored by District 5 Commissioner Christine King. King lobbied her fellow commissioners to allocate $3 million to the program in 2022. Participants receive up to $200,000 from the program to purchase a home, which they are exempt from repaying if they live there for 30 years.
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