Miami Gardens, Fla. - Kendrick Meek demanded $75 million more in aid from BP to revive Florida tourism, the state's number one industry, in a letter sent today to BP CEO Tony Hayworth.
The letter comes just days after BP's promise to the state tha ...
Posted Thursday, May 20th 2010 at 12:28PM
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - Kendrick Meek, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, issued the following statement today as Senate Republicans prepare to go down fighting, defending the Big Banks and BP during the final debate on holding Wall Street accountab ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2010 at 10:32AM
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http://www.tampabay.com/news/kendrick-meek-releases-tax-returns/1095657
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek posted seven years of tax returns on his campaign website on Monday.
Charlie Crist released his more than a month ago.
"Ke ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2010 at 10:08AM
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http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/palm/blog/2010/05/meek_tells_palm_beach_county_c.html
Appearing Friday evening in Palm Beach County, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meeek told supporters and party activists that the turmoil ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2010 at 10:02AM
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Rust College congratulates Ms. Ereca King, who was elected Miss Rust for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Ms. King is a native of Pontotoc, Mississippi and is the daughter of Jeffrey and Kim King. King is a senior, majoring in political science/pre-law. ...
Posted Tuesday, May 18th 2010 at 11:49AM
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - Kendrick Meek asked Gov. Charlie Crist to join him in signing a letter to Sen. George LeMieux today that urges LeMieux to support the confirmation of President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Solicitor General Elena Kagan.
"I ...
Posted Tuesday, May 18th 2010 at 11:29AM
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA - Meet Jeff Greene, Florida's Eddie Haskell, in a new web video released by the Kendrick Meek campaign. Never one to be trusted, Greene, like Haskell, misleads his audience with conniving schemes. As Greene begins spending his ill- ...
Posted Tuesday, May 18th 2010 at 11:14AM
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Doris Ann Dearing Johnson a native of Aberdeen, Miss., Class of 1968, was sworn in as President of the Texas Medical Association Alliance, May 1, at the 93rd Session. She is the first African American to lead the organization. Witnessing her swearin ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 5:30PM
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Manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and uplift are the four cardinal principals in which the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. was founded upon. Living true to these principals, members of the Kappa Beta (Rust College) chapter of Omega Psi Phi went to H ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 5:26PM
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When Victoria Little walked across Bowie State University's commencement stage to receive her bachelor's degree in Psychology in 1980, she had no idea that she would receive a master's degree in Organizational Communications from her alma mater 30 years later. ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 5:23PM
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PANAMA CITY BEACH — U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek stood at Capt. Anderson’s Marina and saw what struggling local fisherman are up against: the docks.
“It’s important that we respond on behalf of the overall economy,” he told a crowd gathered a few stair ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 12:36PM
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U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek was in Pensacola on Sunday listening to concerns about the BP oil spill.
Meek, D-Miami Gardens, met with more than 40 people at 7 p.m. at the IBEW Hall at 7830 N. Palafox St. for a town hall meeting.
The meeting is one o ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 12:31PM
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http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2010-05-16/meek-campaigns-st-augustine
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, running for a U.S. Senate seat, deflected questions Saturday about whether President Barack Obama would back him less strongly for fear of catap ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 11:42AM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index announces - June will be dedicated to 2010 HS graduates attending college in the Fall. If you or someone you know has a budding scholar in the making and would like to have them featured on BSI as such, please send us ...
Posted Friday, May 14th 2010 at 6:20PM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. - As Floridians brace for the Gulf oil slick to reach Florida beaches, Kendrick Meek, the only U.S. candidate to warn of the consequences of offshore drilling before the spill, will be traveling to the Florida Panhandle to help pl ...
Posted Friday, May 14th 2010 at 11:29AM
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - As Planned Parenthood organizations rally throughout Florida on Thursday, Kendrick Meek renewed his strong opposition to HB 1143, a mean-spirited measure requiring pregnant women to pay for an ultrasound before obtaining an abor ...
Posted Friday, May 14th 2010 at 11:19AM
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - As discussion of a special legislative session on oil drilling grows, Kendrick Meek released the following statement on today's developments in the offshore drilling debate:
"My fight has always been against drilling for oil ...
Posted Friday, May 14th 2010 at 11:13AM
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - On the day lifelong Republican Charlie Crist performs the final act in his month-long political stunt, Kendrick Meek will still face two conservative Republicans in the U.S. Senate race in Florida.
"Governor Charlie Crist wan ...
Posted Friday, May 14th 2010 at 11:08AM
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AHSHE…AND SO IT IS
Malcolm X coined the phrase “By Any Means Necessary,” which is the motto of Producer Toni Odom who will launch the Black Soap Opera Webisode Ahshe, on his birthday, May 19th.
"I wrote Ahshe, to speak to the black community that rarely is portrayed in mainstream media," ...
Posted Thursday, May 13th 2010 at 5:07PM
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Congratulations to Uplift, Inc. for winning a MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning grant!!! One of ten out of 800 applicants and the only DC based project! Awesome job! http://dmlcompetition.net/year_3/winners.php (http://www.youth-lab.or ...
Posted Thursday, May 13th 2010 at 3:48AM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features the 11th President of Alabama A&M University, Dr. Andrew Hugine, Jr. http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/05/hbcu-presidents-dr-andrew-hugine-alabama-am-university/
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Posted Tuesday, May 11th 2010 at 1:43PM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. - Today, the Kendrick Meek for Florida campaign announced that 10,681 Floridians signed Kendrick Meek's petition to stop the expansion of drilling off Florida's beaches. While Governor Crist was for drilling near Florida beaches b ...
Posted Tuesday, May 11th 2010 at 12:41PM
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Miami Gardens, FL - With the nomination of Elena Kagan sure to reopen the national discussion on a woman's right to privacy, and with Governor Crist still unsure of whether to veto HB 1143, a mean-spirited measure requiring pregnant women to pay for ...
Posted Tuesday, May 11th 2010 at 11:19AM
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I recently read about a seller on Craigslist who was selling a diamond ring. He was contacted by a potential buyer and they wanted to see the ring in person. So they make they way to the seller's home and force their way in. They tie up him, his wife ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 4:32PM
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Miami Gardens, FL -- In a shocking example of self-contradiction, billionaire Jeff Greene admitted on Friday to profiting from Wall Street to protect his investments and wealth, which in turn resulted in the near collapse of the U.S. economy.
As ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 3:45PM
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