Well, it looks like Eileen Higgins just added a very shiny feather to her hat — and you know Congresswoman Frederica Wilson has plenty to choose from. The beloved bedazzled-hat-wearing congresswoman, who represents much of the city in Washington, officially endorsed Higgins for Miami mayor Monday, calling her “a proven leader who delivers real results.” […]
Just weeks into the new school year, Gov. Ron DeSantis and his right-hand anti-Woke doc, Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, are taking aim at something else that has kept Florida kids healthy for decades: vaccines. At a press conference Wednesday, Ladapo said the state is going to eliminate every last vaccine mandate, because forcing kids to […]
The day after Congresswoman Frederica Wilson visited the ICE Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade to investigate claims of overcrowded, unsanitary, dangerous and inhuman conditions, a female Haitian detainee died at the Broward Transitional Center, another ICE facility 58 miles to the northeast. On Friday, Wilson will be joined by Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to visit the […]
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson took an hourlong tour Thursday of the Krome Detention Facility, where there have been reports of severe overcrowding, leading to unsanitary and dangerous conditions. But she certain she did not get to see the real thing. “I am positive that they took people out today, so I wouldn’t see them,” Wilson said […]
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson will be the first member of Congress to get a tour of the Krome Detention Center in West Miami-Dade after reports of overcrowded, dangerous, unsanitary and inhumane conditions in the wake of the mass immigrant detentions and deportations by the new Donald Trump administration. Wilson sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland […]
Nearly $50 million in federal money will trickle down to South Florida as part of the 2023 appropriations funding package, says Democrat Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, who championed for 15 different projects and programs. “Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) announced she has secured $49,717,944 in community Project Funding for Florida’s 24th District. The funding is a part of the House […]
Practice run against Frederica Wilson could set her up as heir Former Miami-Dade Commissioner Audrey Edmonson is expected to make a big announcement Tuesday. And while she could run for county mayor in 2024 or for commission again, the widespread rumor is that she will run in the Democratic against U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson next […]
I had mixed feelings watching Wednesday as the Donald Trump White House walked back his ludicrous, false and self-serving claim that Congresswoman Frederica Wilson had lied about a conversation between the president and the widow of a fallen soldier from Miami Gardens who he said “must have known what he signed up for.” It was […]
There will be a congressional oath do-over in Miami Friday for those who couldn’t make it to Capitol Hill exactly a month ago. These Congress members were already sworn in on the first day of Congress Jan. 6th. In fact, they’ve been representing their respective districts already, voting on the repeal of Obamacare and authorizing […]
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson flew home to Miami for the weekend but not on a regular commercial or private airplane. Wilson (D-North Dade) accompanied President Barack Obama on Air Force One as the POTUS came to an event this afternoon at Coral Reef High School. She also hopped on the President’s helicopter, Marine One, to get from […]