Jennifer Kay

Jennifer Kay

January 26, 2018 | Daily Business Review

NAACP Sues Homeland Security Over Haiti Immigration Policy

The NAACP has sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, citing President Donald Trump's disparaging comments about immigrants and their home countries as evidence of racial discrimination influencing his administration's decision to end protections for roughly 60,000 Haitians.

By Jennifer Kay, Associated Press

3 minute read

September 12, 2017 | Daily Business Review

2 huge cranes atop Miami high-rises collapse in Irma's winds

The cranes were among two dozen such heavyweight hazards looming over the city skyline as the monster storm powered across the state.

By Jason Dearen, Adriana Gomez Licon and Jennifer Kay

4 minute read

April 18, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Court Sides With Reptile Keepers Against Giant Snake Ban

U.S. wildlife officials can't legally stop interstate trade of giant exotic snakes such as Burmese pythons, which threaten to eat all the native mammals in the Florida Everglades, an appeals court has ruled.

By Jennifer Kay

6 minute read

July 22, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Zika Investigations Eating Up Funds, Florida Officials Say

Florida mosquito control officials worry they won't be able to keep up their efforts to contain the bugs that carry Zika without federal funding, even as concern mounts that the first infection from a mosquito bite on the U.S. mainland is near.

By Jennifer Kay, Associated Press

8 minute read

January 02, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Judge Sides with Newspaper in Fla. Sunshine Law Case

MIAMI -- A judge has sided with The Florida Times-Union in a lawsuit arguing that Jacksonville city officials broke Florida's open-government laws when they held private talks over proposed changes to police and firefighter pensions.

By JENNIFER KAY

3 minute read

July 18, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Miami archdiocese settles lawsuit over sex abuse

MIAMI AP - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami has settled a lawsuit in which a former altar boy claimed he was sexually abused by the same priest accused by former Congressman Mark Foley.The lawsuit was not connected to Foley, who resigned in scandal last year.The unnamed plaintiff claims the Rev. Anthony Mercieca sexually abused him in the 1970s when he was an altar boy at St.

By Jennifer Kay

2 minute read

August 06, 2010 | Daily Report Online

States respond in health care overhaul lawsuit

PENSACOLA, Fla. AP - Twenty states and the nation's most influential small business lobby plan Friday to file their response to the government's attempt to dismiss their lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.The Justice Department in June asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit, saying the U.

By JENNIFER KAY

3 minute read

December 30, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Alleged scheme targeted Haitians, bilked $23M

MIAMI AP - A man is accused of bilking thousands of Haitian-Americans of more than $23 million in an investment scheme where he promised to create a "nation of Haitian millionaires."George Theodule used his Haitian background to urge Haitian-Americans nationwide to form investment clubs and funnel funds through his Lake Worth, Fla.

By JENNIFER KAY

3 minute read

February 27, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Ambassador: Review Bush-era decisions for Haitians

MIAMI AP - Storm-battered Haiti will continue stalling most deportations of its citizens until the Obama administration decides whether to grant it protected status that will allow Haitians to stay in the U.S. temporarily, the Haitian ambassador said this week.Temporary protected status allows immigrants from countries experiencing armed conflict or environmental disasters to stay and work in the U.

By JENNIFER KAY

4 minute read