Career and Workplace

The Broward alternative school principal who hired Miriam Oliphant as a guidance counselor in January didn't want to talk about it on Tuesday. "You need to call our P.R. office," Tracy Lockhart-Talley, principal of the Dave Thomas Education Center in........

Jamie Titcomb, executive director of the Palm Beach County League of Cities, is stepping down after 12 years in the post. Titcomb said by e-mail Tuesday that his last day would be on or around June 25, about a month......

BREAKING: Broward schools superintendent Jim Notter dropped a bombshell at the end of a long school board budget workshop on Tuesday: He's quitting at the end of the school year in June. Notter and the Broward School Board have been......

U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, told Republicans on Wednesday that it's a mistake for them to attempt to draw the Social Security program into the debate on reducing the federal deficit. Social Security "does not belong in this conversation......

If it becomes official that Frank Haith is leaving Miami for Missouri, does Mike Jarvis become a candidate? Why not? Update: Especially since UM prez Donna Shalala and Jarvis got to know each other back in the 90s when Shalala......

Will Miriam Oliphant show up at her old stomping grounds -- the Broward County School Board -- to protest her sudden dismissal as a guidance counselor? That's the $75,200 question heading into today's board meeting. Oliphant, a school board member......

When I talked with Mike Jarvis yesterday as he headed back from the Final Four, he said he was pulling for Connecticut in the final game. ???I want the old guy to win,??? said the 65-year-old Jarvis, referring to......

Another headline-grabbing, harebrained-idea from Tallahassee -- scrapping salaries for school board members statewide. Hmm. I've got an idea. If legislators like Sen. Steve Wise (who proposed the bill) are so concerned about part-time elected officials...

Over on the City that Breeds, they've posted a purloined copy of what purportedly is a new employee policy manual from the Kali Group (Kali's Court, Mezze, Meli, Tapas Adela)About the rules, the blogger says, "For those of you in......

Rand Hoch, founder of the gay rights group Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, is praising the West Palm Beach City Commission's decision to amend city policy to allow employees with domestic partners the right to use family and medical......

A lawsuit challenging how to pay for Palm Beach County???s new Inspector General could choke off money used to help pay for the government watchdog hired to keep an eye on "Corruption County." Fifteen Palm Beach County cities led by......

All I can say is this: It is a good thing The Voice announced his retirement before the start of the season. Can you imagine how awkward the situation would be right now if he had not done that?......