Imagine that you’ve been planning all year for your family vacation. You find the perfect hotel—a spacious room with a view and plenty of activities for the kids—and book the room using an online travel site. The whole family is excited for a week of fun and relaxation. Everything is going great until you arrive at the hotel. After a few minutes of clicking around on the computer, the front desk woman asks you to spell your name again. Her brow furrows, and you start to worry. You are exhausted... Read more

Child care is more expensive than public college tuition in most U.S. states making it unaffordable for the majority of middle-class families, let alone those living in poverty. Now, some lawmakers are trying to change that. Congressional Democrats announced a new bill on Thursday that aims to increase access to child care for lower-income families and improve the notoriously inconsistent quality of the child care those subsidies buy. The Child Care Access to Resources for Early-learning (CARE)... Read more

Homicide detective Gregory Key was in church Dec. 3, 2006, when he got the call. His 19-year-old daughter, Lindsay, mother of a 9-month-old girl, was killed in a gang drive-by shooting in Arizona. + Lindsay Key, daughter of West Palm Beach homicide detective Sgt. Greg Key, was 19 when killed in a drive-by shooting in ... Read More A community college student in Chandler, southeast of Phoenix, her former high school classmates invited her to a house party on Erie Street. It was one of her first t... Read more

Gregory Key, at left, a West Palm Beach homicide detective, will attend the State of the Union address. His daughter Lindsay Key, 19, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting on Dec. 2, 2006, in Chandler, Ariz. A West Palm Beach homicide detective who lost his daughter to gun violence is heading to the nation's capital to attend Tuesday's State of the Union address. Detective Sgt. Gregory Key said he was in church nine years ago when he learned his 19-year-old daughter — a new mother — was an... Read more

Two of the biggest items on South Florida's wish list — a new federal courthouse for Fort Lauderdale and federal action that could help alleviate the proliferation of so-called sober homes — are moving closer to resolution, U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel said Wednesday. Frankel, a Broward-Palm Beach county Democrat, has been heavily involved in both issues. She's pushed for a new courthouse in response to complaints about the current building from judges, lawyers and civic leaders. Frankel said the gov... Read more

Florida’s 10 congressional Democrats joined together Wednesday in opposing effortsin the state’s Republican-led Legislature to allow roughly 1.5 million concealed weapons permit holders to bring their guns onto college campuses. “We agree that campus violence is a serious problem. Sadly, there have been at least 23 shootings on college campuses just in 2015,” the letter states. “Increasing the number of guns on college campuses is simply not the answer.” U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm Beach... Read more

Twenty-four high school students and their families from Palm Beach and Broward counties recently gathered for a reception in Boca Raton in which Congresswoman Lois Frankel handed out nominations to the nation's military academies. "They're outstanding, they're outstanding students," Frankel said. "Very well rounded, and they all have a passion for service and for leadership." Before receiving the nomination, the students had to go through an in-depth processes of filling out forms and questions... Read more

Florida communities still reeling from the housing crisis might get some help under a bipartisan bill that would speed short sales on homes worth less than what’s owed on them. The measure would set specific notification deadlines for lenders and require them to decide whether to accept a short-sale offer within 30 days of a borrower's request. The goal is to force all parties with an interest in homes that are under water to move quickly rather than let the homes sit abandoned for months as the... Read more

The U.S. Congress is back in session with the Western death toll to international terrorism climbing. Last Friday night’s attacks in Paris were the deadliest in France since World War II and the second deadliest in modern Europe after the 2004 train bombing in Madrid. Representatives have returned to Capitol Hill after a week working in their districts hearing about local issues. They return with a new focus on national security and a new speaker of the House. Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan was ... Read more

On Tuesday’s show, Ed gives commentary on Republicans wanting to go to war over terror attacks, but they don’t want to think about addressing gun violence in America. We are joined by Con. John Garamendi, D-CA, to discuss whether an invasion of Syria to face ISIS would be the right move. We are also joined by Col. Jack Jacobs, MSNBC Military analyst, to discuss the strategy for fighting ISIS. Finally we are joined by Con. Lois Frankel, D-FL, to discuss the Syrian refugee crisis. Read more