By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
UPDATE: June 21 -- Hallandale Beach commissioners gave final approval Wednesday night to developer Jorge Perez’s plan to construct Beachwalk – a $100-million, 31-story hotel-residential complex on the Intracoastal Waterway.
By Caitlin Ginley, iWatch News by The Center for Public Integrity 
Early last month, lawmakers in Iowa completed work on a new open records statute. Senate File 430 creates the Iowa Public Information Board, a nine-member commission charged with enforcing the state’s open records and meetings laws.
For good government advocates in the Hawkeye State, the new legislation was cause for celebration — sort of.
By Buddy Nevins
BrowardBulldog.org
Disputes over pay to play, bullying, fraud and safety have erupted around the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School cheerleading program and have led to an investigation by Broward County schools.
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Developers of a $1.2 billion residential and commercial development at Gulfstream Park have convinced commissioners at Broward County and Hallandale Beach to release them from an earlier pledge to build 225 units of affordable housing.
By Clay Duda, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange 
It might make for a more leisurely summer, but Kennesaw State University student Steven Welch didn’t dump college courses to have more free time. He did it because he couldn’t afford the cost.
Welch, 24, had to make the move because he no longer qualified for a Pell Grant to cover the cost of summer tuition.
Restrictions on the grant program, long used to help low-income and some middle-class students stem the cost of higher education, were enacted by Congress last year — but students are feeling the impact for the first time this summer as the changes are implemented across the country.
