First county budget hearing focused on transit cuts They found millions for arts and culture and kids’ and seniors’ programs. But apparently finding a bus before sunrise is harder. Miami-Dade commissioners dragged themselves — and everyone else — past 2 a.m. Friday morning during the first public hearing on Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s proposed $14.26 […]
This after state spent millions on license plate readers Well, this is rich. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has apparently discovered civil liberties. The same governor whose administration has pushed Florida law enforcement deeper into immigration enforcement, expanded cooperation with ICE and actually approved millions of dollars to buy automated license plate readers for that very […]
Sheriff and Commissioner JC Bermudez aren’t amused Finally, a Miami-Dade County branding opportunity that makes sense. County officials are talking with Rockstar Games about turning pieces of Miami-Dade into a real-life Vice City to promote the November release of the ridiculously anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI. Yes. Grand Theft Auto. The video game built around […]
Mayor Daniella Levine Cava starts ‘No on 3’ campaign Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and a small army of mayors, commissioners, cops, firefighters and local-government types are embarking on what may be the hardest political sales job of the 2026 election: ‘Please, Florida voters, do not vote to lower your property taxes.’ Good luck with […]
Critics: Why have a development boundary at all? Kelly Tractor finally got their nine. After months of delays, a mayoral veto, repeated deferrals and enough parliamentary maneuvering to make your head spin, Miami-Dade commissioners on Tuesday approved the controversial Kelly Tractor headquarters outside the Urban Development Boundary on a 9-3 vote. Nine. The magic […]
Turnabout, meet The Florida Bar. Palmetto Bay Councilman Steve Cody, who Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier publicly demanded resign last year over an admittedly awful Facebook post about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has now filed a Florida Bar complaint against Uthmeier over his role in the Hope Florida $10 million money shuffle. […]
Ay, qué esperanza. The Hope Florida scandal that has been simmering in Tallahassee for more than a year suddenly got a whole lot hotter last week, when Floridians learned that a state grand jury had concluded Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration “misappropriated” $10 million in taxpayer money as part of a “sophisticated scheme to fund political […]
Incumbent’s campaign says it’s not gonna happen Eliott Rodriguez had barely finished celebrating his Democratic primary victory before he turned around and told Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar, who he faces in November, that he wants to go cara a cara on a live TV screen near you. Not once. Not twice. Three times. Rodriguez, the […]
Byron Donalds finally has a running mate. And surprise, surprise: He found him in Hialeah. One week after winning the Republican primary for governor — and with just 70 days until the November election — Donalds came to Miami Tuesday to announce that State Sen. Bryan Ávila would join him on the GOP ticket as […]
Mayor Vince Lago says public testimony doesn’t matter Coral Gables residents have spent years fighting the proposed Crystal Residences development at 110 Phoenetia Avenue — a nine-story luxury residential project that would replace the beloved Garden of Our Lord and incorporate a new home for Crystal Academy, the school serving children with autism. They’ve fought […]