Miami-Dade’s mayor wants to pay landlords $10 million to reduce middle class rents Leasing an apartment in Miami for $3,000 a month could soon come with a new benefit: county rent relief. Miami Herald · Sep 9, 2022
Editorial: Trump and DeSantis put their thumbs on the scale and emerged as winners in Miami-Dade Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing to become an omnipresent force in Florida politics with loyalists at all levels of government who will push his agenda. He’s taken a page out of the playbook of the man whose support thrust him into political stardom four years ago, Donald Trump. Tribune News Service · Aug 26, 2022
Miami detective shot in head identified, remains in ‘extremely critical’ condition MIAMI — With family at his bedside and fellow officers gathered in support outside Jackson Memorial Hospital, Cesar Echaverry — a five-year veteran of the Miami-Dade Police Department — remained in “extremely critical condition” in the neurological intensive care unit on Tuesday. Miami Herald · Aug 17, 2022
What you need to know about dengue, who’s at risk and does it matter where you got bit? As if COVID, monkeypox and triple-digit heat indices aren’t enough to make you consider sealing yourself inside an air-conditioned hazmat suit, the announcement by Florida’s health department that confirmed the first locally transmitted case of dengue in Miami-Dade County might be enough to get you asking about measurements for such… Miami Herald · Jul 21, 2022
As Florida home values soar, calls grow to increase Citizens Insurance eligibility cap to $1 million statewide Inflation is making thousands of Florida houses and condos ineligible for coverage by Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-owned “insurer of last resort.” Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022
Remote learning apps used in schools tracked kids’ data without their knowledge, report says When the coronavirus pandemic upended traditional methods of delivering education, school districts across the country and the globe turned to online learning platforms. Miami Herald · May 26, 2022
Miami-Dade closer to 30-year building inspections in proposal after Surfside collapse MIAMI — Miami-Dade County moved closer Wednesday to requiring building inspections after 30 years, one decade earlier than the current law, in a proposal that was a response to the collapse of the Surfside condominium. Miami Herald · May 12, 2022
Domestic violence deaths on rise in Miami-Dade even as overall murders decline MIAMI — It took just two days to ring up the first domestic violence fatalities of 2022, a murder-suicide. After a bitter argument at their home near Miami Lakes, Fernando Cintron, 33, shot and killed his wife, Ariij Al-Husani, a 40-year-old decorated U.S. customs officer. Then, he killed himself. Miami Herald · Apr 20, 2022
‘Blacks for Trump’ founder has links to Florida ‘Boss Mansion’ where man shot dead MIAMI — A North Miami-Dade home where a man was shot dead and three others were wounded on Easter Sunday night is owned by a religious organization whose colorful and controversial president also founded the group, “Blacks for Trump.” Miami Herald · Apr 18, 2022
Miami jail officer faces rare prosecution under ‘revenge porn’ law MIAMI — A Miami-Dade corrections officer has been relieved of duty after he was arrested for allegedly posting explicit images of his ex-wife on Twitter. Miami Herald · Mar 21, 2022