The Florida Bar has escalated its investigation into recently ousted City Attorney Victoria Méndez, signaling the bar was not satisfied by her written response denying that she broke bar rules in public comments calling Billy Corben a “vile little man.”

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Mayor Mayor Francis Suarez went to F1 this year, not as mayor, as he has in the past, but as a partner of DaGrosa Capital private equity firm.

The way toggles between his roles as mayor and businessman has ethics experts concerned.

W/ Tess Riski

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NEW: Javier Ortiz, the Miami police captain whose long history of citizen complaints alleging beatings, false arrests and harassment made him notorious in the city he swore to protect and serve, has joined Ron DeSantis’ Florida State Guard.
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Congratulations to Miami Herald Opinion's Isadora Rangel, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her scathing series on the city’s multiple political scandals in a troubled local democracy and potential electoral reforms needed. pulitzer.org/finalists/isad…

In April, SEC investigators interviewed Mayor Francis Suarez about his job with Miami developer Rishi Kapoor.

Suarez had refused to make public his contract, but Miami Herald now has the details of the arrangement, which included the promise of equity.

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NEW: Miami commissioners are set to vote on a brand new voting map next week after a tense lawsuit over 'racial gerrymandering.'

They will vote on a settlement agreement that includes $1.5 million in plaintiffs' attorney fees, and two charter amendments

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It’s nearly midnight & the ⁦Columbia Journalism⁩ newsroom is buzzing.

Two years after @wlrn first reported this deal to end oil drilling in Big Cypress, looks like this deal is still inching along:

Oil drilling has endured in the Everglades for decades. Now, Miccosukee Tribe has a plan to stop it wlrn.org/environment/20…

Fantastic work by the Miami Herald and McClatchy graphics teams. It's very exciting to finally see the story published.

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NEW: Some of the 49 migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard by the state of Florida are now able to legally work in the U.S. and have temporary protections from deportation — because they are considered victims of a potential crime under a special Visa

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NEW: Miami-Dade State Attorney Kathy Rundle faces mounting criticism for her handing of allegations of prosecutorial misconduct and for fostering a “win at all costs” office culture.

W/ Brittany Wallman & Camellia Burris

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NEW: ‘Shame on them’: How police fumbled the case of gymnastics coach accused of sex abuse

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New emails deepen scandal around Miami election endorsement and bribery investigation

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Miami City Attorney Victoria Mendez has been removed from her post effective immediately after commissioners questioned her legal advice and decorum at recent meetings.

Via Tess Riski & Joey Flechas

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Judge throws out Miami’s ‘unconstitutional’ voting map over racial gerrymandering

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'It’s one thing to say no bridge could be designed to resist these forces, but if you have vessels moving around there, the likelihood that this is going to happen is high. It’s going to happen.'

Story here w/ Hallie Miller Daniel Zawodny
An old bridge and massive new ships. Was the Key Bridge designed to withstand impact?thebaltimorebanner.com/community/tran…

Some context from civil engineering expert R. Shankar Nair on the Key Bridge collapse: 'As a matter of principle, when there is a bridge pier in a shipping channel we should expect the bridge to be strong enough to withstand impact or to be protected from impact.'

Centners downplay ties to arrested Miami commissioner, say they ‘sprinkle money around’

✍️ w/Tess Riski & Sarah Blaskey

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New w Sarah Blaskey: Mayor Francis Suarez told a state ethics investigator that billionaire Ken Griffin was his personal client. Now his office is walking it back. If true, it raises new conflict of interest questions
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