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. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

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…

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. miamiherald.com/news/state/flo…

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 miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

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.” miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

NEW: Ex- Hialeah cop Jesus “Jessie” Menocal Jr., who sexually assaulted several young women in his custody, has been released early from prison due to “good behavior.” miaminewtimes.com/news/ex-hialea…

Miami PD arrested the campaign manager for Phil Ehr last night at a fundraiser for Sabrina Bousbar. Max Greenwood w/ the details miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

When Fort Lauderdale PD shot a rubber bullet that fractured a woman’s eye socket, they said they were responding to an officer under attack in her car, “screaming” for help. But that story is crumbling under new evidence in an ongoing civil rights case. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

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Because he paid for his young victim's braces and gave her financial support, an accused child molester is getting a plea deal from the Miami Dade State Attorney's Office. By Grethel Aguila miamiherald.com/news/local/cri…

Miami prosecutors’ clandestine arrangement with a confessed mass shooter is threatening at least two murder convictions, as State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle faces mounting criticisms over prosecutorial misconduct in her office. W/Brittany Wallman miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

NEW: Ron DeSantis spends millions on Florida Keys base preparing for migrant surge that hasn’t come miamiherald.com/news/politics-… w/ Michael Wilner

NEW: Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner has left his job as an attorney at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to sources familiar. He and the federal agency are mum about why. The SEC's HR office had been looking into women's claims of sexual harassment against him. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

A lawyer recently hired by MiamiSAO to train new Miami prosecutors wrote a sadomasochistic novel—“Death Penalty Desires”—which equates being female with being inherently submissive and refers to a trans character as a “he-beast.” W/ Brittany Wallman miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

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The Apalachee High school shooting will be remembered as one of the most preventable in American history. Today we published the story of how it happened — and all that could have stopped it. w/ Sarah Blaskey, Hannah Natanson, Laura Meckler, Shawn Boburg: washingtonpost.com/investigations…

New: Viral video attacking Tim Walz features fake version of former student at MN school where Walz taught. The Washington Post⁩ tracks down man whose identity was stolen washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Post reporters Isaac Stanley-Becker, Aaron C. Davis, Josh Dawsey and Christian Davenport with a long new piece delving into Jeff Bezos's expanding space interests with the U.S. government and the "friction" created by The Post [gift link] wapo.st/3YnWDWV