Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava sharing a field office with Florida Dems in her 2024 reelection campaign. Levine Cava and the state party had a similar arrangement for her 2020 campaign

On the final night of Florida's 2024 legislative session, a construction industry lobbyist DEMANDED lawmakers pass a bill blocking local heat-safety rules.

'HEAT cannot die,' the lobbyist texted the House Speaker's chief of staff.

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NEW: Miami Seaquarium sues Miami-Dade in fight for survival during county eviction battle

✍️ Doug Hanks

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Home sales dropped by double digits in March. Still, thousands bought homes. Jonathan Miller said that for some deep-pocketed buyers South Florida, 'went from a nice place to visit to a nice place to live — that’s the change.'
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Should Miami-Dade sell land on the cheap for a Costco in South Dade? Water and Sewer says it needs the property and doesn’t have an alternative that’s as good— unless another deal goes through. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

Filmmaker Billy Corben (Billy Corben) says he will run for Miami-Dade Democratic Party chair

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Miami-Dade’s Water and Sewer Dept gets an upgrade from S&P in terms of debt risk

The very best people run the Miami Marathon and Half Marathon. And I mean the people who go way beyond 26.2 miles to execute an event that means so much to so many.Thanks frankieruiz & team for recognizing Susan Miller Degnan’s Susan Miller Degnan devotion to Miami Marathon. Miami Herald

The Otaola campaign for Miami-Dade mayor is rolling out its signs in Coconut Grove

When I asked Terence Rock Salt, the Army Corps colonel given the daunting task of planning comprehensive Everglades restoration 30 years ago, who he'd put on his Mount Rushmore for saving the Everglades, his answer came without hesitation: Bob Graham. (photo via Bob Graham Center ).

Bob Graham, former Florida governor and U.S. senator, dies at 87

✍️ David Smiley

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Explore the power of modern and contemporary art with Pérez Art Museum Miami! Join us Friday, April 19 at 3:30 p.m. at the Shenandoah Branch Library to use art as inspiration for your own creations in a workshop led by PAMM’s Teaching Artists. spr.ly/6012bBXNK

DEFERRED AGAIN - Residents of a southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood are fighting to keep their quiet block from major development, but their commissioners keep delaying things. local10.com/news/local/202…

Miami Wilds sues Miami-Dade over killed water park and blames Daniella Levine Cava for courting her liberal base in a reelection campaign. Her response: That’s ridiculous miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

A Miami sports institution has retired — ending a career dedicated to local athletes and the fans who (mostly) cheered them on.

Freddy Ramirez, the former MDPD dir, was at today’s County Commission meeting. He’s working for Daniella Levine Cava and MDPD as a full-time advisor on the 2025 transition to a sheriff’s office. Was here for an admin report on that topic, but it was accepted without discussion.

Usually I’m the tallest guy at County Hall

With MDPD officers and administrators running for sheriff , Dir Daniels warns against campaigning in uniform or on the clock

In epic traffic jam, stories of kindness emerge

TODAY IN CORAL GABLES! Come to the library & hear me yak about #Florida panthers & my book CAT TALE! Reception at 5:30 & the book talk is at 6:30 pm. NO EMOTIONAL SUPPORT IGUANAS WILL BE ADMITTED. We don't want a repeat of what happened last time.