WLRN WEEKEND: A collection of some of our feature stories for your weekend reading
This Miami-Dade environmental department is one of the oldest in the state. Will it survive?
The county's Department of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) has survived budget cuts, changing politics and the scorn of developers. But now environmental advocates worry its storied tenure might finally be coming to an end under plans to reorganize a department already handicapped by staff shortages and strip it of environmental permitting authority.
South Florida ties to AllHere and ex-Miami schools chief revealed, as feds continue probe
Company under examination by federal authorities for $6 million contract under former Miami-Dade schools chief, Alberto Carvalho, in Los Angeles school district had extensive ties to South Florida, WLRN found, and secured a key contract with the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district.
New World Symphony's experimental performances bring new twists to a night at the symphony
The New World Symphony BLUE Project Performances are a way for all of the institution's fellows to try new ways of performing classical music for new and changing audiences. Harpist Eloïse Fares brings the audience into a twisted and mysterious performance with 'The Clock Strikes 2:32 p.m.'
New Miami Commissioner wants to bring back 'Little Havana Pride' through revitalization
Newly elected Commissioner Rolando Escalona has ambitious plans to revamp a tourist hotspot neighborhood he claims has been neglected for years.
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Sarah Gray/Florida HouseFlorida lawmakers approved significant new guardrails Friday for the multibillion-dollar emergency fund that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration used to construct and operate the sprawling immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”
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Sofia Zarran/WLRNWhen it comes to tackling invasive species in South Florida, it's not just about spotting and removing. A group of University of Florida researchers are using telemetry trackers to find and understand the habits of the elusive and invasive Burmese python.
- Heading to Calle Ocho Festival on Sunday? Here is list of closed Miami streets
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom bring book tour to Miami Friday night at Adrienne Arsht Center
- Palm Beach County issues urgent warning over sophisticated phishing scam over building permits
- Miami developer Rishi Kapoor indicted in $85 million fraud scheme
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Legislators added a provision eliminating zoning requirements for small private schools into a Democratic-led bill in the waning hours of the 2026 legislative session. Both GOP-led chambers of the Florida Legislature on Thursday passed SB 182, allowing private schools with 150 or fewer students to operate in commercially zoned buildings. -
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Friday that the announced release of 51 prisoners in Cuba is welcome news but that the communist government continues to arrest and detain those who speak out against the regime. -
NASA has cleared its moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs. Mission managers made the call Thursday at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. NASA says the Space Launch System rocket will roll out of the hangar and back to the pad next week.
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