In 2018, the year the Boy Scouts permitted girls to join, 10-year-old Emily Mayol joined Miami Beach Troop 65. She was the first girl to join the local Cub Scouts program, Scouting America’s entry-level youth program. Victoria Parra joined the same Miami Beach troop in 2019. Now they have reached Scouting’s highest achievement: Eagle Scout, making them the first female Scouts in Troop 65’s 50-year history.

Miami Dade College will soon begin to authorize new charter schools, according to a presentation reviewed by WLRN, cutting out the school district. “If it's going to be funded by public dollars, in my opinion, the public should have a method by which to hold it accountable," said Miami-Dade school board member Luisa Santos.

College football’s most prestigious honor went to a Miami native over the weekend.

Social media posts by local public officials and Broward County residents showing ICE agents come at a time when the Trump administration is deploying federal agents nationwide to track down suspected undocumented immigrants and deport them in record numbers.

Visitors greeted by a trailer after Hurricane Irma destroyed a temporary center in 2017 now will be welcomed by a storm-resilient modern visitor center with sweeping views.

This year’s GIFFORDS scorecard gave Florida a C–, a grade based on the group’s review of state gun laws and violence-prevention measures.

Community supporters joined members of Decrim 305 to call on the state of Florida to eliminate criminal penalties tied to sex work. It was held in advance of the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, which will be observed on Wednesday, Dec. 17.

Broward has 10,000 fewer students than it did last year, digging a budget hole of $94 million in the district. In five years, Broward County Public Schools is looking at a projected loss of over 25,000 students, according to district data.

Health care advocates and progressive groups across Florida said the U.S. Senate’s failure to extend premium subsidies for the Affordable Care Act was a “disheartening setback” that will significantly raise the cost of health insurance for nearly 5 million Floridians, including hundreds of thousands of people in South Florida.

The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday the immediate termination of all categorical “Family Reunification Parole” programs for foreign nationals from Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras, and their immediate family members.