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Daniel Rivero
Investigative ReporterDaniel Rivero is part of WLRN's new investigative reporting team. Before joining WLRN, he was an investigative reporter and producer on the television series "The Naked Truth," and a digital reporter for Fusion.
His work has won honors of the Murrow Awards, Sunshine State Awards and Green Eyeshade Awards. He has also been nominated for a Livingston Award and a GLAAD Award on reporting on the background of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's tenure as Attorney General of Oklahoma and on the Orlando nightclub shooting, respectively.
Daniel was born on the outskirts of Washington D.C. to Cuban parents, and moved to Miami full time twenty years ago. He learned to walk with a wiffle ball bat and has been a skateboarder since the age of ten.
He can be reached at drivero@wlrnnews.org
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Photographer Diego Waisman's forthcoming book and photography exhibition — 'For I Shall Already Have Forgotten You' — details the past of South Florida's trailer parks, and paints a bleak picture of their continued presence in the region as investors target land that is ripe for development and force out decades-long residents.
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Commissioners paved the way to reverse a ban for subsidies for the American Dream Miami — which could run an estimated $350 million. But the mayor of a New Jersey town that welcomed a sister mall told WLRN that promises the developer made as condition of public subsidies there have not been met.
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About half the cities using red light cameras in the state are located in South Florida. WLRN analyzed data for those cities and found one tiny town making $1,45 million per year, while another city pulls in $2,000 per resident. “Cities should not be financing their entire budgets off of these systems," said Republican State Rep. David Borrero.
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Ten years ago, developers said they'd build one of the tallest buildings in the world, calling it the Eiffel Tower of Miami. But all that's there today is a trash-laden empty waterfront lot.
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The tax issues come months after a city audit found the ferris wheel company owed the city hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent and ticket surcharges.
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What’s left on the waterfront site where SkyRise Miami was supposed to rise is a dumping ground of rubble and construction debris. Some wonder why. “It’s shameful that a part of downtown Miami — a priceless property — looks like that. To me it’s shameful,” said former Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado.
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Federal judge Robert Hinkle, of the Northern District of Florida, said SB 254 was only passed out of a sense of “anti-transgender animus” from elected officials. The federal ruling comes too late for transgender adults who've already left the state.
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Longtime residents of Town Park Village feel left in the dark while their home crumbles around them. Their property was put up for sale, and a government renovation project has been canceled. Now, they just want help.
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Government agencies across the state stopped deducting union dues directly from paychecks when a new law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis' went into effect last year. But MDC's president told WLRN the school's union contracts require it — a tension that experts say remains an 'open question.'
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Many Miami-Dade sheriff candidates have lived in Broward for years, according to records obtained by WLRN. That is legal, but it potentially throws a curveball into the race — with other candidates arguing it raises questions about their commitment to the position.
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Suspensions, internal affairs investigations, shootouts, dog bites, failure to follow procedure - and numerous commendations. Records obtained by WLRN offer sometimes mundane, sometimes revealing details about the candidates vying for the position.
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Many films in the Miami-Dade Public Library System's 16mm film collection had not been viewed in decades. With the AV Club, the public is getting a glimpse into the deep and rare films it holds.