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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“There have been no ICE raids in any schools, I want to make that clear,” said United Teachers of Dade president Hernandez-Mats, as she outlined the protocols schools have to protect students from immigration enforcement. One Miami-Dade teacher has been arrested at a hearing and is facing deportation, however. -
Creating crimes for "aiding" undocumented immigrants, making university more expensive, forcing police departments to be trained by ICE are among Gov. Ron DeSantis' priorities, as outlined in draft legislation for this week's special legislative session obtained by WLRN. -
At least 27 agencies across the nation are currently listed as having submitted applications to the program, including agencies in Texas, Georgia, Montana, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Nearly half of the pending applications are from Florida law enforcement agencies. -
Nikki Fried, the head of Florida's Democratic Party, says Florida has been the test case for Project 2025 — a sweeping, ultra-conservative sort-of policy playbook authored by allies of President Donald Trump. -
The MLK Jr. parade in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood has a rich tradition that started in 1977, making it one of the oldest Martin Luther King Jr. Day parades in the country. -
Rosie Cordero-Stutz was elected as the first Miami-Dade sheriff in 59 years with 55% of the vote in November, after receiving an endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump. -
With the new sheriff's office, Miami-Dade County will face changes in policing. Unincorporated areas may see the starkest change with the sheriff outside county oversight. -
Camillus House CEO Eddie Gloria is taking steps to reduce beds, saying the organization has been stretched past capacity for too long. -
Less than half of the money given to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund in recent years for similar projects has been used. Commissioner Damian Pardo says this time will be different. -
“The idea is to use this building to break that cycle and actually shrink over time, significantly, the homeless population," Judge Steve Leifman said about the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery, which is gearing up to open. -
Pervasive issues of low pay, low access to healthcare and benefits and work conditions are highlighted in a survey of 302 South Florida construction workers. -
The city says it is making progress, but most days the city-owned and operated Tower Theater offers no events for the public, a big change from the past.
