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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Congresswoman Salazar says she will give money raised by communist agent to pro-Cuban freedom groupsThe congresswoman said she would not return money to a communist agent. -
Miami-Dade County held its first public budget hearing Thursday, facing major recurring shortfalls that could mean cuts to services and increased fees. -
Using a controversial rule adopted during the wave of pro-Palestinian campus protests in 2024, FIU disciplined students taking part in a silent, three-minute T-shirt protest against FIU's ICE partnership - even though its own staff confirmed the demonstration caused no disruption. In the free speech lawsuit that followed, a federal judge sided with the students. FIU now says it's weighing its next legal move. -
Seven FIU students scored a major free speech victory over their university, days before the start of the Fall Semester. -
The school's move to enforce a ban on "expressive activities" indoors move has drawn condemnation from free speech organizations, arguing the policy violates protected free speech activity.
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In the first year of Amendment 3 being in effect, fire and ambulance services in the Lower Keys would have an estimated shortfall of $430,287. The following year it would rise to $606,572, according to a presentation given by the country's budget director. -
Byron Donalds, a Republican congressman, easily defeated his GOP challengers to win the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Former Congressman David Jolly won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. They face each other in November. -
All eyes are on the Democratic primary in Florida's 20th Congressional District, the outcome of which could bring Florida's Black representation in Congress down to a historic low. -
“Florida’s colleges and universities are meant to be places for debate, disagreement, and discussion,” said Nicholas Warren, senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Florida. “FIU cannot turn its campus into a ‘protest-free zone’ through student conduct rules."
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As early voting begins ahead of the Aug. 18 primary election, there has been a shadowy concerted effort that likely prevents most would-be voters from accessing articles critical of Michael Carbonara before they head to the polls. Carbonara is a Republican candidate connected to the data center industry who is running for Florida's 22nd District, which includes parts of Palm Beach and Broward counties. -
The incident has opened a can of worms in federal court after a federal judge was notified that 47 of those detainees were shipped outside the Southern District of Florida in direct violation of court orders. -
Florida's 22nd Congressional District includes the "Project Tango" data center that has fostered months of advocacy in the community. A lawsuit has revealed that Michael Carbonara, who is vying for the Republican nomination for the district, is involved in a controversial bitcoin mine that was built next to a school in Michigan.
