Joe Carollo

In an objection to getting his salary taken by his legal opponents, Joe Carollo says he is the head of a household that includes a Venezuelan immigrant family he's been sponsoring since January.

In an interview with AmericaTeVe about the racial gerrymandering lawsuit against Miami, the city commissionor criticized the federal judge overseeing the case.

The call — after a federal jury found him liable for violating the civil rights of business owners who supported his political opponent — came at a rally outside City Hall, with support from across the geography of the city.

Now that a federal jury has ordered the Miami commissioner to pay $63.5 million in a civil rights lawsuit, will Miami taxpayers have to pay the damages and what's next for him politically?

A federal jury has found Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo liable for violating the civil rights of William Fuller and Martin Pinilla, after accusations he had used the offices of city government to harass their businesses and properties over politics.

Attorneys for both sides have delivered closing arguments in the trial against Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo. Little Havana business owners William Fuller and Martin Pinilla accused him of using city resources to retaliate against them over politics. Now, it's up to the jury.

Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo spoke to jurors for the first time Monday in the federal trial where he stands accused of abusing city power to harass two Little Havana entrepreneurs, William Fuller and Martin Pinilla.

COMMENTARY If you feared there's no successor to Joe Carollo as the blowtorch-bearer of Miami's banana republic politics, look no further than Kevin Cabrera.

In an explosive newly released court document, a former City of Miami manager testified under oath that he witnessed first-hand that City of Miami commissioner Joe Carollo was “targeting” code enforcement against certain businesses in Little Havana in order to shut them down.

COMMENTARY This week's Miami City Commission spectacle is another reminder why Cuban-run Miami is rarely a democratic showcase for communist-run Cuba.

City of Miami commissioners on Monday gathered during a special session to discuss the past actions and the future of Acevedo, the 57-year-old chief who moved here from Houston six months ago. They were upset with a whole host of actions taken by the chief during his brief tenure.

Following her installation ceremony yesterday at the Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava held a community celebration event at the Bayfront Park Amphitheater in Miami.