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The Broward County tax collector has pushed back against the district's school board after members voted to take legal action against the office over a dispute regarding how $5 million from a school referendum were handled.
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Parks are a good investment for cities, according to nonprofit Trust for Public Land, and Miami has done a good job of providing park access, if not park size.
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Eric Alan Hirt, 47, was struck and killed at 12:26 a.m. while walking on the tracks in Biscayne Park, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Detective Joseph Peguero Rivera said in an email. The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that the train was a Brightline.
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On May 27, members of Miami’s film community will host a roundtable discussion about the state of filmmaking in South Florida and how audiences and filmmakers can get involved.
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Richard Knight was executed Thursday night at Florida State Prison for the 2000 murder of his cousin’s girlfriend Odessia Stephens and her four-year-old daughter Hanessia Mullings. Knight is the eighth death warrant signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis this year.
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The change is spurred on by Gov.Ron DeSantis’ redistricting effort. Wasserman Schultz’s current district, Florida's 25th, which had included most of southern Broward, was drawn to include coastal communities from Delray Beach to Miami Beach. Florida’s 20th district includes most of central Broward north of I-595.
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"Hands Across America 2.0 is about bringing communities together to stand united to save our democracy, support our immigrant neighbors, and show that the will of the people still matters," Myra Kremenitzer, head of Indivisible Boca Raton, said in a statement announcing Monday’s planned protest.
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With the World Cup taking place during Miami-Dade County's heat season, the National Weather Service plans to staff the tournament, training facilities, transportation hubs and other events with on-site meteorologists.
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Adys Lastres Morera, a Cuban national and lawful U.S. permanent resident living in Miami, was taken into custody this week by ICE agents because the government says she “poses a threat to the United States and undermines American foreign policy interests.”
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Former U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia and other activists have called for action from Miami-Dade County to secure a fuel depot currently at risk of being redeveloped into luxury condos.
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Scientists in Miami-Dade and the Florida Keys are asking recreational snorkelers and divers for their help in monitoring reefs for bleaching and disease.
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NOAA’s outlook for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season predicts below-normal activity as an impending El Niño will lead to increased wind shear across the basin.
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"Who's Your Ma Honey?" is a new show from the president of OneUnited Bank. Teri Williams asks guests to unravel the shame that actually helped them get to where they are in life.
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In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, board members directed district lawyers to explore legal avenues to capture the $5.6 million, or 2% of the $275 million, generated by a school referendum passed in 2022.