Mayor Daniella Levine Cava

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced Friday that Miami International Airport and PortMiami broke records in revenue, collecting more than $242 billion and supporting nearly 1.2 million jobs.

“The unbelievable cruelty of the DeSantis and Trump Administrations towards hard working, honest, and law abiding Hispanic, Haitian, and other foreign born residents of this state needs to stop,” Justin Mendoza-Routt, President of the Miami-Dade Young Democrats, in a statement.

The Florida Immigrant Coalition has commissioned a pair of billboards calling on Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to take state officials to court to shut down legal action against the now operational the immigration detention camp in the Everglades, a facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava late Tuesday acknowledged that Gov. Ron DeSantis had the power to buy a county-owned airport in the Everglades to build an immigration detention center, but said she has “significant concerns” about the project.

The veto by the Democratic mayor comes at a moment when critics of adding fluoride to the water supply have a newly powerful ally: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s health secretary, who this week called for states to ban fluoride in drinking water.

One bit of optimism came from Miami-Dade County's State of the Arts, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his fiscal year 2025-26 proposed budget includes $27 million for cultural and museum grants for the state of Florida.

At the 2025 State of the County address, Daniella Levine Cava shared her administration's priorities of affordability, transit, fiscal responsibility and the environment.

Updated: Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava celebrated with supporters after crushing a large field of challengers in Tuesday night’s primary to win re-election and avoid a Nov. 5 runoff.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is joining with local storm relief organizations to coordinate assistance to hundreds of thousands of people impacted by Hurricane Beryl’s destructive path across a long swath of the southeastern Caribbean.

More than 40 interfaith congregations in Miami-Dade County will convene Monday night to demand local and state elected officials address two key issues: the shortage of affordable rental housing and end the “unnecessary” arrests and driver’s license suspensions of residents with unpaid fees and fines.

The Miami Seaquarium has been an attraction in the city for almost 70 years. But in recent months the 38-acre marine park on Virginia Key in Key Biscayne has come under intense scrutiny for substandard animal care and a lack of certification.

McCrackine was known for his encyclopedic knowledge of environmental issues in the county, his wonky approach to solving them and his warm relationships with fellow environmentalists.