Miami City Hall

Following a failed effort to move the city's elections, Miami will now pay out a former mayoral candidate. Thursday's City commission meeting also outlined money earmarked for a new government center at the development hosting Inter Miami's new home.

With salaries and benefits consuming most of the city’s budget, a tangle of automatic and discretionary increases is quietly pushing costs higher year after year.

Newly elected Commissioner Rolando Escalona has ambitious plans to revamp a tourist hotspot neighborhood he claims has been neglected for years.

A $32 million project to revitalize Flagler Street in downtown Miami has taken more than six years to finish, but the city says new leaders are bringing new urgency.

Miami Police Chief Manny Morales had announced he is retiring in October amid claims he plans to run for a city commission seat. Meanwhile, a proposal to bring the city's upcoming mayoral election forward by a year was kicked down the road.

The petition to change the makeup of Miami's government recently reached 20,000 signatures, but a large portion of those were not certified by the Supervisor of Elections.

The Stronger Miami petition, which aims to increase the number of city commissioners and reform Miami elections has now reached the 20,000 signatures needed and is a crucial step closed to the ballot box

Commissioners approved a ballot question asking voters if management of the stadium should go to an events company. They also voted for business improvement in Little Havana and salary transparency.

The City of Miami recently fired manager Dasha Saintremy, just days after she called for an investigation into city leadership. The Haitian community landmark now has lost four leaders within a period of six years, leaving residents concerned about its uncertain future.

The first woman to perform mayoral duties in Miami was also the city's first Black commissioner, and a pioneer for Black and women's rights throughout Florida.

Miami has appointed James Reyes to be its next city manager at the first meeting under new Mayor Eileen Higgins, where a number of high profile initiatives were voted on including the Watson Island sale and a Black history museum at Virginia Key Beach Park.

The first Miami City Commission meeting of 2026 has a stacked agenda, with Watson Island, the Tower Theater and the fate of city elections in the balance.