Miami Dade

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.

The attorneys called for a mistrial after a juror reported that they were approached in a parking garage by one of the plaintiffs’ business partners.

Closing arguments began Monday in the seditious conspiracy case accusing Miami's Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio of plotting to forcibly stop the transfer of power to President Joe Biden.

In the last South Florida Roundup of 2022, we spoke to WLRN reporters about the most topical issues of the year and how we can expect to see them play out in the new year: education and news in Broward; affordable housing and Miami-Dade's push for demolitions (19:29); more fallout from the Surfside disaster (38:12).

Rising seas will shift tidal boundaries, leading to the loss of taxable properties, according to a new study. This is expected to impact the tax base of hundreds of U.S. coastal counties, with Florida being the state most affected.

Consumer confidence among the multi-ethnic Hispanic population, the fastest growing population and a growing base for the demand of goods and services, is bleak.

Prices are showing no signs of slowing down in the nation's hottest housing markets.

'Cashless' businesses have boomed during the pandemic. But a county commissioner says cashless excludes low income residents from parts of the economy.

A Miami-Dade County commissioner accused Palmetto Bay Mayor Karyn Cunningham of blowing off a county vote on a bridge opposed by her village, and produced a photo of the mayor in exercise gear to prove the point.

Miami-Dade Commissioner Kionne McGhee, Miami-Dade Police Director Freddy Ramirez and community activist Lyle Muhammad discuss efforts to curb violence in the county.

Bidding for the construction of the new complex is expected to start next month.