Miami-Dade County

Florida gubernatorial candidate David Jolly and running mate Gwen Graham addressed deportation fears, affordable housing and economic opportunities during a North Miami campaign stop. ‘I call it Operation Save Florida,’ she said.

In an interview broadcast Friday by WLRN, Tamara Lave, a law professor at the University of Miami and author of "Sexual Assault on Campus: Defending Due Process," was critical of the initial handling of the case by both law enforcement and local prosecutors.

An affordable housing complex opened Friday in Overtown, the historically Black neighborhood north of downtown Miami. It will target residents earning 30% to 70% below the area median income. The project was spearheaded by a nonprofit founded by Miami Heat legend Alonzo Mourning.

Miami-Dade County and City of Miami officials have called for an investigation into the safety of playgrounds following the death of a teenager two weeks ago at a City of Miami park in what appears to be a freak accident.

In 1993, residents amended the county charter to require approval by two-thirds of voters for commercial operations on park land and in aquatic preserves. Now, two longtime county residents say they intend to sue the county to push for voters to decide whether a new privately operated marina should be built at the shuttered Seaquarium.

At Deering Estate, blue canvases stretch across a waterfront lawn, others extend among mango trees, while still more create a canvas shelter large enough for visitors to step inside. And that is only the beginning. Over the course of a month, Miami-based artist Mette Tommerup’s “High Tide Low Tide” will continually take on new forms.

The Safe and Ready Miami bond is meant to pay for new fire stations and police headquarters, but critics say the city is leveraged too far.

President Donald Trump says he wants to turn part of his private West Palm Beach, Florida, golf club into a retreat for future presidents and their guests, similar to Camp David near Washington. Trump says it's secure because it's not close to homes or tall buildings. The golf course was the site of an unsuccessful attempt on his life in 2024.

A city spokeswoman told Local News 10 on Thursday that enclosed slides at Shenandoah Park, Children’s Park, Southside Park and Fern Isle Park have been closed. All other playground equipment remains available for use.

Speaking without pause for 20 minutes, the governor criticized the media who reported on the misappropriation, waved a paper copy of the ruling and asked whether a reporter from CBS4 Miami, who originally reported on the scandal, was present to “correct the record.”

Officials say a proposed RAD conversion would preserve North Park’s 354 apartments, while residents ask for clarity about renovations, relocation and ownership

Voters are being asked to weigh on a potential lease of waterfront property that was negotiated in 2016, years before property values in Miami exploded.