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Voting advocacy groups have launched a citizens' initiative to increase the number of voting districts and improve voter turnout.

A new play set in the 1920s blends history with personal family stories. Playwright June Morris discusses her debut play, 'Greetings from Paradise.'

For Miami singer-songwriter Inez Barlatier, world music is a healing practice. The Haitian-American multidisciplinary artist talks to WLRN about her emotional and vulnerable submission for NPR's Tiny Desk Contest and what it was like growing up in the Miami art scene.

Miami Beach officials urged Florida lawmakers to vote down SB 1730, an expansion to the Live Local Act because they fear it would open the door for developers to overtake the coastal city's iconic Art Deco historic buildings.

The legislation, known as the Take It Down Act, aims to crack down on the sharing of material known as “revenge porn,” requiring that social media companies and online platforms remove such images within two days of being notified of them.

Artist Dahlia Dreszer has transformed gallery space that feels like part garden, part living room. The Colombian-born, Panama-raised artist produces large-scale photographs, where flowers, plants, and textiles appear.

Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz says her deputies will be getting trained to work with federal immigration authorities “to get very bad criminals off of our streets” as part of an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to carry out President Donald Trump’s aggressive plan to deport undocumented immigrants.

The Goombay Festival is returning to Coconut Grove to celebrate South Florida's deep Bahamian roots and heritage. The festival will feature traditional Bahamian parades, musical performances, and Junkanoos, which are traditional Bahamian parades marked by drumming and elaborate costumes.

Ruth’s List Florida, an influential statewide progressive political fundraising group, is hosting a conference April 26 in Miami, bringing together elected officials, community leaders and activists to promote and raise campaign dollars for Democratic pro-choice women in state and local offices.

After months of delays, the city of Miami commission has withdrawn its controversial tree ordinance law. On Thursday's meeting, commissioners approved the re-naming of West End Park as a tribute to Reyes, who died of cancer earlier this month.

Throughout South Florida, one of the nation's most expensive housing markets, affordable mobile home parks are being demolished to make way for new developments. At Li’l Abner in Sweetwater, amid protests over contentious evictions and demolitions, residents are now running for city commission seats.

The Democratic congresswoman from Miami toured the Krome Detention Center on Thursday, telling reporters afterwards that federal immigration authorities were planning to erect a “tent city” to expand the number of detainees in a facility already overcrowded.