Miami-Dade County

A new report from the Florida Policy Institute finds Amendment 3 could put hundreds of millions of dollars in public hospital funding at risk. FPI estimates Florida’s public hospital districts and health systems could lose $323 million over the next three years.

When natural disasters or emergencies displace South Floridians from their homes, Airbnb is offering free temporary shelter through nonprofit partnerships.

Storm systems are named by procedures set by the World Meteorological Organization, and the lists of names are reused every six years. For the Atlantic region, the lists are alphabetical and alternate male and female names.

Rafael José Quero Silva — a known human rights violator who participated in the detention and torture of political dissidents under the Nicolás Maduro regime — was returned to Venezuela on Aug. 18 following a Department of Justice immigration judge’s removal order., U.S. officials said.

The city of Hialeah is working on re-opening four pools and water parks that were shut down following health inspections, while police prepare to address aggressive drivers.

A clean slate awaiting inspiration and creativity to become something beautiful and meaningful. This is how marquetry artist Milton Mizell describes “Blackquetry,” his work that will be on view from Saturday, Aug. 22, to Wednesday, Sept. 30 at CLAUG Creative Studio in Miami Shores.

The Community Food Finder app launched during the government shutdown last October, when many workers were furloughed and SNAP benefits were withheld.

A document released Tuesday by the Attendance Boundary Committee named 12 schools that are being “reassessed” and 15 that are “under review.”

Inspired by her own brushes with gun violence, Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat releases her first novel, depicting all iterations of loss as her characters navigate the aftermath of a mass shooting.

The Jewish couple from New York were approached by the suspect, Jorden Stephen Perozo, 35, of Miami Beach. He was riding an electric scooter. Perozo began cursing at the couple and the Jewish community.

As fire burned through parts of Everglades National Park over the weekend, extreme drought conditions continue to grip the wetlands. More than three months into the rainy season, this year’s withering drought has slightly eased for other parts of South Florida. But central Everglades marshes, where the fires ignited, remain in unusual extreme drought conditions.

The report, titled “SOMOS MIAMI” and produced by labor unions SEIU 32BJ and UNITE HERE Local 355 draws on 2,381 completed surveys gathered after canvassers knocked on the doors of more than 31,000 residents between March and June. It was released Saturday by the union groups during a forum with union members in Miami.