Miami-Dade County

The government-run media radio station first began broadcasting in 1985. Later, TV Martí, along with a digital website, were launched to beam Spanish-language news into Cuba.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez says he still thinks that the “Plan Z” approach to renovating the Rickenbacker Causeway is a solid plan, but also said he is open to other solutions for the often-jammed roadway connecting Miami with its barrier islands.

Miami Beach mayor Steven Meiner is pushing to evict O Cinema, an independent nonprofit movie theater, from a city-owned space after the theater screened Oscar-winning documentary film No Other Land. He claims it’s antisemitic. The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida said it is "monitoring" the issue.

Owned and managed by the city of Miami, Domino Park, first established in 1976, remains a popular place to connect for all of South Florida’s Hispanic communities, and a must stop for tourists visiting Calle Ocho. The park has more than 3,000 members.

St. Thomas University contributes millions of dollars to South Florida’s economy, according to a report released Thursday. The report by Tallahassee-based Florida TaxWatch found that the private university in north Miami-Dade County adds about $93 million to the state’s gross domestic product.

Miami-Dade County Commissioners recently approved a resolution to rename a portion of Northwest 11th Avenue between 58th and 60th Streets “Luther Campbell Way."

With a $3 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the foundations announced Monday the creation of Press Forward South Florida, “a new initiative to ensure residents have the information they need to make decisions about their lives — no matter where they live or what language they speak at home.”

Montreux Miami Jazz Festival returns to The Hangar at Regatta Harbour, Coconut Grove, for its second year led by Jon Batiste.

At least 27 agencies across the nation are currently listed as having submitted applications to the program, including agencies in Texas, Georgia, Montana, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Nearly half of the pending applications are from Florida law enforcement agencies.

A woman has filed a lawsuit alleging that two luxury real estate brokers and their brother, who on Wednesday were charged in a federal indictment with sex trafficking, alleges that two of the brothers “violently assaulted” her in Miami in 2016, say the woman’s attorneys.

“Mayor Levine Cava’s willingness to listen to diverse voices from varied walks of life, experiences, and disciplines — and then recalibrate her position based on new data — is a hallmark of leadership,” Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam said in a statement.

Los Mora Arriaga are just one of the many hidden gems found at Homestead-Miami Mariachi Conservatory, Florida's sole mariachi school. Since 2015, the program, an offshoot of the nonprofit Mexican American Council, has improved the lives of local farmworker children through the arts, bridged cultural gaps in the area's Mexican-American families, and revived the underrepresented genre in South Florida.