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Tourism in Florida is growing, though the increases are held back by Canadians continuing to stay away from the Sunshine State. About a half million fewer may have visited the state last year.

The first Miami City Commission meeting of 2026 has a stacked agenda, with Watson Island, the Tower Theater and the fate of city elections in the balance.

The cold-weather sport's growth in Florida has made the National Hockey League take notice, as the sport's market here has gone from afterthought to unavoidable.

The median price of a condo sold in Miami-Dade County hit its lowest level in three years in November. More units for sale across the region, falling prices and a drop in mortgage rates have helped revive the struggling condo market.

Private school owners continue to face financial struggles after the state dramatically expanded the school voucher program in 2023 and struggled to pay them in timely fashion.

A new report questions a fundamental premise of Key Biscayne’s response to climate change, suggesting that a series of limited, localized flooding projects using existing drainage lines may be preferable to the expensive course of action that the island's administration is pursuing.

The soprano is taking her talent to the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, singing in four languages and across diverse styles, including African-American spirituals inspired by her parents. She’ll be joined by renowned pianist Bryan Wagorn.

Local Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious leaders — along with members of their respective congregations — come together routinely outside of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in the region to call attention to abuses in the immigration system.

Organizers of last year’s “No Kings” protest are demanding Congress block President Donald Trump from “continuing military action in Venezuela.”

Venezuelans interviewed in Weston and Doral — cities with the largest concentration of Venezuelan-Americans in the nation — said they are ecstatic over Maduro’s ouster from their beloved homeland, and are hopeful of a promising future for their homeland.

The Saturday celebrations in Doral and across Venezuela's vast global diaspora belie the reality that despite dictator Nicolás Maduro's capture by U.S. forces, his socialist regime appears to remain intact — and could be for a while.

“The elimination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans earlier this year was reckless, dangerous, and wrong,” Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins said Saturday in a statement. “The instability unfolding in Venezuela today makes it even clearer that the country remains unsafe for people to return. No one should be forced back into chaos and uncertainty.”