About half the cities using red light cameras in the state are located in South Florida. WLRN analyzed data for those cities and found one tiny town making $1,45 million per year, while another city pulls in $2,000 per resident. “Cities should not be financing their entire budgets off of these systems," said Republican State Rep. David Borrero.

The tax issues come months after a city audit found the ferris wheel company owed the city hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent and ticket surcharges.

What’s left on the waterfront site where SkyRise Miami was supposed to rise is a dumping ground of rubble and construction debris. Some wonder why. “It’s shameful that a part of downtown Miami — a priceless property — looks like that. To me it’s shameful,” said former Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado.

Longtime residents of Town Park Village feel left in the dark while their home crumbles around them. Their property was put up for sale, and a government renovation project has been canceled. Now, they just want help.

For over two months Art Noriega's office has said a full accounting of furniture contracts between the city and his wife's family company would soon be released.

A WLRN investigation begins to reveal the scope of SB 256, a sweeping anti-union labor law passed in 2023. What is emerging is an outright crisis for teachers and other public sector workers. “The work conditions of hundreds of thousands of people are going to be up in the air,” said one advocate.

For weeks WLRN has inquired into the status of the program and how it could be impacted by laws limiting how FIU interacts with foreign governments. Then, its website was taken down.

During a local Spanish-language radio show, four former Miami city managers called on an investigation into whether current city manager Art Noriega violated any ethical code or law, after WLRN reported that companies connected to his wife’s family have received over $440,000 in contracts since he was appointed to office in 2020.

State ethics law prohibits a public official from “directly or indirectly” buying services or goods from a company in which their spouse has a financial interest. Ethics experts say the purchases raise legal questions.

A Miami code inspector said his virtual signature was used without his permission on a key affidavit at the center of a lawsuit against the embattled Miami City Attorney Victoria Méndez and her husband Carlos Morales, new documents reveal.