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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.
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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.
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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.
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Construction at the Central Homeless Assistance Center in Fort Lauderdale has been delayed for more than a year, preventing many from being housed by shelter.
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Florida taxpayer-owned Citizens Insurance is using unlicensed inspectors in a little-known program that is ramping up inspections, WLRN found. Homeowners and industry insiders say the move is alarming.
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A team of court-appointed monitors say they have "guarded optimism" that Miami-Dade jails have improved enough to satisfy the DOJ.
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"When you have an enormous amount of resources that go into developing single family homes at the expense of multi-family housing, that's where the issue is. Just cost effectiveness," said Robin Bachin, of the University of Miami.
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The $15.5m Workforce Housing Incentive Program, unveiled by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava last year to help struggling workers afford soaring rental rates, has subsidized 222 houses so far — using just 3% of the money available.
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After a record number of deaths last year in Miami-Dade jails, the corrections department may face sanctions if it doesn't show improvement by the fall.
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The Redland area is one of the only swaths of land in the continental United States where truly tropical fruits can be grown at a commercially viable scale. Farmers fear it is in danger.
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With Miami−Dade officials continuing their investigation of the Guardianship Program of Dade County and its real estate transactions, WLRN has learned that two companies — linked to Miami City Attorney Victoria Méndez — purchased and sold for hefty gains nearly three dozen properties that were once owned by the nonprofit, through a network of businesses or individuals.
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