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Hollywood commissioners approved a 30-story Related Group tower on taxpayer-owned land after a lengthy meeting, despite a pending lawsuit.
PEN America documented 3,212 book removals in Florida school districts during the 2025-26 school year, placing the state second nationally behind Texas.
Coral Gables approved a $40 million bond agreement with Thornton Construction to restore its 1928 City Hall, with construction scheduled to begin in October 2026.
Nova Southeastern University President Harry Moon said the Cornell gang-rape lawsuit may involve a student who transferred to the Davie campus, prompting NSU to address student safety and questions about enrollment.
The Miami-Dade roads with the most fatal crashes from 2020 through 2024, ranked from federal crash records.
Miami-Dade County approved a Community Development District to finance about $150 million in infrastructure for the Shops at Sunset Place redevelopment. Demolition is now targeted for early 2027.
Doral Mayor Christi Fraga said the city must keep its 287(g) agreement with ICE, while local activists who collected 160 signatures against the deal say the city is not required to keep it.
The New York Times included Miami's Little Havana restaurant Tin Tin on its list of America's best restaurants of 2026.
Two well-known Miami Beach restaurants, one a Michelin-starred tasting room and the other an Española Way tapas bar, announced their closures in the same week.
Tavistock Development Company wants Fort Lauderdale to allow four 270-foot towers at Pier Sixty-Six. Neighbors in Harbour Inlet want the city to keep the height limit at 120 feet.
The 25th annual Miami Spice Restaurant Months now runs through Halloween. Diners have four extra weeks to use prix-fixe deals at more than 400 restaurants across Greater Miami and Miami Beach.
Masked ICE agents detained Ecuadorian political fugitive Xavier Jordán at NW 58th Street and NW 84 Avenue in Doral. Ecuadorian prosecutors accuse him of funding the 2023 assassination of Fernando Villavicencio.
AIRE, an open-air nightclub and lounge, opened at 111 NE 20th Street in Miami's Edgewater neighborhood. It takes over the space where Boho Miami operated for six years before closing.
Chef Alejandra Espinoza's Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognized Ecuadorian restaurant will close its original North Miami location this month and reopen Oct. 22 in a larger space at 1111 NE 125th St.
Florida International University is the first institution to implement Gov. Ron DeSantis' Coalition for Operational Readiness in Education, a statewide emergency management workforce initiative. Eleven Florida institutions have committed to participate.
After two years of construction, Kush Wynwood returns in October 2026 to 2003 N. Miami Ave. with its original menu favorites, a new cocktail bar, and ten income-restricted apartments for hospitality workers above the restaurant.
Florida’s dengue outbreak has reached 485 cases, making it the largest in the continental United States since at least the 1940s. Hillsborough and Miami-Dade counties are the hardest hit.
Rep. Lois Frankel said the FAA refused to extend the public comment deadline for making flight restrictions around Mar-a-Lago permanent.
The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation reported more than $350 million in total giving since 2015. The new report details support across arts, education, health, economic development and the environment.
The NewsGuild-CWA said more than 90 unionized journalists and media workers at 17 McClatchy publications were laid off, including more than 30 at the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald.
Miami police say board member Carlos Martell grabbed political advocate Billy Corben during a Bayfront Park Management Trust meeting on Aug. 13.
In a 2025 bond offering, Brightline said Miami-Dade’s half-cent transportation sales tax collects about $5 billion a year. County records show the tax brought in about $408 million in fiscal 2024.
Antonio Diaz told Miami commissioners the new Inspector General's office handled 19 matters in its first months, filled 11 of 25 positions and is building systems for state accreditation by 2027.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said President Donald Trump's decision to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G20 Summit at Trump National Doral on Dec. 14-15, 2026, is troubling. Putin has not attended the annual summit in person since 2019, and his travel has been restricted since Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.