What’s happening with Florida’s property tax amendment? Plenty of opposition, almost no campaign for...
Editor's note: Few statewide ballot measures have the potential to affect Key Biscayne as directly as Amendment 3. Property taxes fund much of the Village's annual budget, including police, parks, road maintenance and major infrastructure projects. While supporters say the amendment would provide meaningful tax relief
Florida Man Pleads Guilty In $4.2 Million Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
US Currency (File) A Miami man pleaded guilty Monday to filing a false tax return...
The comeback: Florida bonneted bat houses at Zoo Miami now make up the planet’s...
On a back trail at Zoo Miami, the silence broken only by an occasional braying zebra, wildlife veterinarian Frank Ridgely attaches a tiny camera to a painter’s pole and hoists it through the steamy morning air to what looks like a bird house atop a towering pole. Inside he...
VIDEO: Miami commit ATH DeMarcus DeRoche at UA Next S7VNS
BRADENTON, Fla . — Watch Miami commit and Cardinal Gibbons athlete DeMarcus DeRoche at the UA Next S7VNS. DeRoche, who stands 6-foot-5 and weighs 215 pounds, is considered a four-star prospect and the 18th-best athlete in the class according to 247Sports. He is shown playing in five games in the 7-on-7 tournament with
Missing Miami-Dade dancer who performed with Latin artists found dead, officials say
A missing Miami-Dade dancer who has performed with musicians like Rauw Alejandro and Rosalía has been found dead, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office. Michael-Anthony Leones Espino, known as "Mykee" to friends and on social media, was last seen Sunday at around 12:30 p.m., leaving the 14200 block of Southwest
‘I got fired from my job’: Mom chained 13-year-old daughter to fence, then turned...
A 34-year-old Florida woman has been arrested after police say she chained her 13-year-old daughter to a fence outside in the summer heat for about an hour, then silenced her phone and returned home to watch television because she did not want to be disturbed. Yashira Maldonado is facing charges...
Insomniac and Club Space Operators Settle Factory Town Lawsuit
After nearly two years of a business dispute that spilled into dueling lawsuits, Insomniac, the promoter behind EDC, and the local operators behind Club Space have settled their legal dispute over Factory Town. The settlement involves the three local partners who took over Club Space in 2016: Link Miami Rebels...
South Florida food truck owner says unpaid city invoice is hurting small business
For years, a South Florida man has prepared barbecue and sold it from his food truck. But when he was having a hard time getting paid after a recent event, his small business started to suffer. So he called Help Me Howard with Brandon Beyer. Gregory George knew at an...
Rising Costs Are Pushing Longtime Residents Out Of These Popular Florida Beach Communities
Florida’s coastline has always been a dream destination, but that dream is becoming harder to afford for the people who’ve called these beaches home for decades. Skyrocketing property taxes, insurance premiums, and everyday living expenses are forcing longtime locals to pack up and leave the communities they helped bui
From ‘hell hole’ to healing: Judge Leifman’s 20-year fight to open Miami mental health...
For almost 30 years, the ninth floor of the Miami-Dade Pre-Trial Detention Center served as the largest psychiatric ward in the state — despite only having one psychiatrist on staff. Now-retired county Judge Steven Leifman called the conditions on the ninth floor a "hell hole": prisoners slept on the...

















