Miami-Dade seeks millions to build a regional tech research team

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“Largest affordability crisis” in US: Miami-Dade is short 90K housing units therealdeal.com/miami/2024/05/…

From former Commish Katy Sorenson: “I used to call them the rent-a-crowd.” miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

Former Doral officials sue city for revoking their lifetime pensions. The mayor responds

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“All the commissioners know,” said Juan C. Zapata, who served on the Miami-Dade commission between 2012 and 2016.

Who offered $50 for some positive comments about a Costco deal up for a vote last week at the Miami-Dade County Commission? miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava tells New Times that her administration tried to acquire Bird Key in 2023, but that the owner rejected the offer. miaminewtimes.com/news/bird-key-…

Big step forward for this Daniella Levine Cava plan to purchase a new county office building that Sold Waste at one point considered too pricey. Infrastructure Committee advanced it unanimously this morning miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

“This is a significant ask.” What on Miami-Dade’s budget plate will make room for World Cup in 2026? miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

Surrounded Islands, Christo & Jeanne-Claude’s iconic & majestic work, spanned across 11 islands in Biscayne Bay in May 1983. Learn about their vibrant pink installation & the Library's connection to the project in the latest #MDPLSDigitalCollections blog: spr.ly/6012jhfBw.

An apology from Commish Raquel Regalado on today’s criticism from Internal Services rank-and-file employees.

This site in Overtown was once planned as MLS stadium for Inter Miami CF, but now the Mas family will partner with Terra to build over 1,200 apartments. The actual stadium is under construction elsewhere in the city bizjournals.com/southflorida/n…

A 1% cut in Miami-Dade's countywide property tax represents about $18M in revenue. That's roughly amount of cash ($21M) Miami-Dade would pay for World Cup in 2026 plus another $25M in waived fees-- mainly bills for off-duty police time.

Confirmed re Jose Arrojo leaving Ethics for SAO

Following Commish Raquel Regalado trumpeting report suggesting waste and other issues with county’s Internal Services Dept, ISD employees here with tshirts saying “we are not criminals [or] animals” References a Regalado radio interview

Just ahead of a committee hearing on a proposed $46M Miami-Dade tab for World Cup in ‘26, Daniella Levine Cava says she has concerns about the steep costs.

Sounds like Miami-Dade's ethics director, Jose Arrojo, is leaving to return to the Miami-Dade States Atty Office.

Miami Seaquarium tells Miami-Dade its latest USDA inspection went well. Miami-Dade is using past USDA inspections as partial grounds for ongoing eviction effort of the Miami theme park on its leased county grounds.