4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (827+ words) Miami is the largest city in Miami-Dade County by population, and has the largest budget of any single city in South Florida at $3.6 billion, including operating and capital project expenses. On Thursday, as the city begins its annual budget hearings,…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (448+ words) The Miami-Dade County School Board unanimously adopted a $7.4 billion budget for the 2026-27 school year, but board members said cuts are likely to come throughout the year as plummeting student enrollment shows no sign of improvement. The budget was pieced together…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (524+ words) A week since becoming the chief of Miami-Dade County schools, Rafael Villalobos on Tuesday passionately pitched his vision for the district to local leaders and educators. Despite the challenges the district faces — a concerning enrollment decline, the heated competition with…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (362+ words) On the first day of the new job, Miami-Dade County Schools Superintendent Rafael Villalobos pauses the process examining potential closures and consolidations for more than two dozen schools. Last week, the district’s Attendance Boundary Committee released a document naming 12 schools…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (761+ words) Expensive lawsuits linger around Miami City Hall like vengeful ghosts, still around long after the people involved have left city government — and still draining Miami's coffers. A panel of judges from the U.S. 11th District Court of Appeals opined last week…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (290+ words) Democratic congressional candidate Pia Dandiya says her Republican opponent, Casey Askar, wants to end the Affordable Care Act for millions of Americans, including hundreds of thousands of Floridians. “Florida families are already getting crushed by rising costs, and too many…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (457+ words) A new study by The Miami Foundation sheds light on the urgent needs facing South Dade, one of Miami-Dade County’s fastest-growing yet most underserved regions. The top concern: affordable housing. The study, commissioned by a coalition of South Florida funders,…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (722+ words) Nathan Thomas was 18 years and 346 days old when he taught his first course at Miami Dade College in August of 2023. Now he has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the youngest male professor —beating a 19-year-old who had…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (551+ words) A year after Miami-Dade County stripped its environmental division of regulatory authority, a coalition of conservation groups are warning a dramatic budget cut now threatens its award-winning land preservation program. In a letter to the county commission and mayor, the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (705+ words) First-day enrollment is down by nearly 19,000 students in Miami-Dade County public schools as the new year kicks off, despite the outgoing superintendent saying he didn’t expect a sharp enrollment decrease this academic year. According to district data shared with WLRN,…...