The Florida Trib and Miami Herald were honored with a Esserman-Knight Journalism Award at a ceremony in Miami for reporting on bus-mounted camera violations that failed to distinguish legal from illegal driving.
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Sheriff ‘suspended enforcement’ of some Miami school bus camera tickets after complaints
Friday afternoon, about a week after The Tributary and Miami Herald published an investigation into a lucrative bus-safety program, the Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said all median violations have been suspended, for now.
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Drivers frustrated by school bus camera program. Who is responsible for fixing it?
Miami’s superintendent, sheriff, school board members addressed criticism of a school bus safety program after a Tributary/Miami Herald investigation revealed that drivers were being issued bogus tickets they were unable to challenge.
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‘They are literally stealing from us’: Miami drivers fed up with school bus camera program
A joint investigation by The Tributary and the Miami Herald found that many motorists who did nothing wrong are receiving violation notices under a hastily approved bus-safety program in Miami-Dade.
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Florida House District 16: GOP Rep. Kiyan Michael faces Democrat Rachel Grage
GOP Rep. Kiyan Michael faces Rachel Grage, her first Democratic challenger, in next Tuesday’s election in Florida House District 16, a seat that covers the Beaches, East Arlington and the intracoastal communities.
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Red Lights, Green Cash: How a Florida Legislator Boosted School Bus Cameras and Benefited Her Family
An investigation reveals how Florida Rep. Vicki Lopez’s sponsorship of school bus camera laws benefited BusPatrol—a company employing her son—raising ethical concerns about conflicts of interest and state ethics.