Linda Cothiere won the Miami-Dade School Board District 1 seat Tuesday, defeating Katrina Wilson, who had been endorsed by the seat’s previous occupant
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In this Too-Close-To-Call State Senate Race, Affordable Housing and Local Control are Key Issues at the Ballot Box
With half of the 40 seats in the Florida Senate up for grabs on Election Day, a hotly contested race in District 38 is one that pollsters predict will go down to the wire – and could end in Miami sending a new senator to Tallahassee.
This race features incumbent Sen. Alexis Calatayud, a 33-year-old Republican who just served her first term in office, being challenged by Richard Lamondin, a 39-year-old father and CEO of ecofi, a sustainability company which focuses on reducing energy and water usage in buildings around the country.
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Coalition of organizations will expand watchdog reporting in South Florida
The Miami Accountability Collaborative will provide sustained, independent watchdog reporting on Miami City Hall and the decisions that shape life for the city’s roughly 490,000 residents. It is a project of The Florida Trib, the nonprofit statewide newsroom focused on government accountability and investigative journalism, and the Coconut Grove Spotlight, a nonprofit newsroom providing government accountability and in-depth local reporting from the Miami neighborhood where City Hall is located.
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Cubans facing deportation are being sent to third countries despite legal challenges, uncertainty
The Trib found that ICE still tried to take people to the border without notice while a judicial block was in effect.
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‘Profoundly sick’ Florida Death Row prisoner pleads for medical care
More than 100 doctors who have reviewed William Lee Thompson’s case are urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to reverse his death warrant
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In Miami-Dade, two veteran educators make the runoff for the District 1 School Board race
Two Carol City High School graduates head to a runoff in Miami-Dade’s open District 1 school board seat. A second incumbent easily defeated a write-in challenger.
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‘Parasites’: Miami-Dade school board hopefuls slam ‘Schools of Hope’ law
The eight candidates vying for the District 1 seat on the Miami-Dade school board offered a broad range of ideas on how to improve the school district at a forum Wednesday night, but on one issue, they all aligned — sharp criticism of Florida’s “Schools of Hope” law.
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Tallahassee on trial: Lawmaker faces sexual harassment claims in civil case
A civil trial unfolding in a courtroom across from the Florida Capitol complex offers a mix of serious allegations against a sitting lawmaker and reality TV buffoonery.
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Florida officials said ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ was shutting down. Inside, the facility’s fate was far less clear
The future of the taxpayer-funded immigration facility – whose operations were often shrouded in secrecy – may be less settled than the public messaging first indicated.
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Florida Trib and Miami Herald honored for bus camera investigation series
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.