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Laredo, East LA and Hialeah, among the Latino-heavy cities with the highest poverty rates in the U.S.
A new study of the ten census-designated cities with 100,000 or more residents and high Latino populations showed their poverty rates are 50% higher than the national average. The ten communities, which include Laredo, Texas; East LA and Hialeah, Florida had an average poverty rate of 18.7%, considerably higher than the national poverty rate of 12.5% and the overall Latino poverty rate of 17.2%, the report by Axios shows.
Groundbreaking ceremony held for future Miami Gardens City Center
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday at the future City Center in Miami Gardens, which will soon be a place where people can live, work and play right in the heart of the city. “So many things had to happen, but I kept working on...
New poll: Miami-Dade sheriff GOP race has Sanchez, Cordero-Stutz on top
A new poll among more than 500 Republican voters shows that former Miami Commissioner Joe Sanchez, a Florida Highway Patrol spokesman, and Rosanna “Rosie” Cordero-Stutz, an assistant director at the Miami-Dade Police Department, are the No. 1 and No. 2 favorites for Miami-Dade sheriff in the Republican primary next month.
Lightning Strike Damages Building in Pembroke Pines Amid South Florida Storms
Residents in Pembroke Pines experienced nature's power firsthand when a building was struck by lightning during the intense storms that besieged South Florida yesterday. According to NBC Miami, the event took place in the vicinity of Flamingo Road and Taft Street, where the local police department captured and shared an image showcasing some of the damage inflicted by the strike.
Brownsville Transit Village headed toward completion
The final phase of the Brownsville Transit Village, which began construction in 2014, got underway Monday with great fanfare, complete with a news conference and ceremonial groundbreaking at 5115 NW 29th Ave. in Miami. The 5.2-acre project adjacent to the Brownsville Metrorail Station is a step toward easing housing affordability...
Storms across Broward dump inches of rain, cause flooding and car damage
PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. (WSVN) - Several rounds of rain and lightning across Broward County on Monday caused flooded roads and damaged a building. A medical building in Pembroke Pines was struck by lightning, damaging the structure. The lightning bolt sent concrete crashing onto a police car parked in the parking...
Biden funding for Overtown announced
A bevy of elected officials were on hand Friday to receive more than $39 million in new federal grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help revitalize Historic Overtown. The funds are intended to build new affordable homes, redevelop Culmer Place and Culmer Gardens public...
Miami-Dade Mayor Levine Cava boosts Republican, torpedoes political ambition of her female Democratic staffer
Daniella Levine Cava rode to victory in 2020 as the first female elected Miami-Dade County mayor by playing up her bona fides as a progressive Democrat even though it was a non-partisan race. Four years later, Levine Cava is aiming to prove Republican lawmakers can count on her even if it means torpedoing the political ambitions of one of her progressive Democrat female staffers.
Coconut Grove groups accuse City of Miami of housing discrimination against Black residents
Reverend Willie F. Ford’s church is emptier than it used to be. It’s not that his congregation doesn’t want to come in on Sundays, he says — it’s that they can’t. In the past decade he’s been ministering at St. Matthew Community Baptist Church, Ford has seen his flock dwindle as parishioners are priced out of their homes in the predominantly Black Coconut Grove Village West.
Affordable housing apartment converting to boutique hotel, tenants being asked to move or face eviction
Residents living in an affordable housing apartment complex are being told they have 60-days to move or face eviction notices. Back in March of 2023, the City's Historic Preservation Board voted to have developers add additional units, a rooftop pool, and an outside terrace to the Riviera Plaza Apartments, located at 337 20th St. in Miami Beach.
Florida school board unlikely to fire mom whose transgender daughter played on girls volleyball team
PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school board appeared unlikely Tuesday to fire an employee whose transgender daughter played girls’ high school volleyball in alleged violation of state law, but postponed their final decision until next week. The board is in Broward, one of the state’s most politically...
Tamarac Commissioner Elvin Villalobos confirms he is under investigation, says he wanted a Tesla
Embattled Tamarac Commissioner Elvin Villalobos has confirmed that he is under investigation following a tip that exposed corruption at City Hall. The investigation centers around City Staff purchasing a $32,000 car for Villalobos’ use. In a recent workshop, Villalobos attempted to defend himself against the allegations, but his response...
Mixed-Use Development Sawyer’s Walk Delivers Close to 600 Affordable Senior Housing Apartments in Miami’s Overtown Neighborhood
SG Holdings, a partnership among Swerdlow Group, SJM Partners, and Alben Duffie, has completed the housing component of Sawyer’s Walk, marking the delivery of the largest affordable senior living community in the US within the last decade. The mixed-use development is the largest underway in the historic community of...
Miami Fire Dept responds to ambulance on fire
Three Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) units responded to an transport ambulance on fire a Miami expressway. The incident, which occurred on Saturday night, happened on a westbound lane of SR836 and NW 87 Ave. Upon arrival, firefighters found the engine of the an unoccupied transport ambulance compartment fully engulfed in...
Downtown Apartment Parking Overflows Into Private Home
We’ve highlighted for some time the problems the City of Miami Springs has exacerbated with projects that didn’t have sufficient parking. As a result of the problems that have been highlighted, the City of Miami Springs ordered a $70,000 Parking Study that reinforced what we already knew: Miami Springs has insufficient parking downtown.
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