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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...
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.
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.
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...
OneBlood Campaigns For Blood Donation in South Florida
Donating blood is a life-saving act, and now there are additional incentives to encourage more people to donate. The Big Red Bus, a mobile blood donation center operated by OneBlood, is currently stationed at an animal adoption shelter in Doral. Incentives for Blood Donation. Donors at this location receive a...
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez floats potential bid for Governor of Florida
After a short-lived push to win the Republican nomination ahead of the 2024 presidential elections, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is now shifting his focus to a potential bid for Florida Governor. Suarez, who has been the Miami Mayor since 2017, said that running for Florida's top executive office is very...
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.
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...
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.
Political Cortadito makes some easy recommendations for the Aug. 20 ballot
Absentee or mail-in ballots started arriving at voters’ homes more than a week ago. That means people are already voting for their county commissioners, mayor, judges, school board members, and state legislators and county constitutional officers in their preferred party primary. Most of the really good races don’t happen...
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...
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.
Voter turnout for Miami-Dade August 20 primary ballot is expected to be low
There is still time to request an absentee/mail-in ballot. Monday was the last day to register to vote for the August 20 primary election, which is also the county election for a lot of races that could be decided by a 50% plus one vote. According to the Miami-Dade Elections...
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