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Last week's Presidential Election is getting all the attention, but those elected locally at the city, county, and state levels have the most immediate impact on your life.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Florida Rep. Alex Rizo, Florida Sen. Shevrin Jones, and Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner. Don't Trash Our Treasure Correspondent Louis Aguirre explains the Miami-Dade County incinerator controversy.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Florida Rep. Alex Rizo, Florida Sen. Shevrin Jones, and Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner. Don't Trash Our Treasure Correspondent Louis Aguirre explains the Miami-Dade County incinerator controversy.

This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, the Democratic candidate running for U.S. Senate against the Republican incumbent Sen. Rick Scott.

Miami-Dade County commissioners once again delayed a decision on the controversial trash incinerator that environmentalists worry will dump massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the hemisphere and residents just don’t want in their backyard.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner about a ruling on a question for voters on the ballot on a tax to fund homeless services.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Florida Rep. Alex Rizo, a Republican, and Florida Sen. Shevrin Jones, a Democrat, about early voting.

Local 10 News “This Week in South Florida” Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Broward County Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott; Lucia Báez-Geller, who is challenging incumbent U.S. Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar in the District 27 race; and Annette Taddeo and Juan Fernandez-Barquin, who are running for Miami-Dade Clerk of Court.

Local 10 News “This Week in South Florida” Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Broward County Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott; Lucia Báez-Geller, who is challenging incumbent U.S. Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar in the District 27 race; and Annette Taddeo and Juan Fernandez-Barquin, who are running for Miami-Dade Clerk of Court

Did you get a traffic ticket? Called to jury duty? Getting married? Those things and more mean you need the county clerk of court, and Miami-Dade voters are about to elect one in the first partisan election in recent history. It’s one of the five newly created constitutional offices for the county, and one of those offices you probably don’t think about until you need it.

Every member of Congress was up for election this year. Of the seven South Florida districts, six lean Democrat or Republican, but one is so evenly split that voters have flipped the district a few times over the last decade.

Joe Scott is the Supervisor of Elections in Broward County and he’s in the thick of it this week as early voting is underway.

With the primary victories behind them, Democrat James Reyes and Republican Rosie Cordero-Stutz now have their sights set on November, where one of them will become Miami-Dade’s first elected sheriff in 60 years.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Janine Stanwood interviews Michael Lowry, the Local 10 News Weather Authority hurricane specialist and storm surge expert, and Christopher Diaz, the leader of South Florida Search and Rescue Task Force 2 at work in Taylor County after Hurricane Helen. Stanwood also interviewed the mayors of Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Janine Stanwood interviews Michael Lowry, the Local 10 News Weather Authority hurricane specialist and storm surge expert, and Christopher Diaz, the leader of South Florida Search and Rescue Task Force 2 at work in Taylor County after Hurricane Helen. Stanwood also interviewed the mayors of Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale.

Florida requires voters to register 29 days before casting a ballot in an election. There is a database online to look up voter information.

Miami Fire Rescue’s special operations chief leads the dozens of trained first responders with the autonomous South Florida Search and Rescue Task Force 2 who responded to Hurricane Helene’s aftermath.

In March, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 1365 into law prohibiting the homeless from camping on city streets, sidewalks, and public parks in Florida. The new law — which goes into effect on Tuesday — also directs the Florida Department of Children and Families to authorize campsites with restrooms and access to treatment for substance abuse and mental health.