The FIFA World Cup coming to Miami-Dade County next summer may be getting another $10.5 million from county taxpayers.

As the contentious debate over rebuilding a trash incinerator near Doral continues, Miami-Dade commissioners voted Tuesday to postpone the decision until next year.

A plan to convert hotel rooms near the Southland Mall into affordable housing units for low-income seniors cleared a hurdle at the Miami-Dade County Commission Wednesday. That’s despite officials in Cutler Bay, where the site is located, opposing the project.

Residents of a southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood are fighting to keep their quiet block from major development, but their commissioners keep delaying things.

On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg speaks to Rep. Shelia Cherfilus-McCormick, State Rep. Dotie Joseph, Surfside Mayor Shlomo Dazinger and Surfside Mayoral Candidate and former mayor Charles Burkett.

A South Florida community is pleading with Miami-Dade County commissioners to deny a developer the upzoning he needs to now build a 216-bed senior assisted living facility on the end-of-the-block property he bought almost a decade ago.

The Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust is planning to convert the La Quinta Inn & Suites hotel at 10821 Caribbean Blvd., just north of the Southland Mall, into affordable housing for people who were once homeless.

“Boycott Target,” a two-minute track by Kurt Jantz, better known as rapper Forgiato Blow, shot to number one on iTunes’ Top Ten Chart this week.

Miami’s Wynwood Pride kicked off on Thursday as it has now been going strong for five years in support of the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities.

South Dade’s wastewater treatment plant is getting a serious makeover, its first serious upgrade in 30 years.

After a number of delays, Miami-Dade County commissioners finally voted in favor of expanding the Urban Development Boundary to allow developers to build on sensitive county land.

After witnessing more than 4,000 pounds of dead fish that have been pulled out of the water by a contractor working for Miami Dade county, experts said on Tuesday they believe the fish kill is coming to an end but are also investigating the matter at hand.

The Miami-Dade County Commission voted 9-3 to send a proposal for a large South Dade warehouse project to Tallahassee without a recommendation.

Human trafficking is a big problem in Florida, partly because it’s so easy to get in and out of the state through the sea ports and the airports, and it’s so close to the Caribbean.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Danielle Cohen Higgins was appointed and sworn in as Miami-Dade County’s new commissioner for District 8 on Monday, filling the seat vacated by new mayor Daniella Levine Cava. Cohen Higgins, a civil law attorney, was selected by a 10-1 vote in a special meeting. The process took only about 10 minutes as commissioners decided to make the appointment rather than hold a special election for district residents. Cohen Higgins was considered a frontrunner from the get-go among a list of seven contenders. Relatively drama-freeMiami Dade commission votes 10-1 to appoint Danielle Cohen Higgins to fill D8 seat, left open as predecessor Daniella Levine Cava became county Mayor.