President-elect Donald Trump is cementing his name on a popular South Florida street.

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.

A brand-new Costco is a major step closer to being built in South Miami-Dade.

The controversial proposal to build a water park on Zoo Miami property has been pulled.

Members of the public packed Wednesday’s Miami-Dade County Commission meeting as officials were set to vote on a lease extension for the Miami Wilds water park proposal at Zoo Miami, a plan so controversial, the zoo’s chief spokesperson publicly denounced it as a private citizen.

A former Miami-Dade County Commission candidate has been arrested.

With the climate heating up more every year, Florida's outdoor workers are facing life-threatening risks. The Miami-Dade Commission is considering safety protections.

There’s been a major change in leadership on the Miami-Dade County Commission.

After months of deferrals, the Miami-Dade County Commission voted last week to breach the environmental Urban Development Boundary for an industrial complex.

An empty Miami-Dade County Commission seat has led to a runoff on the ballot this November.

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

Miami-Dade County Commissioners Jose 'Pepe' Diaz and Joe Martinez have been isolating after testing positive for COVID-19.

A moment of silence for Haiti was held Thursday at the Miami-Dade County Commission meeting, a day after the country’s president was assassinated in his own home.

Local 10 News anchor and environmental advocate Louis Aguirre was honored Tuesday by the Miami-Dade County Commission for his work reporting on environmental issues and the ongoing mission to save Biscayne Bay.

Marleine Bastien announced on Thursday that she joined the race for Miami-Dade County Commission District 2, which includes parts of Little Haiti, Liberty City, Hialeah, North Miami Beach, and North Miami.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – With South Florida entering Phase 2 of reopening, leaders in Miami-Dade County want to find a better way to track the spread of COVID-19. She said that’s where she learned of some good news; that more than 600 contact tracers have been hired, with a plan to hire even more in place. Dr. Marty believes there should be 900 contact tracers at this time in order to help gather critical data points and inform policy, but she adds that this is “a lot better than before.”Even with the added contact tracers, Dr. Marty said another issue is public compliance when contacted. “More than 50 percent of people who are contacted refuse to speak with the contact tracing, and this is one of the most series aspects of the contact tracing dilemma,” said Dr. Marty. “You cannot open schools; you can’t go any further on the openings until we have this business of testing and contact tracing completely in hand.”Miami-Dade County also has a new contact tracing appl Combat COVID MDC.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. The Biscayne Bay Task Force gave an urgent and final call to the Miami-Dade County Commission Monday morning to act now to save Biscayne Bay. The bay watershed continues to be threatened by lack of fresh water, sewage pollution, storm water runoff and other pollutants, Irela Bague, chair of the Biscayne Bay Task Force, said. Fish kills are not normal in Biscayne Bay.With 95 percent of the seagrass lost in the northern section, the task force stresses that Biscayne Bay is in grave danger and submitted over 60 recommendations of action the commission is urged to take right now to begin to reverse the damage. Its such a huge cost, economic issue, for everyone on septic tank, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez said. We need to do some additional studies to get to the root causes of this problem that we have.But the task force warns Biscayne Bay is out of time.

(Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)MIAMI – To help the unemployed during the coronavirus pandemic, Farm Share of Florida is co-hosting two food distribution events on Friday in Miami’s Coconut Grove and Liberty City neighborhoods. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, a survivor of COVID-19, Miami-Dade County Commission Chairwoman Audrey Edmonson and City Commissioner Ken Russell are scheduled to be at both events. The food distribution in Liberty City is from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Second Canaan Missionary Baptist Church at 4343 NW 17 Ave. The food distribution in Coconut Grove is from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Armbrister Park at 4000 Grand Ave.

MIAMI - The plan to bring Formula 1 racing to the Hard Rock Stadium was slowed a bit by the Miami-Dade County Commission Tuesday. "I think Formula 1 might be good for Miami, it's just not good for Miami Gardens," said resident Brenda Providence. "Formula 1 will bring about bad health, and an insurance crisis we cannot afford," said Carol Minnie, who said she lives in Lake Lucerne, in the shadow of Hard Rock Stadium. Some mentioned the lineup of football and other sporting events, multiday concerts and festivals currently staged at Hard Rock Stadium, and the resulting economic development around it. "We are held hostage in our homes during every event held at Hard Rock," she said.

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