The second day of the second week of the Miami-Dade COVID19 crisis and the number of positives in the county keeps rising, reaching 367 on Tuesday evening, which is almost 100 more than the 278 confirmed infected the night before. But experts and leaders say that trajectory is only so sharp because of an increase in […]
Updated: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an emergency order on Friday that suspends the Florida statutes that require a quorum be present in person for government meetings and that they be conducted in a specific public place. This means that the Miami city commission, which had been pushing for the approval, might be able to meet […]
It should be packed in room 2106 at the Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade College Thursday morning when the Board of Trustees meets for the first time since it scrapped the search process for a new president last month. Word is that the fix is in. That the newly-appointed members by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis […]
It’s good to be the king. We’re used to the mayor coming in late some mornings or taking off early to play nine holes of golf at The Biltmore Hotel. But on Friday, while the rest of us were trying to finish our work week, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez ducked out early to stump for Ron DeSantis […]
In the governor’s race, Republican Ron Desantis might have the Cuban running mate, but Democrat gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is not giving up on the Hispanic vote. Nor is he taking it for granted, launching an #UnidosPorGillum campaign and recruiting Hispanic supporters and surrogates. After having first only one Hispanic listed on his campaign leadership […]
Florida legislators jump at the chance to become Florida’s next U.S. Senator Wow. Just look at the legislators lunging for the coveted open Senate seat left by Marco Rubio‘s White House ambition. The list 15 months out already makes for two delicious 2016 primaries in what is already a year full of races to watch. No matter […]