Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
Biscayne National Park carries a $60 million building repair backlog as the Great American Outdoors Act, the federal law funding national park maintenance, expires in September 2026, with a reauthorization bill awaiting floor votes when Congress returns from recess.
Local Government
Coconut Grove activist Andy Parrish proposes allowing two-story apartment buildings in single-family neighborhoods as an alternative to the 818-unit high-rise development planned for the West Grove, calling on the Miami City Commission to change Miami 21 zoning rules.
Local Government
Attorney Luis de la Cruz, a 50-year Key Biscayne resident who previously served on the Village Council from 2014 to 2018, is the first declared candidate for one of three open seats in the Nov. 3 election, running on stormwater accountability and governance reform.
Local Government
Miami-Dade County commissioners permanently established a Same-Day Residential Permitting Program covering pools, roofs, kitchen remodels, fences and other common projects, with a 10% per-day fee discount when the county misses its review deadline.
Local Government
Miami's city attorney warned that ending the 287(g) ICE agreement could jeopardize $7.5 million in state funding, even as three of five commissioners signal support for rescission and officials reveal only two Miami police officers are trained under the program.
Local Government
A Leon County judge ruled that Florida's Amendment 3 ballot language must be rewritten, calling it "more akin to a political slogan," in a case driven by former Key Biscayne Mayor Mike Davey and Village Attorney Chad Friedman's law firm.
Local Government
The Miami City Commission voted unanimously July 30 to allow small detached cottage homes on narrow lots citywide, a move developers say will activate long-vacant parcels in Coconut Grove's West Grove and honor the neighborhood's shotgun-home heritage.
Local Government
Florida's spiny lobster regular season opens August 6 with a lower daily bag limit of six per person, giving Biscayne Bay divers an eight-month window through March 2027 after the miniseason wrapped July 30.
Local Government
Miami-Dade's new Zero Waste Master Plan, unveiled July 31, targets the hospitality industry with a Green Business Certification, food-waste composting partnerships, and a potential weight-based garbage fee, putting Coconut Grove and Key Biscayne restaurants and hotels at the center of the county's push to raise recycling rates to 77% by 2039.
Local Government
Miami commissioners voted 5-0 on July 23 to sell the 121-year-old Dr. James M. Jackson Medical Office to Ken Griffin for $2.98 million, with Dade Heritage Trust set to relocate the cottage to an undisclosed Coconut Grove site as its first permanent headquarters.
Local Government
Miami-Dade commissioners unanimously renewed Key Biscayne's interlocal agreement to enforce e-bike and scooter rules on Crandon Boulevard through July 2028 and approved a new 20 mph speed limit for micromobility devices on the Rickenbacker Causeway.
Local Government
Four Florida Congress members sent a letter Tuesday demanding withdrawal of a federal rule that removes habitat-degradation protections under the Endangered Species Act, a change that directly threatens manatees, American crocodiles, and sea turtles in Biscayne Bay before the rule takes effect September 14.
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