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A billboard located in Miami-Dade County is slamming Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Florida U.S. Reps. Carlos Gimenez and Mario Diaz-Balart for betraying the local immigrant community in the face of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. According to the sign, the billboard is paid for by Keep Them Honest Inc., an organization […]
Miami mayoral candidate Emilio T. Gonzalez has announced his plan to clean up City Hall, which he includes as restoring trust and holding corrupt insiders accountable, in his bid to become the next mayor of Miami. The plan follows a bitter fight with the City of Miami to restore the mayoral election to November, a […]
Miami-Dade County Commissioner Eileen Higgins might be shaping up her campaign for Miami mayor to be similar to other Democratic Socialist, left-leaning candidates that are taking power in cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Portland. But while her messaging leans into an ideological rebrand for Miami, questions linger about her actual commitment to the […]
The Christian Family Coalition (CFC) Florida will host its 2025 Miami-Dade Legislative Breakfast at Trump National Doral on Saturday. The event will feature many GOP legislators who supported CFC legislation during the 2025 legislative session. Lawmakers expected to attend include Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez (R-Doral) and Reps. David Borrero (R-Sweetwater), Omar Blanco (R-Miami), Juan Carlos […]
Florida's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Blaise Ingoglia, has requested a list of documents from Miami-Dade and Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to review how the county reached a $402 million budget deficit despite growing revenues. ".@MayorDaniella thinks removing waste, fraud and abuse from local government and offering property tax […]
U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) is considering leaving his seat in Congress to run for the upcoming November 2025 City of Miami Mayoral election, sources told Conservative journalist Laura Loomer, who first reported the news. Rep. Gimenez is reportedly "pissed off" about losing his recent bid to become chair of the House Homeland Security Committee. […]
MIAMI—Miami mayoral candidate Emilio Gonzalez is continuing to fight against the City of Miami as it attempts to move the city's 2025 mayoral election and move it to November 2026. Gonzalez, who is running to succeed Mayor Francis Suarez, has been adamant that City Commissioners have tried to steal the election by moving it to […]
Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) released a press conference following the approval of the Fiscal Year 2026 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill (FY 2026). “I was proud to support the FY 2026 Interior funding bill, for which I obtained critical funding for Everglades preservation and restoration efforts, Big Cypress National Preserve, […]
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently launched investigations into five universities, including the University of Miami, to establish whether they are violating civil rights law by granting scholarships solely to undocumented or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students. The Department of Education's inquiry is based on complaints alleging national […]
Apple's Expansion in Greater Miami Could Become Fruitful After Company Invests in Rare Earth Magnets
In a major win for Apple Inc., the company announced a recent $500 million commitment to MP Materials to purchase rare earth magnets for its products, according to multiple sources in a report from Fox Business. MP Materials is the only rare earth mine company currently operating in America. The investment follows Apple's plan to […]
In a decisive win, a state circuit court judge ruled that the City of Miami violated its own governing laws when it attempted to cancel this year’s mayoral and city commission elections. The decision restores the November 2025 election and sharply rebukes the city’s legal defense. City attorneys argued that the ordinance passed earlier this […]
MIAMI LAKES – Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) released a statement announcing Bill H.R. 672 has successfully passed through the House and is being brought to the Senate for further deliberation. The bill aims to give Miami Lakes a postal code, as it currently shares one with nearby Hialeah, causing issues regarding insurance rates, mail and […]
In a major win for democracy, a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge has ruled in favor of mayoral candidate Emilio Gonzalez and the voters of the City of Miami, restoring the 2025 election for Mayor and City Commissioner. The court struck down the controversial ordinance that sought to delay the election to 2026 — a move […]
Francisco “Panchito” Petrirena is no stranger to power. Known as a behind-the-scenes player in Miami government, Petrirena now finds himself at the center of rising scrutiny over a nonprofit he leads — one that has quietly become a magnet for public funds with limited oversight or accountability. Petrirena is no ordinary bureaucrat. He’s a powerful […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis defended Friday the state agency that constructed the Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention center without fully notifying local officials. He lauded the Florida Division of Emergency Management for not "twiddling their thumbs" and building the Everglades center in just eight days—even though local officials in Collier and Miami-Dade counties were still chasing down […]
From Kingmaker to Critic: Carollo's Rift with Rosado. Just weeks after helping secure newly elected Miami Commissioner Ralph Rosado’s narrow victory in the low-turnout District 4 special election, Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo has turned against his former political ally. The cause of the split? Rosado’s first vote on the Commission—to support delaying the November 2025 […]
MIAMI—In a high-stakes virtual courtroom showdown, City of Miami mayoral candidate Emilio Gonzalez took on City Hall yesterday in a legal fight over whether voters will have the right to elect a new Mayor and Commissioner this November, as originally scheduled. The hearing, conducted via Zoom, was overseen by Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Valerie Manno […]
Representative Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) led a recent House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the continued advance of drone technology and how it could be weaponized against the United States, saying he fears a terror attack on the scale of September 11th, 2001, could be carried out by drones. "Drone technology has just gotten worse, and […]
