Lucie Tondreau’s political rise and fall was swift. She was elected to office as North Miami’s first female mayor in May 2013. Then she was arrested and suspended from office less than a year later, and now she’s been found guilty on all charges. After just two hours of deliberation,…
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Rick Scott was ostensibly reelected this year based on Florida’s economic recovery, but a new report from the Center for American Progress reminds us that that “recovery” has left many in Florida behind. That state lags behind in many poverty indicators, and Scott’s own decision not to expand Medicaid in…
Jeb Bush has spent the better part of the last eight years denying that he was going to run for president. Now he’s finally confirmed what everyone has long suspected. He’s thinking about making a run. In a Facebook message posted today Bush announced that he will “actively explore the…
Alan Levan, the former chairman of Florida-based BankAtlantic Bancorp, has been found responsible by a federal jury for intentionally defrauding investors in 2007 right before the bottom fell out of Florida’s housing market. Levan will not face criminal charges, as the judgment came as the result of a civil suit…
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Michele Traverso will spend at least the next two years in prison for violating probation after having already previously served 22 months for the 2012 hit-and-run death of cyclist Aaron Cohen. Last Saturday, Traverso was supposed to be in his parent’s Key Biscayne condo when a probation officer came to…
Rodolfo “Rudy” Llanes has been chosen as the next chief of the Miami Police Department, according to the Miami Herald. Currently a deputy chief, Llanes, a department lifer, will take the helm following current chief Manuel Orosa’s scheduled retirement next month…
Miami Beach police are warning motorists to expect more protests on a major causeway connecting the mainland to the beach this afternoon. Though, this time police expect the protests may go down on the MacArthur Causeway as opposed to the Julia Tuttle. However, Facebook event pages affiliated with the planned…
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Finally, some Floridian behavior to celebrate. A new report concludes that Florida has the second lowest smoking rate amongst high school students of every state in the union. In fact, Florida’s efforts to curb youth smoking has been so successful that researchers are actually issuing a “Florida Challenge” to other…
Roger Perry does not seem like a nice man. The 53-year-old tried to check out with full basket of groceries in the express lane, and then when another man pointed out he was in the wrong lane, Perry allegedly hit him so hard he ended up in a coma. Perry…
A 935-foot skyscraper has been proposed for downtown Miami. It’s dubbed “The World Trade Center of the Americas” (which isn’t a sensitive and awkward choice of names at all), though there will more than trade going on there. The plan calls for a mixed bag of residential units, hotel rooms,…
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Miami is a city with a short history, so historical objects don’t exactly turn up here everyday. So when a dredge team was relocating seagrass to an area near the Julia Tuttle Causeway and came across an old cannon, they were surprised to say the least…
Christmastime is all about roasting chestnuts on an open fire, building snowmen, and taking your sled for the first ride of the year — unless you live in Florida, where it hardly ever snows and you can comfortably wear shorts in December. It’s actually a bit odd watching holiday specials…
Remember when Florida Senator Marco Rubio was dubbed “the Republican Savior,” and “the GOP Obama?” Yeah, so much for that. Voters in his home state have really, really chilled on the idea of Rubio running for president. Instead, they’re looking back to the past: Jeb Bush…
Some white people seem to think the only way to be racist is to wear a KKK hood while shouting the n-word. That’s not the case, and often racism is more subtle and codified. So much so that a racist may not even know how racist they’re being. Project Implicit,…
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Ninety-five school shooting have occurred in the United State in the two years since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary, and eight of those have happened right here in Florida according to a new report by Everytown for Gun Safety. That’s the second most of any state, trailing only our…
Thanks mostly to tourists with fat wallets, the retail sector in Miami has reached an all-time high, and retailers are scrambling to get a piece of the action. Retail space vacancy rates have hit 3.8 percent, and the average rent in the third quarter of 2014 was $45.18 per square…
Miami Police officer Gary Sampson was entrusted with keeping justice and order on the streets of Miami, but allegedly made threats of violence and abuse at home. The 47-year-old officer was arrested today after allegedly threatening to kill his wife and smashing her phone when she attempted to call 911…
