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Barbara Jordan Puts Brakes On Casino Gambling Straw Poll
MIAMI (CBS4) – Miami-Dade Commissioner Barbara Jordan has put the brakes on a proposal that may have put the casino gambling issue on the January ballot. County Commission Chairman Joe Martinez added...
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Video Parody Criticizing Miami-Dade Mayor Gimenez Hits Internet
MIAMI (CBS4) – A day before the Miami-Dade County Commission discusses health insurance for county workers, a new video criticizing the Miami-Dade mayor’s plan is getting thousands of views on YouTube....
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Guillen To Fly Back To Miami To Apologize Again In Fidel Flap
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen will fly back to Miami Tuesday to apologize for a second time regarding his controversial comments about Fidel Castro. Guillen will fly to Miami...
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Trayvon Martin’s Mom Fighting Stand Your Ground Laws
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Thanks to her Miami-Dade County coworkers, Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton, will be able to take an additional roughly eight months off from her county job. The county...
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Miami-Dade Commission Approves $5M For Arsht Center Repairs
MIAMI (CBS4) – Miami-Dade Commissioners approved a $5 million payout to make the necessary repairs to the Adrienne Arsht center after it suffered major damage during a May deluge. Mayor Carlos Gimenez...
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Neighbors 4 Neighbors Honored With Proclamation For 20th Anniversary
MIAMI (CBS4) – The City Commission of Miami-Dade County presented Neighbors 4 Neighbors with a special proclamation in honor of their upcoming 20th anniversary. The proclamation marked July 19, 2012 as...
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Commissioner Joe Martinez Hopes To Run County That Raised Him
MIAMI (CBS4) – On Tuesday, Miami-Dade county voters will have the opportunity to elect their next mayor. One of the people vying for the job is Commission Chairman Joe Martinez. Martinez is something...
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Gimenez Re-Elected Miami-Dade Mayor
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez cruised to victory in his battle with long-time commissioner Joe Martinez, but the race may be far from over. With 100 percent of the ballot...
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Braman Backed Candidate Loses Big In Tuesday Election
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Billionaire Norman Braman has flexed his considerable political muscle in recent years trying to shape Miami-Dade County politics. But Tuesday night, almost all of the candidates he...
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Gimenez Victory May Be Challenged
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez easily defeated opponent Joe Martinez to retain his top job in the county Tuesday night. But, Martinez is not going gently into the night after...
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Sun Life Vote May Leave No Time For A Plan B
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Miami Dolphins have relented on their pitch for renovations to Sun Life Stadium and will send the issue to the voters to decide whether any public money will be used. But ahead...
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Miami-Dade Expected To Approve No-Kill Animal Shelter
MIAMI (CBS4) – Howls and meows of agreement may be heard from the Miami-Dade animal control shelter Tuesday, after County Commissioners give expected approval to a plan to improve the life expectancy...
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Miami-Dade Votes OK On No-Kill Animal Shelter
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami-Dade County Commissioners, on Tuesday, voted to approve The Pets’ Trust, a popular citizen initiative that could save the lives of thousands of unwanted pets. The commission...
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County Raids Rainy-Day Fund To Keep Libraries Open
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Miami-Dade County Commission decided in the early hours of Wednesday morning to use rainy-day reserves to prevent layoffs of library workers and cutting library hours in the...
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Facing South Florida: Taxi Cab Controversy
Taxi Cab Roundtable (Source: CBS4) Just about anyone who’s been inside a cab in South Florida has a complaint of one form or another. In Miami-Dade there have been repeated attempts over the years to...
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Commission Hits Stalemate Over Union Health Contributions
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The only thing missing from the Miami-Dade County Commission meeting Thursday was Bill Murray because it felt like Groundhog Day. The county commission voted again to put an end to a...
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Miami-Dade Commissioners “Throw Budget Into Disarray”
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — With a warning from Mayor Carlos Gimenez that it would “throw our budget into disarray,” Miami-Dade Commissioners Tuesday overrode his veto of their earlier vote to re-instate five...
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Miami Seaquarium Being Sold To CA Company
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Changes are on the way for one South Florida’s iconic locations. The Miami Seaquarium is being sold to a California-based company that is a subsidiary of Spanish theme park...
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Herald: Commissioners Give Early OK To Legalize Ride-For-Hire Companies
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – There may be some hope for ride-for-hire companies, like Lyft and UberX, in South Florida. The Miami-Dade County Commission gave initial approval Tuesday that would legalize the...
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Local Leaders Break Ground For New Community Center
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Local leaders broke ground Friday for a new community building in Miami’s West End Park. City of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado, Commissioner Francis Suarez and Miami-Dade County...
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Back To School Backpack Giveaway To Take Place In Miami
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Miami-Dade County Commission Vice Chair Lynda Bell will host her 4th Annual Back-to-School Backpack Giveaway on Sunday, August 3rd from 1 to 5 p.m. at the South Dade YMCA Family...
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Cava & Monestime Win Miami-Dade Commission Seats
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Tensions were high on election day for four Miami-Dade County Commission seats up for grabs. Two of the races have generated the most heat. It was tight race for Lynda Bell and...
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Security Beefed Up At Local Airports On Sept. 11 Anniversary
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – At South Florida’s major airports Thursday, passengers should expect delays. As America pauses to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, airports...
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Officials Approve Plan To Cool Scorching Temperatures At Turkey Point
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – State officials approved an emergency request for more water to control the temperatures in the cooling canals at Turkey Point on Thursday. CBS4 News partner the Miami Herald reports...
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Facing South Florida: Last Chance Boot Camp
Last Chance Boot Camp (Source: CBS4) This special edition of Facing South Florida, “Last Chance Boot Camp” is the culmination of a 4-month CBS4 News investigation that follows one class of boot camp...
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Dade Commissioners Urge Congress To Revoke Citizenship Of ISIL Fighters
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami-Dade Commissioners passed a resolution on Monday which urged the federal government to revoke the citizenship and passports of any United States citizen who fights for the...
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Pay To Skip To The Front Of Security Line At MIA
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Would you be willing to pay to skip to the front at the airport for security screening? A company called CLEAR is betting on it and has asked the Miami-Dade County Commission to...
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Facing South Florida: Transgender Issues
(Source: CBS4) In early December, the Miami-Dade County Commission is set to vote on whether to include transgender protection in the Human Rights Ordinance. That ordinance currently makes it illegal...
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Miami-Dade Commission Takes Tilt To Left, Names First-Ever Haitian-American...
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Daniella Levine Cava formally joined the Miami-Dade County Commission Monday after defeating incumbent Linda Bell in the August primary....
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Facing South Florida: One-on-One with Xavier Suarez
(Source: CBS4) Jim goes one-on-one with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Xavier Suarez to discuss his future political plans. Will he run for mayor? Click on the above picture to watch the interview.
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Race Matters, Day 3: “These Cases Have Very Serious Consequences”
http://media.miami.cbslocal.com/CBSMIA_20150511200401063AA.mp4 Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) – During its five-month investigation into the Miami-Dade Police Department’s...
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Uber Threatens To Leave Miami-Dade Over Proposed Legislation
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Ride-sharing service Uber sent out an email to its riders Thursday saying if legislation proposed by Miami-Dade County Commission Chairman...
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Miami Politicians Pushing To Prevent Cuban Consulate In City
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — A group of local politicians are pushing hard to prevent Cuba from opening a consulate in Miami saying it would inflame passions among...
View ArticleMiami-Dade Commissioners Take Up Legislation To Condemn Recent Elections In...
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter DORAL (CBSMiami) – In a unanimous vote, Miami-Dade commissioners took up legislation to condemn the recent elections in Venezuela. The legislation was sponsored...
View ArticleSpecial Election Tuesday To Fill Empty Miami-Dade Commission Seat
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Some Miami-Dade residents are voting for a new county commissioner Tuesday. There’s a special election to fill the empty District 5 seat...
View ArticleNewcomer Finishes First In Miami-Dade Special Election, Advances To June Runoff
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Marketing executive Eileen Higgins took first place in Tuesday’s election to replace Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro. She will now face...
View ArticleEileen Higgins Wins Miami-Dade Commission Seat Runoff Election
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Some Miami-Dade residents voted for a new county commissioner Tuesday. There was a runoff election to fill the empty District 5 seat...
View ArticleFacing South Florida: New Miami-Dade County Commissioner
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter Eileen Higgins, a political newcomer, defeated Zoraida Barreiro to win the District 5 Miami-Dade County Commission seat in a runoff election last week. The seat...
View ArticleOrdinance Approved To Allow MIA Restaurants & Bars To Include Suggested Tips...
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Servers and bartenders at Miami International Airport are in for a bump in pay, after the Miami-Dade County Commission passed an ordinance Tuesday, allowing restaurants and bars at...
View ArticleCommissioners Fail To Override Mayor Gimenez’s Veto That Would Have Prevented...
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The future of Formula 1 racing and it’s estimated $400 million dollar impact on Miami-Dade County went before the county commission Tuesday with a vote on whether or not to override...
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