Palm Bay

Give Money, Get Contracts, Part II

Two in the Bush

Purloined pigeons and a rooster identity crisis

Martin Siskind Feature

Purloined pigeons and a rooster identity crisis

12-Year-Old Allegedly Trades Sex for Pot and Starts Playground Pot Ring

Sometimes it seems like Miami really is tainting the rest of the state. Take this disturbing news from Palm Bay, a city up along Florida's northern Atlantic coast. Police are investigating claims that a 12-year-old girl visited Miami during her holiday break and traded sex for four bags of pot. A 12 ... More >>

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Sometimes it seems like Miami really is tainting the rest of the state. Take this disturbing news from Palm Bay, a city up along Florida's northern Atlantic coast. Police are investigating claims that a 12-year-old girl visited Miami during her holiday break and traded sex for four bags of pot. A 12 ... More >>

Elected Officials Reward Their Campaign Contributors

Give money, get contracts.

Slime and Schemes Simmer in Surfside

John Davis is a cop who won’t stop

Real Estate Love Story

Andy Tobias's Belle Meade selloff does not imply a Miami housing crash

CIP VIPs

A list to nominate members for Miami's new Civilian Investigative Panel comes together in typical Magic City fashion

Forget the Sopranos, Here's the Pianos!

How two Jews from Jersey grew up in North Miami and found their inner Billy Joel in the bowels of an 88

Quid Pro Whoa

Miami preservation officer Sarah Eaton's decision to move in with two realtors has Morningside crying foul

The Jockey Club's Wild Ride

For two decades it was a chic hangout for South Florida's most well-to-do. Now it's a money pit with a sordid story to tell.

Glorious & Notorious

Casablanca had Rick's; Vegas had the Stardust; Miami's cocaine jazz age had the decadent Mutiny Hotel

Big Fish, Little Pond

For more than a decade, Otis Wallace has called the shots in tiny Florida City. That seems to be just fine with the locals.

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For more than a decade, Otis Wallace has called the shots in tiny Florida City. That seems to be just fine with the locals.

Study: Miami Amongst 20 Weakest Metro Areas

via Brookings InstituteFlorida is the only state that starts with an FHere's the bad news: According to a new study of the 100 most populous metro areas in America by the Brookings Institution, the Miami area, including the rest of South Florida, is one of the 20 economically weakest metro areas in ... More >>

Miami, Again, Among 20 Worst Economically Performing Metro Areas

No, this isn't a temperature chart. The 20 weakest metros are dotted in red. ​Florida dominates the list of 20 metropolitan areas still struggling to make an economic turnaround. Eight Florida areas make up the bottom rung of worst-performing cities in Brooking's latest MetroMonitor Report.&n ... More >>

Miami Film Czar Harry Emilio Gottlieb Passes Take-Home Quiz

Harry Emilio Gottlieb knows cinema!​Who knew that Harry Emilio Gottlieb, a prolific writer of letters to the editor denouncing cronyism, was a Hollywood wheeler-dealer?Why else would he get a $63,000-a-year gig as the man in charge of Miami's film and cultural affairs office? It couldn't possibly ... More >>

Film czar Harry Emilio Gottlieb nixes pop quiz, aces take-home exam

Harry Emilio Gottlieb knows cinema!​Who knew that Harry Emilio Gottlieb, a prolific writer of letters to the editor denouncing cronyism, was a Hollywood wheeler-dealer?Why else would he get a $63,000-a-year gig as the man in charge of Miami's film and cultural affairs office? It couldn't possibly ... More >>

Florida Cities Dominate List of "Divorce Capitols;" Miami is Number 26

​Florida's constitution strictly forbids gays from marrying, but what about the Sunshine State's straights? They're obviously doing such a fine job of upholding the sanctity of marriage, right? Apparently not so. The Daily Beast has compiled a list of "the 50 cities with the worst divorce rates," ... More >>

Shocking Finding: Retirees Love Florida

​Florida really is Heaven's waiting room. According to a new study by Portfolio.com, the Sunshine State is by far the most popular destination for retirees, which has major implications as the gigantic baby boomer population continues to enter retirement age. The good news for Miamians who hate ol ... More >>

Florida's Drunkest Cities? Not Miami, But Old People Meccas

​U.S. News and World Reports has unleashed a top ten list of America's drunkest cities. Florida dominates the list with whopping three cities on the top ten. Surely, Miami, America's nightlife capital, would make the list? Or perhaps Fort Liquordale or Ernest Hemingway's favorite booze-drenched is ... More >>