Two new polls have landed today concerning Florida Senator Marco Rubio. Each presents two possible paths for his future. While one survey shows that his reelection to Senate is pretty much a given, the other suggests that he might actually have a chance at securing the Republican nomination for president…
Opposition to the American Dreams Miami megamall is mounting fast. First ambitious school board member Raquel Regalado declared that Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s support of the project has caused her to finally make the decision to run against him next year. Now a group of citizens are circulating a Change.org…
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The Obama Administration announced today that seven individual Venezuelan officials have been sanctioned by the American government for violating human rights, while also calling on the country to release all of its political prisoners. The announcement also warned that other Venezuelan officials, both past and present, could receive similar sanctions…
No matter your opinion on marijuana or guns, we can all agree that the two shouldn’t be mixed. Just ask 20-year-old Josue Sanchez who got high in a car on Friday night and then ended up accidentally fatally shooting his friend…
As an undergrad at the University of Miami, I took President Donna Shalala’s class on health care, which she regularly peppered with stories from her own years as Secretary of Health and Human Services. She once described how she got the job in the first place. An old friend of…
After the Detroit Lions failed to place a franchise tag on defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, the best defensive player in the league, according to most, will officially be a free agent tomorrow. According to reports, the Miami Dolphins have emerged, along with the Lions and Oakland Raiders, as the best…
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Announced yesterday as the largest mall in America, American Dreams Miami is being dubbed by developer Triple Five Group as the “largest entertainment attraction in the world.” Yes, the mall will end up being much more than a mall. See also: America’s Largest Mall Might Be Built in Miami Lakes…
When New York City opened the first phase of its High Line park in 2010, Miamians naturally said, “Oh, we want something like that.” The High Line is 1.45-mile linear park built atop an abandoned elevated railway. Miami’s answer was to propose a 10-mile linear park underneath an active railway,…
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Apparently Miami has not reached peak shopping mall. Not by a long shot. Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez announced today that developers are planning to build the largest mall in America (possibly even the world) near the intersection of the Florida Turnpike and I-75 in Miami Lakes. The project is…
“Oh, wow, Professor Watkins. I haven’t seen you since I took your class on Sino-American relations. Your lectures were always rousing.” “Oh Johnny, you can call me Charlene now, and if you found me teaching you relations arousing, well, I do live close to campus. Maybe we could have some…
Last week we mentioned the longstanding tradition of Miami-New York migration while complaining about the relatively new interloper in that situation, Los Angeles. But we didn’t want you to get the idea that we approved of life in New York City. Oh, far from it. Yes, certain dreams are better…
A day after being accused of punching a college kid, Miami-area Republican State Rep. Frank Artiles had a controversial victory in the Florida House. His bill that would ban transgender people using their preferred bathrooms without any exceptions in Florida cleared its first committee in the House. See also: Republican…
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Will Shane Battier’s annual Miami Heat-centric celebrity karaoke event ever reach the heights of Dwyane Wade and LeBron James singing a duet of a Michael Jackson song again? Maybe not, but this year’s edition, which went down last night at the Fillmore Miami Beach, did feature a King of Pop…
Sure, it’s still a long shot, but state Sen. Dwight Bullard’s efforts to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Florida got a bit closer to reality today. A companion bill has been filed in the house by Rep. Randolph Bracy, a Democrat from Ocoee. See also: Bill to Legalize Recreational…
The night before the official beginning of the Florida legislative session, Miami-area Rep. Frank Artiles was hanging out at a Tallahassee bar, Clydes & Costello’s, into the early hours of the morning. That’s all anyone seems to know for sure, but Artiles has been publicly accused of punching a college…
Real-estate booms don’t last forever, as anyone even passingly familiar with Miami’s history should know, and it appears the most recent downtown condo boom might have hit its peak. A new report from the Downtown Development Authority (DDA), which focuses on Miami’s urban core from Brickell up to midtown, indicates…
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Oh, Miami. Where those with untold riches and a taste for unabashed luxury live in the same community as those suffering from crippling poverty. As another reminder of that fact, new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau finds that the Miami metro area has the second highest rate…
