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Báez-Geller challenges Basabe for Aventura-area House seat
Former Miami-Dade School Board member Lucía Báez-Geller is challenging Republican Rep. Fabián Basabe in Florida House District 106, the Aventura-to-Miami Beach seat, after a Leon County jury found Basabe liable for sexual harassment and awarded $450,000 in damages.
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Six Florida laws hit Aventura drivers, renters Oct. 1
Six Florida laws taking effect Thursday, Oct. 1, raise the crash-reporting damage threshold from $500 to $2,000, make rental fraud a felony, ban nitrous oxide sales at tobacco shops and toughen animal-cruelty penalties.
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Miami-Dade dissolves five diversity boards under new state law
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New Fannie Mae condo rules squeeze Aventura buyers
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Báez-Geller challenges Basabe for Aventura-area House seat
Former Miami-Dade School Board member Lucía Báez-Geller is challenging Republican Rep. Fabián Basabe in Florida House District 106, the Aventura-to-Miami Beach seat, after a Leon County jury found Basabe liable for sexual harassment and awarded $450,000 in damages.
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Six Florida laws hit Aventura drivers, renters Oct. 1
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Aventura mayor's race pits incumbent Weinberg against Zaltzberg
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Miami-Dade dissolves five diversity boards under new state law
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Báez-Geller challenges Basabe for Aventura-area House seat
Former Miami-Dade School Board member Lucía Báez-Geller is challenging Republican Rep. Fabián Basabe in Florida House District 106, the Aventura-to-Miami Beach seat, after a Leon County jury found Basabe liable for sexual harassment and awarded $450,000 in damages.
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Six Florida laws hit Aventura drivers, renters Oct. 1
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Aventura mayor's race pits incumbent Weinberg against Zaltzberg
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Miami-Dade dissolves five diversity boards under new state law
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New Fannie Mae condo rules squeeze Aventura buyers
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View MoreMiami-Dade commissioner spent $35,000 in county funds on Vatican ping-pong trip
Miami-Dade Commissioner Oliver Gilbert spent more than $35,000 in county funds, including $27,000 in business-class airfare, on a two-day Vatican table tennis conference where he met Pope Leo XIV. The trip was never publicly announced and surfaced as the county proposes bus route cuts and faces hundreds of millions in potential revenue losses.
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View MoreMiami-Dade spent $4,500 on two unused portraits of Commissioner Gilbert while proposing bus route cuts
Miami-Dade County paid $4,500 for two custom portraits of Commissioner Oliver Gilbert III that were never used, settling on a $280 print for a new gallery in the commission chambers, while the county's proposed budget eliminates 12 bus routes and more than 400 vacant positions.
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View MoreMiami-Dade commission introduces boater safety board, MetroMover zone expansion
The Miami-Dade County Commission on Tuesday, July 21, introduced ordinances to create a permanent Boater Safety and Bay Education Advisory Board and to expand the MetroMover Subzone to three Brickell-area properties, while approving community organization funding for all 13 districts.
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View MoreMiami-Dade mayor proposes 6% water rate increase, pushes contractors to lobby commissioners
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is proposing a 6% water rate increase for FY 2026-27 and has been pressing department contractors to lobby commissioners in support, a move that would raise bills for Aventura, Sunny Isles Beach, and Golden Beach households served by county water and sewer.
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View MoreMiami-Dade reclaims Everglades airport after Alligator Alcatraz closes
Miami-Dade County formally regained control of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on July 23, ending the Alligator Alcatraz detention camp era and reopening questions about the future of the nearly 24,000-acre Everglades site.
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View MoreMiami metro now costs more than New York City for first time on record
Federal data shows the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area has surpassed New York City in cost of living for the first time, with consumer prices up 36% since 2019, home insurance averaging $8,292 a year, and restaurant bills hitting $94 per person.
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View MoreAsian-Latino street food and car fest closes Smorgasburg's season July 25-26
Smorgasburg South Florida wraps its first Fort Lauderdale season with the second annual Fast & Flavorful festival on July 25-26, featuring Asian-Latino fusion vendors, a judged car competition with Cars & Coffee Broward, and a Jeep Show & Shine before the market's summer break.
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View MoreVillalobos earns unanimous board support in Miami-Dade superintendent search
Rafael Villalobos is the only superintendent semifinalist chosen by all eight Miami-Dade school board members, giving him the strongest position heading into Tuesday's special meeting to select finalists for the job overseeing Aventura-area schools.
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View MoreMiami-Dade proposes flat tax rate, $79 million in new spending as Aventura budget season opens
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava's proposed FY2026-27 budget holds county property tax rates flat while adding $79 million in new investments. Aventura's City Commission begins its own budget review at 9 a.m. Thursday, July 23.
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View MoreSunny Isles Beach bans e-bikes for riders under 16, off sidewalks
The Sunny Isles Beach City Commission adopted an ordinance banning e-bike use by anyone under 16, prohibiting e-bikes on sidewalks, and requiring riders to carry government-issued ID, with $250 fines starting August 16 after an educational campaign.
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View MoreVolunteers needed for Meals on Wheels hurricane kit delivery July 25
Aventura-area residents can volunteer with Meals on Wheels South Florida on July 25 to deliver hurricane preparedness meal kits to homebound Broward County seniors, while local seniors in Miami-Dade can access evacuation resources through the county's EEAP.
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View MoreMiami-Dade schools CFO Ron Steiger leaving for Barry University amid enrollment decline
Ron Steiger, who managed Miami-Dade County Public Schools' $7.4 billion budget, will leave for Barry University on August 10, exiting as the district absorbs a 13,200-student enrollment drop that reduces per-pupil funding for schools across the system, including Aventura's two charter schools.
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