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Signage for the FTX Arena, where the Miami Heat basketball team plays, is seen illuminated on Saturday. The rapid collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX into bankruptcy has driven arena owner Miami-Dade County to seek a break in its naming rights deal with FTX.

Miami-Dade County, stuck in a 19-year contract with FTX, seeks to rename its arena

7:50pm November 24, 2022

The county, which owns the arena where the Miami Heat play, wants a bankruptcy judge to let it end its $135 million contract with the failed cryptocurrency company so it can find a new sponsor.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez speaks with the news media, last month, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. Gimenez said Tuesday that he would keep some COVID-19 restrictions in place despite an order by Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Florida's Miami-Dade Pushes Back On Loosening Of Coronavirus Restrictions

6:49pm September 29, 2020

by Greg Allen

County Mayor Carlos Gimenez says the opening ordered by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis comes too soon and he expressed concern that the number of coronavirus cases could shoot up.

New Zika Outbreak Hits Popular Tourist Destination Of Miami Beach

3:17pm August 19, 2016

by Rob Stein

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded its advice to travelers, advising pregnant women to avoid parts of Miami Beach where the Zika virus is spreading.

The graffiti artist, Trek6, painted the Yoruba goddess of the ocean, Yemaya, to honor his Caribbean roots. She symbolizes growth, something that he thinks Hialeah needs.

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Miami Area Muralists Rouse A New Reputation For An Industrial City

10:34am September 28, 2015

by Mandalit del Barco

A new arts district is taking shape in what was once a booming industrial center. Drab warehouses are canvases for street artists in Hialeah, an affordable alternative to Miami's Wynwood art scene.

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Liberty Square, a 700-unit low-rise complex, is in the heart of one of Miami's most crime-plagued neighborhoods. Miami officials recently announced plans to demolish the building and relocate residents to new public housing.

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Razing Liberty: Miami's Gambit To Fix A Crime-Plagued Neighborhood

3:52pm March 16, 2015

by Greg Allen

Liberty Square, in the heart of one of Miami's most crime-ridden areas, will be demolished. Residents, who will be relocated to new public housing, like the plan, but worry about the followthrough.

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Superintendent Alberto Carvalho of Miami-Dade County Public Schools says he knows how much gets paid out in health care claims, but the school system's insurance carrier, Cigna, won't disclose the charges.

School District Pays For Health Care But Can't Get Itemized Bill

4:20pm November 29, 2014

by Sammy Mack

Large employers like the Miami-Dade school district pay for employees' health insurance, but are often forbidden from knowing how much providers charge and insurers pay for care.

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Many of the offenders who were evicted from the Julia Tuttle Causeway now spend their nights in this area instead, near train tracks in a warehouse district north of Miami's airport. The ACLU is filing a lawsuit against the county's residency laws on beha

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ACLU Challenges Miami Law On Behalf Of Homeless Sex Offenders

8:17pm October 23, 2014

by Greg Allen

Miami-Dade County has strict limits on where sex offenders can live — so strict, many wind up living in outdoor encampments. Now the ACLU is challenging the law, which it says is harsh and arbitrary.

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