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A reference of the week's public city meetings
A reference of the week's public city meetings
A Massachusetts energy firm says it managed and verified savings on Miami-Dade County's countywide smart LED streetlight project for nearly two years — and was never paid a dime.
A reference of the week's public city meetings
Water service to select Rivo Alto Island properties will be cut from 9 p.m. Aug. 25 to 6 a.m. Aug. 26 as crews make final pipe connections on the Venetian Causeway infrastructure upgrade.
Miami Beach voters helped nominate a Democrat to challenge Rep. Fabián Basabe in HD 106, while the county commission seat spanning most of the city heads to a runoff between a heavily funded incumbent and a Marine veteran who raised under $3,000. No Miami Beach-specific questions were on Tuesday's ballot — the city's own votes come in November.
Daniel Liburdi spent $39 million on a record-setting Hibiscus Island mansion — then federal prosecutors indicted him over an alleged bank fraud and money laundering scheme worth $128 million, with decades in prison on the line. What actually happened in court looked nothing like that.
A reference of the week's public city meetings
A reference of the week's public city meetings
Miami Beach's Inspector General says late-stage project cancellations and scope changes on three G.O. Bond projects — Fire Station #1, a 34th Street bike path, and the North Beach Log Cabin — have cost taxpayers nearly $9 million.
A reference of the week's public city meetings
Commissioners deferred the 530 Meridian Avenue transfer to Oct. 14 after a 53-minute argument over housing-first placements, missing wraparound services, and whether the city still holds any leverage over the building's future.