The sun sets over the Florida Everglades on March 10, 2026, in Miami. Photo by Matias J. Ocner mocner@miamiherald.com Miami-Dade County is growing, and that growth brings opportunity. But without ...

The county's Department of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) has survived budget cuts, changing politics and the scorn of developers. But now environmental advocates worry its storied tenure ...

Mr. Parnas, who once tried to help find damaging information on Hunter Biden, said his background had turned him into “an advocate for speaking truth to power.” ...

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In her effort to stop a heavy equipment operator from building new headquarters on wetlands outside Miami-Dade County’s urban development boundary, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on Tuesday urged county ...

MIAMI — There was a show of political force, conservation and unity outside the Stephen P. Clark Government Center in downtown Miami on Tuesday. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava urged county ...

MIAMI (WSVN) - Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is defending her veto of a development proposal, which she believes will harm the county’s protected wetlands and water supply. She’s now asking ...

Growing pressure from the state legislature seeks to push more development in Miami-Dade beyond environmental limits the county has placed on itself — and in the midst of this fight, the county is ...

Miami-Dade County’s approach to growth has been shaped by a simple idea: boundaries, applied consistently, protect the environment, the Everglades and the public interest. They also give developers ...

South Florida’s future depends on leaders who are willing to make difficult decisions guided by science, long-term planning, and responsibility to the people they serve. Choices about land use and ...

Chalk up another victory for Florida's precious environment. Well, for now, at least. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has vetoed Ordinance No. 26-4, a land use change that would have ...

Jim DeFede joined CBS4 News in January 2006 and serves as an investigative reporter for the station, as well as host of its Sunday morning public affairs program "Facing South Florida." A bill that ...