With salaries and benefits consuming most of the city’s budget, a tangle of automatic and discretionary increases is quietly pushing costs higher year after year.
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Residents Cheer Judge’s Decision in Old Smokey Lawsuit
Current and former residents who are suing the City of Miami over the potential harm caused by the Old Smokey trash incinerator on Jefferson Street notched a victory last week when a circuit court judge certified their lawsuit as a class action.
Dead — and Forgotten? The Cold Cases in the Grove
Even as overall violent crime declines across the city, a decade of unsolved homicides in the Grove — all involving young Black male victims — has left families waiting for answers while law enforcement remains largely silent.
Miami Spent $150K on Long-Shot Election Appeal
All of the city’s outside legal fees last summer and fall came after a judge blocked the city’s attempt to delay the 2025 election — including more than $60,000 tied to a rarely granted rehearing widely seen as a legal Hail Mary.
Community Gets on Board with Munroe Park Redesign
Finalized plans for Kirk Munroe Park are beginning to take shape, almost a year after developers first presented a redesign to the community.
On the move: Waymo Swarms the Grove
Waymo’s self-driving cars are suddenly everywhere in Coconut Grove. But are they safe? Our intrepid reporter arrived alive, if a little late, after booking a ride home in one of the white robotaxis now cruising village streets.
Assaults, a Missing GoPro and a Shooting — A Month of Crime in Coconut Grove
A Feb. 22 shooting ended a six-month lull in violent crime, but most of the 56 incidents reported over the past month involved theft, disputes and other nonviolent offenses.
Opinion: Sidewalk Closures – Private Profit, Public Tragedy
When construction projects close sidewalks, pedestrians are pushed into traffic — often with deadly consequences.
The Great Fuller Street Table Takeover
With café seating spreading along a public pedestrian-only promenade in Center Grove, a looming redesign is raising questions about public access, permits and who decides how the space will be used.
Residents Testify About Old Smokey’s Harmful Effects
“It was bad. It was extremely bad,” one resident said when testifying in court about the smoke and ash that choked her neighborhood in the 1950s and 1960s before the City of Miami closed its Old Smokey incinerator on Jefferson Street.
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