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With longer life, Visit Florida adds more big responsibilities

With longer life, Visit Florida adds more big responsibilities

Heeding a lesson of the pandemic, legislators added five years to the life of tourism agency Visit Florida, and Gov. Ron DeSantis last week signed it into law. While protecting…

County often pays above retail price to meet its social aims

County often pays above retail price to meet its social aims

Miami-Dade Commissioner Sally Heyman just made a startling point: a team of county professional buyers spends more on goods and services than she would on her  own out of ads.…

County doesn’t belong in the business of running museums

County doesn’t belong in the business of running museums

As governments globally retreat from funding cash-strapped museums, it may be a comfort to know that Miami-Dade County is working to take over one struggling museum and start another of…

Florida bans 54 math books to keep our schools mediocre

Florida bans 54 math books to keep our schools mediocre

Those who thought Florida would limit its crackpot crackdown on legitimate ideas in schools to social studies and history didn’t grasp the full range of narrow-mindedness: last week the state…

Standards for selecting new FIU president will be crucial

Standards for selecting new FIU president will be crucial

A 15-member committee will spotlight candidates for a president to guide Florida International University to greatness, but how to sort out candidates is pivotal. As students, faculty and staff at…

A new sheriff in town will spotlight unfair county pay scales

A new sheriff in town will spotlight unfair county pay scales

Miami Today long has pushed for county hall pay equity. New law now spotlights that vital need. Exactly 20 years ago, when the fourth Miami-Dade commissioner in five years met…

Florida opens floodgates to vast wave of book censorship

Florida opens floodgates to vast wave of book censorship

Florida has formalized control of what students read with the aim of purging books that don’t please the governor’s handpicked education commissioner. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the law March 25…

We’re upgrading bus system but not luring riders aboard

We’re upgrading bus system but not luring riders aboard

What is the county’s most common mass transit? Right, it’s the simple county bus. But its use has been getting less and less common, as riders keep fleeing. Latest county…

Don’t let a ‘good deal’ pave over our largest green space

Don’t let a ‘good deal’ pave over our largest green space

When Miami commissioners vote April 1 on a massive plan to uproot the city’s only golf course, the debate has been framed as whether private developers’ offer to take over…

Spending based on fiefdoms a recipe for government waste

Spending based on fiefdoms a recipe for government waste

Miami commissioners just split equally $177 million to battle sea rise and flooding district by district. Every commissioner thus became a lone ranger to decide where and how to protect…

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