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Miamidade May Take 129 Million Hit As Property Tax Revenue Projected To Fall 12

Still working through budget fallout from an unprecedented 9.5% drop in taxable value, Miami-Dade is projecting a further 12% hit to the already-depleted tax roll next year — potentially looking…

Funding For New Art Science Museums Likely Delayed As Miami Fights Budget Constraints

New art and science museums slated for downtown Miami may feel the pinch as Miami-Dade re-works its general obligation bond program schedule under economic pressure.…

Miamidade County May Try Plan B Not Cut Pay

With union contracts outstanding and a budget hole widening, Miami-Dade is drafting a Plan B.…

Miamidade County Balks At Expanding Redevelopment Agency So Miami Can Pay For Port Tunnel

To fund its $50 million share of underwater tunnels to the seaport, the City of Miami needs community redevelopment dollars — but Miami-Dade commissioners are hesitating to help make that…

Plans Advance To Hold Down Miamidade County Salaries

Bracing for a budget crisis next year that many fear will be worse than the one Miami-Dade continues to fight through now, county commissioners this week considered a bevy of…

Miamidade Commissioner Souto Pushes To End Backroom Deals Between County Officials And Commissioners

To stamp out what he calls county "vote trading," "hanky panky" and "wheeling and dealing," Miami-Dade Commissioner Javier Souto is pushing to make public legislative meetings between lawmakers and administrators.…

New Aviation Bonds 19 Billion Miami International Airport Debt On Runway

As Miami-Dade officials mull revenue-generating projects to pay down escalating aviation department debt, the county is preparing to issue new aviation bonds that, all told, total nearly $2 billion.…

Miamidade County Needs To Set Aside 10 Million To Cover Lease Of County Hall

Miami-Dade must set aside $10 million to cover its lease of 31-story County Hall, a building the government owns but "rents" from a Dutch mega-bank in a complicated, years-old "lease/leaseback"…

Horseslots Parlay Plan A Long Shot At Miami International Airport

A gambit to install slots at Miami International Airport is a long shot, an assistant county attorney says.…

South Florida Parimutuels Fear Slots Competition From Miami International Airport

In an attempt to allay local pari-mutuels' worry that slots at Miami International Airport would compete with their business, Miami-Dade commissioners voted Tuesday to make more secure a promise to…

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