County bus ridership is falling rapidly, a trend Miami-Dade Transit officials say they plan to reverse by making the system clean, safe and reliable. In May, weekday and weekend Metrobus…
Helio Vitor Ramos Filho no longer remembers what originally drew him to diplomatic work. His father was a congressman, mainly focused on international relations. As a result, the family traveled…
Jim Murley likes to say this state is a dress rehearsal for the rest of the country and South Florida, in particular, is a great place to identify issues the…
At the close of his 2011-12 stint as a White House Fellow working for President Obama’s domestic policy council and in public engagement, Felice Gorordo was thinking about what to…
Christine Barney often jokes that she was “dragged” to Miami for family reasons. She missed her beloved New York City but, after six months, had the opportunity to return and…
The Miami-Dade County Public Schools plan to issue about $200 million in bonds this month due to cash-flow needs for district-wide upgrade projects. Up to this point, the school district…
Lester Sola always knew he wanted to give back to his community. He worked awhile in banking and construction, but when a professor in his graduate program advised him to…
Having grown up in the Midwest and worked for several museums there, Jeremy Mikolajczak was thrilled to arrive in Miami almost four years ago and become the first executive director…
Having grown up in Birmingham, AL, as a member of its small Jewish community, Brian Siegal learned early on about civil rights and world events such as the Holocaust. He…
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