Scott PowersMarch 24, 2020
5min373
Investigation follows news reports by Miami New Times alleging false claims.
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Scott PowersMarch 24, 2020
Noah PranskyJuly 22, 2019
5min238
Candidates file for distant future elections to keep campaigns operating.
Scott PowersAugust 4, 2017
2min282
Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo was planning to introduce a panel discussion on immigration Friday in Miami, the week President Donald Trump and two senators unveiled a bill to curb immigration, but it never happened. Miami New Times, which had published an article Thursday raising allegations about one of the sponsors and its representative on […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 11, 2017
5min190
U.S. Senator Bill Nelson has made it clear what had been strongly rumored for the past month now – he’s firmly behind Coconut Grove real estate developer and Democratic party donor Stephen Bittel in the race for the Florida Democratic Party Chair position. “I have known Stephen Bittel for over 30 years and believe he will be an extraordinary Chair of […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 4, 2017
5min607
The race for the Florida Democratic Party Chair position gets more contentious by the day. On Tuesday, thirteen members of the Miami-Dade Democratic Executive Committee filed a complaint to the Florida Democratic Party (FDP) regarding the special election held on December 20th during which Stephen Bittel was voted as Miami-Dade State Committeeman, defeating former state Senator […]
Melissa RossSeptember 22, 2015
2min211
Florida’s a big, complex state. Different cities deal with different issues and often seem like they are on different planets. For example, in conservative Jacksonville the City Council just signed off on a new budget that keeps taxes low and prioritizes public safety, big concerns in Duval. Meanwhile, down in drowning Miami-Dade, Mayor Carlos Gimenez […]
Mitch PerryAugust 13, 2015
4min427
(UPDATE) South Florida U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy has taken off the gloves in an already an intense fight with Alan Grayson for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, which won’t take place until next year. With personal financial disclosure forms scheduled to be filed Thursday, Murphy issued a prepared statement challenging his Senate opponent about the […]
Phil AmmannAugust 5, 2015
3min541
In five years as Florida governor, Rick Scott has not made many fans among those who protect Florida’s environment, are concerned about climate change of the state’s environmental community in general. As Tim Elfrink reports in the Miami New Times: “by most expert accounts … Scott’s tenure in Tallahassee has been a flat-out catastrophe for […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 21, 2015
3min298
Luther Campbell is best known globally for his work in 2 Live Crew. As it happens, though, he’s reinvented himself many times over: as an entrepreneur, and now, as a columnist for the Miami New Times. Tuesday’s column calls attention to “a rash of homicides” in the Miami area, after which “there have been no marches or […]