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Former Miami-Dade commissioner and activist Betty T. Ferguson dies
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‘Wait Until They Realize They Make 40% Less Than NYC’: Florida Newcomer Faces Backlash After Saying an Apartment in the State Is Cheaper Than in New York
There are many things that may set off the alarms of some people living in a specific city, yet one that really makes people turn their heads, raise their eyebrows, and even gasp is when someone says something that isn’t entirely true. To give you a quick example, one person on social media claimed that living in Miami, Florida, might be cheaper and more comfortable than in New York. What that person was not expecting was a wave of backlash, as those who live in the city think that it is much worse.
Miami Herald
Patients with 3 health insurance plans lose access to Miami health network
The University of Miami Health System announced it will no longer accept three Medicare Advantage plans next year, requiring patients to find new insurance coverage or doctors to get in-network care. As thousands of people in South Florida review their health insurance plans during open enrollment, UHealth says Aetna, Preferred Care Network and Solis Health Plans are going away. The coverage allowing patients to be treated in-network by UHealth doctors and at the system’s facilities will end after Dec. 31, UHealth said in a statement to the Miami Herald. UHealth patients who are affected either need to sign up with new plans accepted by the system or find new doctors and hospitals. UHealth has added two Medicare Advantage plans — HealthSun and Simply Healthcare Plans — that will join the network Jan. 1, 2027. Both plans will include access to UHealth primary care doctors. “We have notified all of our impacted patients about this change, giving them the opportunity during open enrollment to select an insurance plan that includes UHealth,” the system said in a statement to the Miami Herald, which added that the insurance companies dropped the health system. READ MORE: Should you get original Medicare or an Advantage
Miami Herald
Is a walkable Miami possible? This 225-mile trail could answer that one day
South Florida isn’t an easy place to walk. All those whizzing cars, disjointed streets and too-short “Walk” signs make life difficult for pedestrians. But local leaders want to prove Miami can join the ranks of walkable cities like New York, Boston and San Francisco, and they’re betting that 225 miles of trails can help solve some of the issues. So, they’re doubling down on the Miami Loop, a countywide network that will connect a labyrinth of walking and cycling paths, corridors and green space. The project has been in the works since 2015, but has stalled several times in the last decade despite support from city and county leaders, transit advocates and residents. The project’s ambitious scale is only partly to blame. Sections of the Miami Loop are still being designed or under construction as individual trails struggle with multimillion-dollar cost estimates. The project is also the ultimate test of whether city, county, state and federal leaders can work together to get the job done. MORE: The Underline’s bike and walk trail is complete. It’s named after a billionaire The Loop falls under the jurisdiction of several local governments, as well as special districts including the Miami Downtown Development Authority,
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Hialeah considers salary cuts and hiring freeze after Amendment 3 approval
On a weeknight when the council chamber still carried the smell of coffee and floor wax, the spreadsheet did most of the talking. Hialeah, a city of modest houses, crowded commercial strips, and people who start work before sunrise, is weighing how to keep basic services intact if property tax revenue shrinks. After voters approved Hialeah Amendment 3, city leaders have put potential salary cuts of 10 to 20 percent, a hiring freeze, and the elimination of some positions on the table. The debate is not a distant policy seminar. It is a payroll question, a staffing question, and a test of what residents can still expect from a government that already runs lean.
Miami Herald
A developer promised Miami a new fire station and park. What went wrong? | Opinion
It was sold as a great deal for Miami: A developer would build a Mercedes-Benz-branded skyscraper partially on taxpayer-owned land that housed a fire station in Brickell. In exchange, the city would get public benefits, including an improved park and cash payments. The primary benefit: a new, $8 million fire station. A 2020 agreement between the city and the developer — a subsidiary of JDS Development Group — stated the mixed-use project would create “state of the art... transit-oriented urban development” with “much needed retail uses and amenities.” The development is planned to go next to Southside Park, across from the Brickell Metrorail and Metromover stations and the Underline. That vision may still come true. But, for now, construction of the 800-unit Mercedes-Benz Places has mostly stalled as the developer faces financing complications. The fire station on Southwest Second Avenue has been demolished and moved to four, on-site trailers provided by the developer in one of Miami’s busiest and most flood-prone neighborhoods. The promised station at the base of the project has not yet been constructed. Miami has yet to see the payoff from this deal, and current city leaders are angry they inherited it from a previous administration. Mayor
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Country Club of Miami Will Reopen This Winter After Renovation
Country Club of Miami is coming back this winter. Miami-Dade County says the Hialeah course and club facilities have been revitalized, and it is billing the return as a refreshed golf experience. The county made the announcement Friday on X. . "Country Club of Miami is reopening this winter!" the...
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Florida board to consider allowing some undocumented students in universities
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Nine-Story Coral Gate Project Starts on Former Shopping Plaza Site
A demolished shopping plaza at 1546 S.W. 27th Ave. is no longer just an empty Coral Gate lot. Habitus Coral Gate RFII-B LLC has started construction on a nine-story mixed-use building there, in Miami 33145. Florida YIMBY reported that an affiliate of Habitus Capital is moving ahead with the venture....
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In wake of ‘blue tsunami,’ Miami moves to gut LGBTQ board, repeal affirmative action programs
In anticipation of Florida’s new and sweeping anti-DEI law going into effect Jan. 1, the city of Miami is weighing a proposal that would gut its LGBTQ board, repeal the city’s affirmative action policy and eliminate the office tasked with investigating discrimination complaints. Next week, the Miami City...