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Why paying for a newspaper (or real journalism) is worth every penny. Florida is no longer the Sunshine State. To get a public record, you often have to hire a lawyer.

Yoink! by Ashley Miznazi miamiherald.com/news/local/env…

Combined, more than 25 million people follow the Everglades and wildlife exploits of three Florida social media personalities, Call them the Everglades influencers: amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/env…

The Miami Wilds developers point to two people who they say turned the political tide against them on the County Commission: iconic zoo ambassador Ron Magill and Instagram influencer Luca Martinez, 20. Ashley Miznazi profiles Martinez here

A big factor in all of this-- Donald Trump's election & his company's last-minute oppo to the Doral incinerator -- very much unsaid in yesterday's Miami-Dade meeting on trash. Daniella Levine Cava went from backing the incinerator to landfilling county trash miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

Is it finally time for large-scale composting in South Florida? amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/env…

BREAKING: Middle school science teacher in Miami-Dade detained by ICE. The Miami-Dade teachers union confirmed today that the teacher attended his immigration hearing and was detained. He had been in the US since his youth and had DACA. He will likely be deported.

A look at Miami-Dade's electric-bus debacle by Ashley Miznazi (Broward has one too) miamiherald.com/news/local/env…

Officials said the "worst of the worst," "murderers," gang members, and "rapists" would be sent to the U.S. navy base. One of the men sent to Guantanamo was arrested for biking on the wrong side of the road, before he was placed in ICE custody.

$75 million was awarded to plant trees in places that badly need them. In anti-DEI push, that's over apnews.com/article/trees-…

NEW: Florida lawmakers are considering loosening chil-labor laws. The proposal comes as DeSantis says a younger workforce can be part of the solution to combat “dirt cheap” labor from undocumented workers. w/ ⁦Romy Ellenbogen⁩ miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

One woman, who spoke with the Miami Herald on the phone from Honduras, said she and fellow detainees were left in shackles and chains on buses overnight, so long that some urinated on themselves. miamiherald.com/news/local/imm… miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

A federal law that would require all employers to follow a set of guidelines to keep outdoor workers safe from the heat does not show signs of moving forward under the Trump administration Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/local/env…

Announcing the 10 fellows for Metcalf Institute’s 27th Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists! These journalists will join us in R.I. in June for the 2025 Annual Workshop, focused on food systems & climate change. Learn more about them here: ow.ly/x7rN50VEPn6

Buying a home is already a tricky process, but in Florida, trying to find one that hasn't flooded and hopefully won't flood again is harder than it should be. And home buyers pay the price.

Plant nursery workers stage Homestead march to highlight dangers of extreme heat #ReadLocal by ⁦Ashley Miznazi⁩ miamiherald.com/news/local/env…

I got a bit spicy about DeSantis in this Q&A with Ashley Miznazi of my hometown Miami Herald: “This is supposed to be the Free State of Florida, and they’re telling us what kind of meat we can eat? That’s bullshit!” Link below…

In this week’s alumni spotlight: Ashley Miznazi! Ashley was part of our AWJ fellowship, which focused on food systems. Motivated by a science immersion here in RI, she checked in with lychee growers in South Florida for Miami Herald ow.ly/vpXb50WnFPS 📸: Ashley Miznazi

In discussing where to put a Miami-Dade garbage incinerator, two commissioners — Chairman Oliver G. Gilbert III and Kionne “Commish” McGhee — have floated building it on the county-owned “Alligator Alcatraz” site seized by Ron DeSantis “Maybe that is a site we should have inside of the equation,” — McGhee