Category: Miami-Dade County
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New statewide bond scheme widely challenged as unconstitutional
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida’s tough new uniform bond schedule, which took effect Jan. 1, is already under “numerous’ constitutional challenges throughout the state, according to court papers filed in one such challenge in Miami-Dade. -
End of jail bail reform may cost Broward taxpayers an extra $16.7 million
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward’s exercise in bail reform, intended to end the unjust treatment of the poor and minorities, died quietly Jan. 1. It was 1 ½ years old. Cause of death: the state’s Republican powers that be – the Legislature, governor and Supreme Court. -
New Florida immigration law slammed for trapping indispensable migrant farmworkers in a field of fear
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
As Florida’s governor tries to demonize and evict immigrants – once even shipping them to an island off Massachusetts – farmworker advocates are fighting back in Miami federal court. -
Top Everglades restoration scientist Van Lent ordered to jail for indirect criminal contempt
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
One of the nation’s preeminent scientists involved in Everglades restoration was ordered to jail Thursday by a Miami-Dade circuit judge who found him guilty of indirect criminal contempt of court in May. -
A tale of enduring friendship: dementia and Miami’s true-crime reporting queen Edna Buchanan
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
This is a story about a 43-year friendship surviving amid turbulent times. After a dozen years at the helm, Rick Hirsch who retired as Miami Herald managing editor in December 2021, but he did not relinquish his concern for a talented former colleague: Edna Buchanan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and multi-book author. -
Election integrity or voter suppression? Florida has 1 million fewer voters in 2023
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Nearly 1 million registered voters have been dropped from Florida’s active voter rolls since last year, with Democrats and voters with no party affiliation (NPA) accounting for about 90 percent of the departed.
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