Miami Dade County News

Concerns earlier in the year about the effects of new supply on near-term office property performance measures in Miami-Dade County have eased, supplanted by the realization that job losses continue to weaken space demand, according to a fourth-quarter Office Research Report by Marcus & Millichap.

Under Florida law, a convicted sex offender is required to submit information and updates to the Florida registry of sex offenders and abide by rigid residency rules.

Starting in 2011, drivers on a 47-mile stretch of Florida's Turnpike won't have to slow down to pay tolls.

Share + Nov 17, 2009 9:02 am US/Eastern Miami-Dade school bus drivers could soon be banned from texting while driving.

Did $1-a-pack tax get smokers to quit - or get more creative? Was the $1-a-pack tax increase on cigarettes a good idea? Sales of cigarettes have plunged since the state's tax increase took effect.

The Supreme Court is staying out of a dispute in Miami between school officials and civil libertarians over a book about Cuba that depicts smiling children in communist uniforms but avoids mention of problems in the country.

Judge denies bond for teen accused of a sickening crime against defenseless animals.

With a shaky economy and no county fairgrounds to call its own, the Broward County Fair is moving to a shopping center and downsizing.

There was a long line stretching outside the Miami-Dade County Fair Expo Center at 9:30 yesterday as inside, nurses and doctors were preparing to give out free H1N1 vaccines.

The Miami-Dade County Health Department is offering free H1N1 vaccines today. The vaccines will be offered at two vaccination sites between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.: The Miami-Dade County Health Department in Downtown Miami on Northwest 14th Street and the Miami-Dade Fair and Expo Grounds in West Miami-Dade.

A bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Southwest Miami-Dade Monday night, police said.

A Miami lawyer has filed a class-action lawsuit against domain name auction site SnapNames.com, after the company announced that a former employee was bidding against potential customers in domain name auctions.

Former football star Lawrence Taylor has been released on bond following his arrest in a Miami-area traffic accident.

George Horne, Deputy Executive Director of Operations & Maintenance Resources, rolls out a preserved Burmese Python which was captured in Miami-Dade County, Florida, during a hearing before the Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill November 6, 2009 in Washington, DC.

Havana-born city commissioner elected Miami mayor Eds: APNewsNow. MIAMI A Havana-born commissioner and former television reporter has won the Miami mayor's race.

Studies show that laws prohibiting sexual predators from living near schools and other places where children congregate do not prevent offenders from committing new crimes and may be counterproductive, a legislative policy analyst told a House panel Tuesday.

Miami-Dade's former police director said for now he wants to relax and enjoy retirement.

A Miami-Dade County man was arrested Thursday on charges he charged Florida Medicaid for services he never provided.

A former Miami-Dade County police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison for drug charges arising from an FBI undercover sting operation involving Ecstasy shipments.

HINY AND NEW: Final preparations take place ahead of the official opening. The North Terminal won't be fully completed until March 2011.