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A South Florida Republican U.S. House member battling for re-election is airing a campaign ad in which she declares that President Trump’s immigration efforts have gone “too far.” Miami-Dade County Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar has represented Florida’s 27th Congressional District since 2020. She won re-election in November 2024 by 20 points, and the district on paper remains strongly Republican following passage of the congressional redistricting map earlier this year.

Democrat Eliott Rodriguez is neck-and-neck with Republican U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar in the race for Florida’s 27th Congressional District, new internal polling shows. Miami-based Bendixen & Amandi International, which works for Rodriguez’s campaign, found both candidates had the support of 45% of voters once undecided voters are pushed to say which way they lean. After hearing descriptions of each candidate and their records, Rodriguez pulled ahead with 47% support to Salazar’s 40%.

Downtown Miami and Brickell residents are pushing back against the Miami Downtown Development Authority's pitch that its taxes are money well spent, questioning why they should pay extra for security, street cleaning and other services they say the city should already be providing.

Despite winning the largest share of votes in a three-way race, Miami-Dade County  Commissioner Vicki Lopez will still head into a runoff against a progressive challenger who  raised less than $3,000 in political contributions. Lopez, a former Republican state representative bolstered by more than $1 million in campaign contributions, won 42.33 percent of the vote in the Aug.

The Florida Attorney General has rewritten the ballot language of a proposed property tax amendment after a judge ruled that the title and text of the referendum was defective and not neutral.

Hispanic Heritage Month is officially celebrated Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, but here in Miami, we get to enjoy Hispanic culture every day. From Aventura down Biscayne Boulevard to Brickell and beyond, Miami boasts a rich Hispanic heritage that you can taste, touch, feel, see, and hear.

There are experiences that resist easy description. Cancer can be one of them — not only for those diagnosed, but for the family members who become caregivers, the people living through uncertain prognoses and the survivors discovering what life looks like afterward. Brushes With Cancer begins in that difficult territory and asks an unusual question: What might happen if those experiences were given to an artist?

A clean slate awaiting inspiration and creativity to become something beautiful and meaningful – this is how marquetry artist Milton Mizell describes “Blackquetry,” his work that will be on view through Sept. 30 at CLAUG Creative Studio in Miami Shores. Marquetry is defined as the covering of the surface of a board or piece of furniture, either entirely or in part, with wooden veneers in the form of a skillfully applied design or picture.

Choice. It’s the simplicity of letting a little girl choose her own outfit. It’s as simple as letting her choose her favorite color or flavor. It’s the power of choice that seems to allow all kids to grasp a little more with their identity as their own person. For a girl, this is compounded all the more in the various pressures and challenges ethnic and micro-cultures can bring. As the mother of two girls in high school, I see it more clearly than I ever have before.