City awards $3.5M toward the Gale Miami’s downtown conference center, covering nearly half of the $7.5M build‑out the developer says is needed.

Preliminary filings would remake Town Center at Boca Raton with an eight‑story hotel, roughly 374 apartments and new retail across a large portion of the mall site. City review is now underway.

State records show Florida’s data‑center exemption has translated into millions in sales‑tax breaks under a DeSantis‑backed law, renewing debate over incentives and local control. SB 484 adds protections but leaves the tax carveouts intact for qualifying hyperscale projects.

A late‑evening foot chase ended on the campus of Palm Beach Gardens High School, triggering a Code Yellow and briefly halting evening activities.

Invasive lionfish are chewing through South Florida reefs, and the FWC’s 2026 Lionfish Challenge is recruiting divers and anglers to remove thousands this summer. Local divers say human removals are the best short‑term defense for fragile reefs.

City of Miami released a 12MB Hurricane Handbook and a Spanish advisory with evacuation zones, shelter hotlines and the Miami‑Dade SAFE app to guide residents. The guide organizes prep into Before, During and After sections and lists key numbers.

A Boca Raton couple were sentenced after authorities say their Wells Real Estate scheme bilked about 660 investors; the SEC has sued a sales agent accused of raising $10M.

A 61-year-old man was arrested in South Beach after claiming to be an FBI agent and disrupting a nightclub. He faces impersonation, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest charges.

Eight children from three families flew from Miami to Guatemala as local organizers scrambled to arrange travel and chaperones amid rising deportations.

Police canvassed three scenes in Miami Gardens after neighbors reported back-to-back gunshots near NW 47th Avenue and 183rd Street. Investigators found evidence markers but have released few details.

A dairy pizzeria and a meat counter now share a Stirling Road Chevron, serving kosher pizza, hot dogs and fried chicken to drivers and late‑night crowds.

Surveillance video shows a Miami delivery driver throwing an elderly German shepherd in Pembroke Pines; the dog is in county care and the driver was arrested.

James Fishback tapped his deputy campaign manager, former Lauderhill officer Sean Lozano, as his running mate. The campaign-shared body-cam clip has already drawn scrutiny.