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I-Team: You Pay, Miami-Dade Commission Spends
As the slumping economy drives most people to cut costs, the CBS 4 I-Team learned lawmakers aren’t doing the same with your tax dollars. Here’s what the CBS4 I-Team Investigator Stephen Stock found...
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I Team: Jackson CEO Facing New Questions
MIAMI (CBS4) — Eneida Roldan, the president and CEO of Jackson Memorial Hospital, appears to have misled county commissioners about her role in a sweetheart contract for the head of one of Jackson’s...
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Results In For Special Elections In Pembroke Pines & Margate
BROWARD COUNTY (CBS4) — The results are in for a special elections held Tuesday in the Broward cities of Margate and Pembroke Pines to fill commission seats. For District 4 in Pembroke Pines, former...
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Broward’s First Fire Department Merges With BSO
DANIA BEACH (CBS4) – The Dania Beach Fire Department merged with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Friday as its 67 firefighters were sworn-in by Sheriff Al Lamberti at I.T. Parker Community Center. It was...
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Commissioners To Ask Voters For $86K Salary Hike
MIAMI – (CBS4) - Do Miami-Dade county commissioners deserve an $86,000 raise? That will be among the controversial charter questions that voters will be asked to decide when they vote on a countywide...
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Miami-Dade Commissioners Hold First Public Hearing For Budget
MIAMI (CBS4)- Miami-Dade County commissioners held the first of two public hearings on Thursday to get input about the budget. A year ago, Miami-Dade County Commissioners made a move that triggered a...
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Cities Look To Pensions To Fill Budget Holes
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (CBSMiami.com) – As the economy continues to sputter, city and state governments are turning against their own workers to make up the financial shortfall. The latest cuts are targeting...
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Broward Commission Approves Airport Settlement
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami.com) – Broward County commissioners have taken the final step in putting the legal issue over a runway expansion project at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to...
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Report: Jackson Cmte. Approves Massive Layoffs
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – One of Jackson Health Systems governing board committees has approved the plan from chief executive officer to cut more than 1,100 jobs from the hospital system, according to CBS4...
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Miami Commission Sues State Over Sex Offenders
MIAMI (CBS4) – The Miami City Commission is taking up its battle against homeless sex offenders again. Thursday, the commission voted to sue the state of Florida to stop sending sex offenders to live...
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FAA Refusing To Approve Runway Expansion Deal For Dania Beach Residents
DANIA BEACH (CBS4) – A multi-million dollar settlement for Dania Beach residents who live near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport may be in jeopardy. The Federal Aviation Administration is...
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Dania Beach Commission Expected to Ground Runway Expansion Deal
DANIA BEACH (CBSMiami) – Dania Beach Commissioners are expected to vote Tuesday on whether to void an unprecedented deal that would have resolved a long standing fight over a runway expansion at Fort...
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Dania Beach Commission Grounds Runway Expansion Deal
DANIA BEACH (CBSMiami) – Dania Beach Commissioners voted Tuesday night to void an unprecedented deal that would have resolved a long standing fight over a runway expansion at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood...
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Hollywood Mayor Calls For City Manager’s Resignation After DUI Arrest
HOLLYWOOD (CBS4) – Hollywood Mayor Peter Bober is calling for the resignation of the city manager after his recent run in with the law. Doug Hewett, named new Hollywood City Manager less than three...
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Gables Commissioners Vote To Keep Pickup Truck Ban The Way It Is
CORAL GABLES (CBSMiami) – Coral Gables officials have decided to uphold the current pickup truck ordinance already in place. They held a workshop Monday to discuss modifying a current ban on parking...
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Miami-Dade Commission To Require Shopping Center Barricades
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami-Dade County has been called the place where any problem can be solved by the jerk of a knee, and Tuesday, Miami-Dade commissioners found a new twitch. In 10 days, the county...
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Miami-Dade Commission Approves $5M For Arsht Center Repairs
MIAMI (CBS4) – Miami-Dade Commissioners approved a $5 million payout to make the necessary repairs to the Adrienne Arsht center after it suffered major damage during a May deluge. Mayor Carlos Gimenez...
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MD Commissioners: County Needs $12B To Fix Aging Sewer System
MIAMI (CBS4) – The number is so big it’s hard to comprehend; between $11 billion and $12 billion. That is the estimated cost to repair and upgrade Miami Dade’s water and sewer system over the next...
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Miami Commissioners Slam Managers Over Budget Surprise
MIAMI (CBS4) — “I’m definitely not happy,” an irate Miami Commissioner Frank Carollo declared at Thursday’s commission meeting. He was not alone. Commissioners were steaming, less than a day after...
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NHL Scraps Season Through Mid Dec., All-Star Game
MIAMI (AP) - More than a third of the NHL regular season and two of its marquee events have now been called off. The league announced its latest round of cancellations on Friday — Day 69 of its labor...
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Sun Life Vote May Leave No Time For A Plan B
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Miami Dolphins have relented on their pitch for renovations to Sun Life Stadium and will send the issue to the voters to decide whether any public money will be used. But ahead...
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Pembroke Pines Taking Aim At Squatters
PEMBROKE PINES (CBS4) – Commissioners in Pembroke Pines took the first step Wednesday towards cracking down on squatters. Commissioners approved the first reading of an ordinance that would make...
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Devil Is In The Details Of Stadium Deal
MIAMI (CBS4) – Miami-Dade Commissioners approved a deal that was the result of days of negotiations between the Miami Dolphins and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez to renovate Sun life Stadium....
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M-D Commission Approves Fins Stadium Deal
MIAMI (CBS4) – The Miami-Dade Commission has approved a stadium deal between the Miami Dolphins and the county to renovate Sun Life Stadium using taxpayer money along with private money from Fins owner...
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Rate Hikes May Be Needed To Fix Miami-Dade’s Crumbling Sewage System
MIAMI (CBS4) – It’s the one thing commissioners have been avoiding for over a decade; Miami-Dade’s crumbling sewage system. Thursday, under the pressure of a federal lawsuit commissioners began to take...
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County Raids Rainy-Day Fund To Keep Libraries Open
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Miami-Dade County Commission decided in the early hours of Wednesday morning to use rainy-day reserves to prevent layoffs of library workers and cutting library hours in the...
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Miami Leaders Approve Budget To Pay For More Police Officers
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — After more than five hours of discussion, the Miami city commission passed the city budget unanimously late Thursday night. Adding police officers dominated the discussion....
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Miami Beach Approves Slight Tax Decrease
MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami/The Miami Herald) – If you live on Miami Beach, you will pay a little less on your taxes next fiscal year. According to CBS4 news partner, The Miami Herald, some businesses will...
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Broward County Exploring Smoking Ban In Parks
BROWARD COUNTY (CBSMiami) – Parks in Broward County may soon be “no smoking” zones. Broward Commissioners voted Tuesday to instruct the County Attorney to create an ordinance that will prohibit smoking...
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Mayor: Alton Road Construction Ahead Of Schedule
MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) – Drivers impacted by recent construction along Alton Road on Miami Beach will get some traffic relief earlier than expected. Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine says the...
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Commissioners Take Another Step In Aim At Making Pools Safer
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami-Dade commissioners took another step Tuesday in trying to make pools safer—and perhaps help some homeowners save money. Commissioners...
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