Miami Today

09/19/2025

FLYING FAMILIES: The county’s Aviation Committee last week voted 4-0 to direct Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to work with the federal government to offer families dedicated screening lanes and discounted PreCheck fees. The Department of Homeland Security is rolling out a “Families on the Fly” program to do that in a test at airports in Charleston, Jacksonville, Rhode Island, San Juan and Tampa, and plans to add more. The resolution asks the mayor to seek to add Miami to the group and report on progress within 90 days.

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09/19/2025

🎬 Lights, Camera, Action! 🎬

Another exciting week of filming in Miami! 🌴✨ Check out the latest film permits issued and see what’s in the works.

📍 Full list here 👉https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/09/17/filming-in-miami-september-18-2025/

Filming in Miami: September 18, 2025 by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

09/19/2025

TRUE NORTH FUNDS: County commissioners cleared the way for the Arizona Industrial Development Authority to issue bonds to benefit charter schools, including three campuses of the True North Classical Academy in Miami-Dade. The academy would use $13 million in receipts to refund bonds issued by the Miami-Dade County Industrial Development Authority in 2020. The new bonds would benefit True North Classical Academy Sunset at 9393 Sunset Drive; True North Classical Academy at Gateway at 6500 SW 97th Ave., and True North Classical Academy at Dadeland at 7900 SW 86th St.

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09/18/2025

🌟 Coral Gables Spotlight 🌟
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09/18/2025

Commercial lending in Miami-Dade remains fluid

South Florida’s commercial and construction lending market has remained healthy and fluid, local commercial lenders say.

The commercial lending market is currently seeing plenty of capital in the system, said Greg Freedman, co-founder and co-CEO of BH3 Management.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/09/17/commercial-lending-in-miami-dade-remains-fluid/

Commercial lending in Miami-Dade remains fluid by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

09/18/2025

AIRPORT RECERTIFICATIONS: Miami-Dade’s Airport Committee last week recommended by a 4-0 vote spending $57 million to use three firms to study and upgrade the structural conditions of 76 of the 110 airport buildings, which include the Miami International Airport terminal and its concourses and any other airport buildings that will soon hit the 30-year recertification threshold. There was no discussion. The firms are top-ranked San Francisco firm T.Y. Lin International; Miami-based DDA Engineers PA, which ranked second for the professional service agreements; and Miami-based E Plus Engineering and Construction LLC, which ranked third.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/09/17/fyi-miami-september-18-2025/

09/18/2025

TRANSIT SCHEDULING WHIZ: New transit-scheduling software would save Miami-Dade County 5% of annual bus operations costs, cutting $14.8 million a year, and kick in by next March if a contract with a Montreal provider is approved in October, the county’s Appropriations Committee was told last week. Software from GIRO Inc. would save the county $866,330 a year on annual costs compared with the 16-year-old deal with a different provider that expires June 30 next year, the committee was told before recommending the contract to the entire county commission for final action. The current scheduling software is outdated, “cumbersome, counter-intuitive and time-consuming,” said a memo from Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. The system would link in fixed-route buses, on-demand transit, Metrorail and Metromover.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/09/17/fyi-miami-september-18-2025/

FYI Miami: September 18, 2025 by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

09/18/2025

Opinion | Be fair to voters: get commissioners above minimum wage

This week a team tasked with suggesting changes to Miami-Dade’s charter plans to probe a dangerous inequity that we’ve ignored for more than half a century: we don’t pay our county commissioners fairly.

Not being fair by being cheap can be very costly.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/09/17/be-fair-to-voters-get-commissioners-above-minimum-wage/

Be fair to voters: get commissioners above minimum wage by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

09/18/2025

Residential insurance costs tumble, going down farther

Miami-Dade County residential insurance costs are falling, a trajectory expected to continue for the upcoming months.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/09/17/residential-insurance-costs-tumble-going-down-farther/

Residential insurance costs tumble, going down farther by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

09/17/2025

The Achiever
Kionne McGhee: Planning to create community-based organizations district

Presenting determination and leadership, Miami-Dade County Commissioner and Vice Chairman Kionne McGhee has overcome the challenges of a difficult childhood to shape policies that benefit millions.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/09/17/kionne-mcghee-plans-to-create-community-based-organizations-districts/

Kionne McGhee: Planning to create community-based organizations district by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

09/17/2025

BREAKING NEWS: Beach aims to ban decorative plastics use in outdoor spaces

Miami Beach is taking a deep dive toward maintaining its public marinas, marine facilities, parks and beaches clean and safe for marine and coastal wildlife.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/breaking/beach-aims-to-ban-decorative-plastics-use-in-outdoor-spaces/

Miami Beach is taking a deep dive toward maintaining its public marinas, marine facilities, parks and beaches clean and safe for marine and coastal wildlife. City officials have unanimously moved forward at first reading a prohibition on use or possession of plastic-related decorative materials in o...