Miami Today

05/29/2026

CAR TOWING REVAMP: An “End Resident Tows” residential towing package and enforcement framework sponsored by Commissioner Alex Fernandez won approval May 20 from the Miami Beach City Commission. The package includes measures to reduce unnecessary tows affecting residents. Non-immediate tow violations such as parking in motorcycle spaces will be handled through warnings, a correction window and courtesy text messages. There’s to be stricter enforcement of violations in residential parking zones by non-residents, freight loading zones, commercial loading zones and other public safety violations.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2026/05/27/fyi-miami-may-28-2026/

05/28/2026

CANCER INSTITUTE RENAMED: Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute will be renamed the Baptist Health Herbert Wertheim Cancer Institute after Dr. Herbert Wertheim donated $100 million, the largest single philanthropic gift in Baptist Health’s 66 years. A major focus of the funding will be to advance Baptist Health’s academic and research partnership with the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, expanding opportunities for training and professional development of medical students, residents and researchers. The gift will also establish the Dr. Herbert Wertheim Center for Cancer Prevention. The cancer institute opened in 2017 and continues to grow. Dr. Wertheim is the founder of Brain Power Incorporated, a Miami-based optical products manufacturer. He has contributed more than $300 million to Florida higher education.

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FYI Miami: May 28, 2026 by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

05/28/2026

Frost Science exhibit ties innovation to nation’s 250th birthday

As the nation prepares to mark its 250th birthday, the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science (Frost Science) is seizing the historic moment with a multi-platform programming initiative titled America250: Celebrating American Innovation.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2026/05/27/frost-science-exhibit-ties-innovation-to-nations-250th-birthday/

Frost Science exhibit ties innovation to nation’s 250th birthday by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

05/28/2026

THINKING OF AVENTURA: New York-based Big Think Capital has leased a 5,995-square-foot office space in Aventura as the fintech-driven commercial lending platform continues expanding. The offices will be the company’s first here. They are to be in the 28-story Onyx Tower at 1010 S Federal Highway in a deal brokered by JLL. Big Think says it provides customized financing to small and medium-size businesses across the nation.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2026/05/27/fyi-miami-may-28-2026/

05/28/2026

New residential tower due on north edge of downtown Miami

The heart of the City of Miami has been transformed by substantial urban growth, with Miami Worldcenter bringing new life to the core downtown area.

And now, a neighboring high-profile site is destined to become home to a luxury tower offering a wide array of mixed uses.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2026/05/27/new-residential-tower-due-on-north-edge-of-downtown-miami/

New residential tower due on north edge of downtown Miami by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

05/28/2026

OPINION | County struggles to make bus rapid transit run as promised

Miami-Dade went hunting for gold with its new 20-mile bus rapid transit line that opened last October. Even transit insiders aren’t sure whether what they’ve found is merely fool’s gold.

When all-electric buses were planned from Dadeland to Florida City, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava pledged the system would win a gold rating for quality, which in transit is like a Super Bowl victory. In fact, the service opened with a gold rating for its planning, and we salute that.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2026/05/27/county-struggles-to-make-bus-rapid-transit-run-as-promised/

County struggles to make bus rapid transit run as promised by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

05/28/2026

VISIT FLORIDA FUNDS: Visit Florida President and CEO Bryan Griffin said the tourism marketing agency is in line to receive $80 million from the state in draft budgets for fiscal year 2026-2027 now before the Senate and House – the same level as the current year. “We’re very pleased about that, for the support among all the different decision-makers in the state,” he told members of the Visit Florida Executive Committee last week. “We’re grateful, and we’re going to continue to make sure that they have everything they need, to know that we are being effective and spending money wisely, and being good stewards of the taxpayer dollar.”

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2026/05/27/fyi-miami-may-28-2026/

05/28/2026

Bid to add floating fishing docks in parks $13 million short

Miami-Dade would need at least $13.9 million that it doesn’t have in order to fulfill a 2025 resolution seeing to aid patrons who use mobility devices or wheelchairs by installing adaptive fishing piers or floating docks at all county parks where fishing is available, a report to commissioners says.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2026/05/27/bid-to-add-floating-fishing-docks-in-parks-13-million-short/

Bid to add floating fishing docks in parks $13 million short by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

05/28/2026

The Achiever
Janet Moreira: Builds legal specialty on name, image and likeness usage

Janet Moreira moved to Miami during the final semester of law school in 2001 for an externship at a small Coral Gables firm, expecting it to be a temporary stop before returning north. Instead, she stayed, passed the Florida Bar, and built her entire legal career in South Florida as intellectual property law was beginning to evolve from a niche corporate practice into a core pillar of modern business strategy.

Today, Ms. Moreira is a partner at Caldera Law...

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2026/05/27/janet-moreira-builds-legal-specialty-on-name-image-and-likeness-usage/

05/27/2026

📢BREAKING NEWS: Apprentices may go to head of line for City of Miami jobs

Miami is planning an apprenticeship program to fill vacant city positions while expanding job access for residents, particularly adults with disabilities and those from underserved communities.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/breaking/apprentices-may-go-to-head-of-line-for-city-of-miami-jobs/

Miami is planning an apprenticeship program to fill vacant city positions while expanding job access for residents, particularly adults with disabilities and those from underserved communities. City commissioners are to consider the proposal on May 28 to create the program in partnership with local....