Martin Vassolo

Bad news for people on Miami-Dade’s tenant Section 8 waiting list: New vouchers frozen after a $70m+ funding shortfall flagged by HUD in Feb. County blames rising rents and HUD not keeping up w higher costs. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

JUST IN: Xavier Suarez, the first Cuban-born mayor of Miami and the father of the city’s current mayor, announced Monday that he plans to file to run for mayor. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

A judge has ruled that Miami's decision to postpone the November election to 2026 without voter approval was unlawful miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

A new foundation just secured $250K a year from a Miami-Dade contract at Tropical Park. The head of the charity is a top official in the city of Miami's government. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

Happy 2-year work anniversary to me! Will shamelessly admit that I wanted to work for @politico for years and years. My pie in the sky dream was to join the Florida team, because even though I lived in a lot of places, Miami (where I was born) always felt like home. Grateful <3

The decision by Tax Collector @darielfernandez to use his state authority to retain 2% of the county's property-tax revenue means a $13M hit to the Fire Rescue budget. (Miami-Dade has a dedicated MDFR property tax). Fernandez says using $$ to fix mess at DMV offices he inherited

A flood-prone South Miami-Dade suburb braces for a whopper of a development miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

WLRN could lose 8% of its operating budget if Congress votes to defund public media. Station exec to @axios: "Our plan is to absorb these cuts responsibly while maintaining the high standards our community expects and deserves." axios.com/local/miami/20…

Miami Beach Commissioner @alexjfernandez on new FDOT rule that may threaten rainbow street art: "It is a dangerous regression when public safety is manipulated as a guise to erase a community's public visibility." @axios axios.com/local/miami/20…

🚨⚽️🐐✍️Done Deal! Rodrigo De Paul to reunite with Lionel Messi at Inter Miami on four-year deal, loan rest of 2025, option to purchase 2026 and beyond. Details here. miamiherald.com/sports/mls/int… @MiamiHerald @HeraldSports #Messi #RodrigoDePaul #InterMiami #AtleticoMadrid #MLS

I talked to @NPRinskeep this morning about how AI is completely changing web search as we know it npr.org/2025/07/16/nx-…

🥭 Feeling sappy about mango season ... @axios axios.com/local/miami/20… "In a city with low levels of volunteerism and neighborly helpfulness, Miami's obsession with mangoes doesn't just feed our sweet teeth — it strengthens social bonds and builds community."

Trump's cuts to HUD could cause a substantial spike in street homelessness across America's cities, advocates warn: miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

NEW: Break up the Marlins! (Actually, please don't.) How Miami has won 7 in a row & is shocking baseball miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/mia… The team with lowest payroll in MLB is now just a half game behind a Braves team that a payroll 3 times higher. What to know about the scrappy Fish:

Supreme Court allows Trump to end birthright citizenship in some parts of the country miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

BREAKING: With less than five months to go before Miami residents were scheduled to head to the polls to vote on a new mayor and city commissioners, the city of Miami has postponed the upcoming November election to 2026. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

Olympia Theater item deferred to July 24 after multiple commissioners raise questions and demand clarity on proposal. City will host public meetings on theater proposal before bringing it back on the 24th

Chaos at Miami-Dade commission meeting today over ICE agreement w jails, which have been holding inmates for ICE since 2017. Police dragged out one woman during confusion about public speaking rules as item was being deferred. Images by Danny Varela. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

At a presentation on Miami-Dade’s Northeast Corridor $937M commuter rail project (on Brightline tracks). Was counting on state matching funds to get federal money to cover about $600M of the costs. That money being cut in budget bill that passed the Fla Legislature

Miami wants to turn the Olympia Theater into a charter school Resolution transferring ownership of $5.4M historic property to SLAM Academy set for a vote tomorrow. axios.com/local/miami/20…