Tess Riski
@tessriski
Miami City Hall reporter @MiamiHerald. Reality TV enthusiast. Email me: [email protected]
Florida gov weighs in on the city of Miami's proposal to move to even-year elections, skipping the upcoming November election and giving the current elected officials an extra year in office
.@AGJamesUthmeier is right that city of Miami politicians do not have the authority to cancel this year’s elections and extend their terms in office without voter approval.
NEW: Miami archbishop asks to hold Mass at Alligator Alcatraz. ‘Still waiting’ for answer miamiherald.com/news/local/com…
More Miami news: Xavier Suarez, the city's first Cuban-born mayor and the father of the current mayor, says he's filing his candidate paperwork for mayor tomorrow Will the mayor's race be in 2025 or 2026? That's still up in the air miamiherald.com/news/local/com…
Update: The city has filed a notice of appeal
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 judge has ruled that Miami's decision to postpone the November election to 2026 without voter approval was unlawful miamiherald.com/news/local/com…
Joe Carollo's political committee spent $500K to get Ralph Rosado elected last month Now, Carollo calls it “the worst political mistake that I’ve made in my life.” “I didn’t expect him to come here to be a lap dog — another lap dog — for Mayor Suarez.” miamiherald.com/news/local/com…
Proud of my Miami Herald colleagues' work on the story of the year in South Florida. Dozens of deftly reported articles on our web site, including spouses' accounts of how their detained husbands describe life there.... Now back to my lane (sports, the toy department of the…
NEW: The @MiamiHerald has obtained a list of hundreds of people detained or scheduled to be at Alligator Alcatraz. The government isn't realizing names. Families and attorneys are having trouble finding people at the site We're publishing the list here: miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
Over the weekend, the @MiamiHerald/@TB_Times obtained and published a list that is the first public accounting of who is being held or slated to be sent to the Florida-run detention center for migrants, known as Aligator Alcatraz. Non-subscribers can now access that story…
World Cup subsidies also part of the strain in the 2026 budget proposal by @MayorDaniella
Campaign finance reports for Miami's special election last month are now out The mayor's political committee spent over $1M in support of Ralph Rosado, who beat Jose Regalado in the competitive race Joe Carollo's spent over a half-million dollars miamiherald.com/news/local/com…
In 2016, Florida’s Big Cypress became the nation’s first “dark sky” preserve, a key designation to help endangered nocturnal species But the leading group that classified the park now says artificial light from Alligator Alcatraz “directly threatens” that tampabay.com/news/environme…
A new level of confrontation by @MayorDaniella toward the state-run immigration camp built on an Everglades airport seized by @GovRonDeSantis. Levine Cava asking for oversight and info, not trying to block the state effort (which could risk suspension by governor)
Federal immigration actions prioritize fear and enforcement over compassion and justice. These policies are not only ineffective in managing our immigration challenges but also inhumane, undermining the values that define our nation.
NEW: The calls from Alligator Alcatraz’s first detainees brought distressing news: Toilets that didn’t flush. Temperatures went from freezing to sweltering. A hospitalization. And little or no access to showers, much less confidential calls w/ attorneys. miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
New: Miami mayor is lobbying behind the scenes for proposal to skip November election miamiherald.com/news/local/com…
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is in Saudi Arabia to attend a luncheon kicking off Trump's Middle East tour The guest list for Tuesday's lunch in Riyadh includes Suarez, Elon Musk and the president of FIFA miamiherald.com/news/local/com…
