Vote 2025: Miami mayoral candidate Kenneth J. DeSantis says he has ‘fallen head over heels’ for the ‘Magic City’ but City Hall needs ‘sunlight’

Kenneth J. DeSantis, an attorney who is not related to Gov. Ron DeSantis, is among the 13 candidates running for Miami mayor on Nov. 4.

Vote 2025: Miami mayoral candidate Laura Anderson is a socialist who admires Fidel Castro

Laura Anderson, a Socialist Workers Party member, is among the 13 candidates running in the nonpartisan election for Miami mayor on Nov. 4.

Vote 2025: Michael A. Hepburn wants to make history as Miami’s 1st Black mayor

Michael A. Hepburn, the co-founder of the Allapattah Neighborhood Association, is among the 13 candidates running for Miami mayor on Nov. 4.

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Vote 2025: Miami mayoral candidate June Savage

June Savage, a real estate sales associate with One Sotheby’s, is among the 13 candidates running for Miami mayor on Nov. 4.

Vote 2025: Miami mayoral candidate Joe Carollo says there is no dysfunction at City Hall

Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo is among the 13 candidates running for Miami mayor on Nov. 4.

Vote 2025: Miami mayoral candidate Emilio González wants to get rid of corruption, property taxes

Emilio González, who served as Miami’s city manager and chief administrative officer from 2018 to 2020, is among the 13 candidates running for Miami mayor on Nov. 4.

Vote 2025: Miami mayoral candidate Eileen Higgins wants to end ‘dysfunctional bureaucracy’

Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins is among the 13 candidates running for Miami mayor on Nov. 4.

Vote 2025: Miami mayoral candidate Christian E. Cevallos says city neglects neighborhoods like Little Haiti

Christian E. Cevallos, a home developer and former Miami-Dade County community council member, is among the 13 candidates running for Miami mayor on Nov. 4.

Vote 2025: Miami mayoral candidate Alyssa Crocker wants to continue advocacy at City Hall

Alyssa Crocker, a mother of two with experience in legislative advocacy and fundraising, is among the 13 candidates running for Miami mayor on Nov. 4.

Vote 2025: Miami mayoral candidate Alex Díaz de la Portilla

Alex Díaz de la Portilla, a former Miami commissioner who served from 2020 to 2023 when Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended him over a corruption case that prosecutors later dropped, is among the 13 candidates running for Miami mayor on Nov. 4.

Vote 2025: Miami mayoral candidate Elijah John Bowdre believes in ‘money power in tech’

Elijah John Bowdre, who is among the 13 candidates running for Miami mayor on Nov. 4, said he is worried about people who are working two or three jobs and sleeping in their car.

Charges dropped against former Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, attorney

More than a year after announcing charges, Broward prosecutors have dropped the criminal case against former Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla and attorney William Riley.

Parents ask Miami commission to revisit park project at center of Alex Diaz de la Portilla case

Public school parents showed up to Miami City Hall Thursday morning advocating for a plan for their students that prosecutors said was sidelined when ex-Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla began taking in tens of thousands of dollars from the owners of a private school.

‘We’ve achieved something’: Miami elects first openly gay commissioner as voters oust 2 incumbents

Miami voters shook up the city commission during Tuesday night’s runoff elections, ousting two incumbents. One of the commissioners-elect is making history.

Alex Diaz de la Portilla sends flyers to Broward residents trashing state attorney who charged him

A Spanish-language flyer sent to Broward residents by suspended Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla disparages State Attorney Harold Pryor, who filed the criminal case against the ex-official.

‘Respect for the law’ earns arrested Miami commissioner police union endorsement

The union representing Miami’s police officers has endorsed a criminal defendant in the now-open District 1 city commission race: arrested and suspended Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla.

Attorney enters not guilty plea for suspended Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla

Suspended Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, who was arrested last month on a host of felony corruption charges, did not appear in court Friday for a scheduled hearing.

School board member seeks report after commissioner’s alleged corruption sidelined project

The arrest of Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla on corruption charges is now having ripple effects at the Miami-Dade County School Board.

Warrant: Commissioner sidelined plan to help public school kids after taking private school cash

A plan to help public school kids was sidelined, investigators say, when Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla began secretly taking in tens of thousands of dollars from owners of a controversial private school.

Alex Diaz de la Portilla’s name scrubbed off Miami City Hall, but expert says he could be back soon

Residents of Miami’s District 1 are without representation on the city commission after last week’s arrest and suspension of Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla on multiple corruption charges.

Miami commission candidates prepare for election battle with recently arrested Alex Diaz de la Portilla

Suspended Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla has been out of jail for several days following his arrest on a host of corruption charges, such as bribery and money laundering.

After arrest, Alex Diaz de la Portilla gets unflattering shoutout on ‘The View’

Thursday’s arrest of Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla on a series of corruption charges is getting national attention, namely from popular ABC daytime talk show “The View.”

New Miami redistricting suit: Rival says home was illegally drawn out to protect commissioner

As plaintiffs in a racial gerrymandering lawsuit try to take their case to the U.S. Supreme Court, there was a new legal twist Monday in the ongoing saga over the fairness — or, as some argue, lack thereof — of Miami’s city commission district map.

Questions surround City of Miami commissioner’s presence at unlicensed nightclub

Police bodycam video shows a code enforcement officer at an unlicensed nightclub last month, but it also shows a Miami-Dade Commissioner. Why was he there?