By Jose Navarro, MBA | San Diego | The Navarro Report Florida’s governor and Miami-Dade’s own homeowners are telling two different stories about property insurance right now, and the gap […]
“A System for the Wealthy”: Miami-Dade Debates Charging for a Free Train to Patch a Budget Gap It Built Itself
For 27 years, the Metromover has been Miami-Dade’s one truly free ride — an elevated, driverless loop through downtown and Brickell that costs riders nothing and the county’s general fund […]
Miami-Dade’s Enrollment Crisis Is a Demographic Story, Not Just a Budget One
The Miami-Dade County School Board adopted a $7.4 billion budget this week — $100 million smaller than last year’s — and warned that more cuts are coming. The district’s own […]
A Governor’s Last Word: DeSantis’s Final-Term Legacy
Bill Meets Miami-Dade’s Budget Math Ron DeSantis has five months left as Florida’s governor. Term-limited after two consecutive terms,he will leave office in January 2027 regardless of what happens in […]
“La Gringa” in Little Havana: How Eileen Higgins Governs a City That Didn’t Vote Like Her Party
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report Nine months into her term, Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins remains a genuine anomaly in South Florida politics: a Democrat governing a city […]
Miami-Dade Leaders Brand Property Tax Amendment a “Payday Loan” as November Vote Nears
Miami | The Navarro Report | September 3, 2026 Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has taken on what may be the hardest political sales job of this election cycle: persuading […]
Miami-Dade’s Transit Tax Is Shrinking Just as Its Biggest Project Keeps Getting More Expensive
Miami Affairs | The Navarro Report The half-cent sales surtax that has funded nearly a quarter century of Miami-Dade transit expansion is bringing in meaningfully less money than it used […]
After 22 Years, Miami-Dade’s Mental Health Center Will Finally Open
September 1, 2026 MIAMI — Miami-Dade County commissioners voted unanimously this week to open the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery, ending a fight that outlasted the building itself. […]
South Florida Emerges as a ‘Mission-Critical’ Defense Hub as the Gulf South Draws a New Wave of Infrastructure Capital
By The Navarro Report Staff A new investment thesis is taking shape across the American Gulf Coast, and South Florida — specifically Broward County’s Miramar and Coral Springs corridor — […]
Miami’s Condo Market Isn’t Recovering. It’s Splitting in Two.
Miami — The Navarro Report The headline numbers on Miami-Dade’s condo market this year read like a contradiction. County-wide median condo prices fell 3.15 percent year-over-year in June, dropping from […]