Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
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The Coral Gables City Commission unanimously approved a 30-year development agreement with the University of Miami on Sept. 29, expanding the campus building cap by 54% and allowing a future hospital, while Commissioner Castro's separate ethics-review resolution targeting Mayor Lago's ties to a UM contractor remains unresolved.
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The Coral Gables City Commission unanimously approved a 30-year development agreement with the University of Miami on Sept. 29, expanding the campus building cap by 54% and allowing a future hospital, while Commissioner Castro's separate ethics-review resolution targeting Mayor Lago's ties to a UM contractor remains unresolved.
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The Coral Gables City Commission unanimously approved a 30-year development agreement with the University of Miami on Sept. 29, expanding the campus building cap by 54% and allowing a future hospital, while Commissioner Castro's separate ethics-review resolution targeting Mayor Lago's ties to a UM contractor remains unresolved.
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Coral Gables' Transportation Advisory Board failed to reach quorum on Tuesday, July 21, leaving it unable to act on a trolley extension, a scramble crossing proposal, or a $60,000 pedestrian plan. The board has held only two official meetings in 2026, prompting the Gables Gazette editorial board to demand the city explain how it will restore the board to working order.
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The University of Miami's proposed 30-year development agreement with Coral Gables would permit a 100-bed campus hospital without a separate public vote, replace the city's 6.8 million-square-foot development cap with a floor-area-ratio standard, and transfer control of 56-plus city parking spaces to the university — details that go well beyond the park-and-expansion framework residents heard about in June.
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Coral Gables officials are in early talks with South Miami and the University of Miami to extend trolley service across U.S. 1, but the Transportation Advisory Board's chronic quorum failures are limiting its ability to shape the city's expanding transit agenda.
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Coral Gables Public Works began traffic calming improvements on the 5000 block of Alhambra Circle on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, after crews met with residents that morning; the project is part of a citywide program that has installed more than 145 devices since 2022.
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The Miami-Dade County Commission approved an ordinance on July 21 requiring same-day permitting for eligible residential projects and imposing a 10% fee reduction for each business day the county causes a delay.
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A University of Miami study of 37 Miami-Dade resilience plans found that municipalities share similar flood-protection goals but rarely coordinate, leaving gaps in equity, public health, and long-term strategy that could affect Coral Gables residents.
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The Pinecrest Village Council took up a resolution Tuesday, July 14, that would authorize a contract with the Institute for Regional Conservation for Phase 1 of habitat restoration at Coral Pine Park's 2.9-acre pineland preserve, one of South Florida's few surviving pine rockland fragments.
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Coral Gables launched a new online portal that merges the Business Tax Receipt and Certificate of Use into one account, giving every local business a single renewal date and invoice ahead of the October 1 tax deadline.
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The Coral Gables City Commission voted 3-2 on Tuesday, July 7, to approve zoning changes for a proposed dog park at 520 University Drive, hours after a Miami-Dade judge denied an emergency injunction sought by neighbors; the underlying lawsuit remains active with a trial set for December 2026.
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West Gables Health Care Center broke ground June 11 on a 125,000-square-foot, five-story skilled nursing facility at 9025 SW 72nd St. (Sunset Drive), adding approximately 180 beds to the South Miami corridor.
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Florida's Dorothy L. Hukill Financial Literacy Act requires all public high school students who entered ninth grade in 2023-24 or later to complete a half-credit personal finance course before graduating, affecting students at Coral Gables Senior High, Miami Palmetto Senior High, and area magnet schools.
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Former Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro has listed his Bali-inspired Pinecrest estate for $11.99 million following his trade to the Milwaukee Bucks, closing his seven-year chapter in South Florida.
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