by Miami Herald’s Douglas Hanks March 16, 2017 Miami-Dade drew national attention this year when it began honoring detention requests at local jails from federal immigration authorities. What’s actually in the requests? That remains an official secret. The Miami Herald filed a public records request last month to examine dozens of Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
After 3-week delay telling public about contaminated sinkhole, Gov. Rick Scott wants faster notice
September 26, 2016 – Tampa Bay Times by Craig Pittman For three weeks, Florida Department of Environmental Protection officials kept mum about a phosphate mine’s 300-foot-deep sinkhole that dumped 215 million gallons of contaminated water into the state’s aquifer. When they finally told the public earlier this month, officials said they went “above and beyond” […]
Miami-Dade, Florida disagree on disclosing locations of Zika mosquitoes
September 23, 2016 – Miami Herald by Daniel Chang At a court hearing Friday for the Miami Herald’s lawsuit against Miami-Dade seeking the locations of traps in Miami Beach where mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus were captured, a county attorney said the Florida Department of Health had instructed local officials not to disclose the information […]
