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Three blue disabled parking hang-tag placards with wheelchair symbols laid flat.

Parking permit fraud audit hits 6,000 failures countywide

Miami-Dade Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez says 6,190 disabled parking permit applications have failed a countywide audit of more than 75,000 records, with law enforcement partnerships expanding and criminal penalties including up to a year in jail for fraud.

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Route 70 faces elimination as county budget heads to September vote

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava held the first budget town hall Monday, opening public comment on a $14.261 billion spending plan that would eliminate Cutler Bay's Route 70 bus line and more than 400 county positions before September commission hearings.

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Three blue disabled parking hang-tag placards with wheelchair symbols laid flat.

Parking permit fraud audit hits 6,000 failures countywide

Miami-Dade Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez says 6,190 disabled parking permit applications have failed a countywide audit of more than 75,000 records, with law enforcement partnerships expanding and criminal penalties including up to a year in jail for fraud.

Three blue disabled parking hang-tag placards with wheelchair symbols laid flat.

Parking permit fraud audit hits 6,000 failures countywide

Miami-Dade Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez says 6,190 disabled parking permit applications have failed a countywide audit of more than 75,000 records, with law enforcement partnerships expanding and criminal penalties including up to a year in jail for fraud.

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Miami-Dade Panel to Vote on $62.5 Million in Federal Homeless Housing Funds

The Miami-Dade Housing Committee meets Tuesday, July 14, to vote on accepting $62.5 million in HUD Continuum of Care funds for homeless housing and services, with direct ties to Cutler Bay's Hideaway Bay senior housing facility.

Two Miami-Dade ordinances head to July 14 hearing: vehicle age limits and transit zone expansion

The Miami-Dade Transportation Committee will hold public hearings Tuesday, July 14, on two ordinances: one extending the maximum age for circulator and fixed-route passenger vehicles from 15 to 20 model years, and another expanding the Rapid Transit Zone near the Coconut Grove Metrorail Station under the same SMART Corridor framework that governs development along the South Dade TransitWay.

Elevated Metrorail station entrance with concrete columns, landscaping, and a red scooter parked on the sidewalk.

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