Miami-Dade County Commission

County commissioners withdrew the bill because they couldn’t legally pass it after the Legislature advanced a measure banning any local government from setting its own heat enforcement rules.

The ordinance calls for a three-tiered system of protections, including a break in shade and safety training. It next goes to a committee vote, then a full county commission vote.

Miami-Dade County plans to hire a full-time entomologist in its increasingly costly fight against the Zika virus.The Miami Herald reports the county's…

Changes in the funding formula for Medicaid that will take many millions of dollars away from large safety-net hospitals such as Jackson Memorial and…