Statehouse and regional news with consequences for Miami-Dade readers.
Every business operating in Miami-Dade County, from a Calle Ocho storefront to a Hialeah food truck, needs a Local Business Tax Receipt, and businesses inside city limits need a second one from City Hall.
The session's crop arrived with the new fiscal year, and Miami-Dade agencies spent the summer putting them into practice.
The court rejected a bid to block the DeSantis-drawn map on June 10; Miami-area districts stay as redrawn while the underlying case continues.
The state and the Army Corps signed the accelerated agreement on April 13, moving the project five years ahead and easing Lake Okeechobee pressure on both coasts.
The governor's office announced the seventh-straight record year on February 20, and Miami-Dade's ports and airport do much of the feeding.