Developers are willing to pay for pricey Art Deco building repairs if they can build a lucrative condo tower nearby. Preservationists fear this will destroy what makes Miami Beach special.
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A year-long investigation by the South Florida Sun Sentinel exposed the complicity of Florida’s child welfare system in underage sex trafficking. Evidence found in government databases, state and federal lawsuits, interviews with victims and survivors and foster care records shows the state's foster system creates a pipeline of vulnerable girls to violent sex traffickers.
Hurricane Ian’s devastation on the Southwest Florida coast sent a chill up the spine of anyone in Miami worried about the next big one and it sharpened the focus of federal planners working to design and build new barriers to avoid a similar outcome for Miami-Dade.
Exploding population on Florida's coast, and climate change, are raising the amount of damage hurricanes can inflict. That combination may one day force retreat from these dangerous places, but for now, the focus has shifted to how best to rebuild.