MIAMI-DADE GOVERNMENT

Miami-Dade leaders' foreign travel may get more scrutiny

Calls for tighter controls follow reports that a Miami-Dade trade agency has spent freely but produced little.

SCOTT ROTHSTEIN SCANDAL

'Juice scam' victim: I was lured into Scott Rothstein deal

A Coconut Grove businessman says he invested $2.16 million with Scott Rothstein after a friend solicited him to buy into a high-profit deal -- that returned nothing.

HOLIDAY TRAVEL

Thanksgiving travel: myth or reality?

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving might be getting a bad rap: It's not quite the travel nightmare you probably think it is.

UNEMPLOYMENT

Unemployment compensation tax will surge for employers

The state's trust fund for unemployment benefits is depleted, and employers will have to pay much higher taxes to refill it.

MIAMI

Veteran cop Miguel Exposito likely pick for Miami police chief

Maj. Miguel Exposito, a 35-year Miami Police Department veteran with deep ties to Mayor Tomás Regalado, is expected to be named chief on Thursday.

• Miami's deputy police chief, Frank Fernandez, to retire