MiamiHerald.com - Sat Nov 07

Miami resident Andrea Ivory was honored by CNN Heroes on Wednesday at Jackson Memorial Hospital with a celebratory rally with more than 100 attendees, including Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Commissioner Barbara Jordan.

WBZL-TV Hollywood - Sat Nov 07

Orlando's $1.2 billion SunRail commuter train is grabbing headlines, but there might be another big winner as a special session on transportation issues becomes more likely: Tri-Rail, South Florida's 20-year-old train system.

The Orlando Sentinel - Sat Nov 07

About one-fifth of all students in Orange and Osceola counties can't read or write English, a greater percentage than even Miami-Dade County, where Spanish is the main language in many areas.