ALEX DIAZ DE LA PORTILLA

Miami commissioners held a special meeting Saturday to figure out how to fill the District 1 seat left vacant by Alex Diaz de la Portilla after he was arrested on corruption charges just over one week ago.

The arrest of Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla on corruption charges is now having ripple effects at the Miami-Dade County School Board.

A plan to help public school kids was sidelined, investigators say, when Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla began secretly taking in tends of thousands of dollars from owners of a controversial private school.

Residents of Miami’s District 1 are without representation on the city commission after last week’s arrest and suspension of Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla on multiple corruption charges.

Suspended Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz De La Portilla has been out of jail for several days following his arrest on a host of corruption charges, such as bribery and money laundering.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla from office Friday evening following his arrest on a series of corruption charges Thursday.

Thursday’s arrest of Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla on a series of corruption charges is getting national attention, namely from popular ABC daytime talk show “The View.”

The host of felony corruption charges lodged against Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla and attorney William Riley Jr. center around a controversial private school and its plan to build a sports complex on public land, sources tell Local 10 News.

Officials say a city of Miami commissioner accused of bribery and money laundering has been arrested on multiple corruption charges.

State law enforcement officials arrested Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla Thursday on multiple criminal charges.

As plaintiffs in a racial gerrymandering lawsuit try to take their case to the U.S. Supreme Court, there was a new legal twist Monday in the ongoing saga over the fairness — or, as some argue, lack thereof — of Miami’s city commission district map.

In a 2-1 decision the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Friday granted the City of Miami’s motion for a stay. That means the Plaintiffs’ map won’t be used for the upcoming November election.

A federal judge ruled in May that the City of Miami radically gerrymandered its commission districts.

In 2021, the city of Miami promised the nonprofit Circle of Brotherhood $1 million in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for a “Public Housing and Community Wellness Initiative,” but the nonprofit’s executives say the city never delivered.

The City of Miami Commission consists of just five members, each with his or her own little fiefdom to rule over.

An employee of a City of Miami commissioner that was part of an official law enforcement investigation doesn't believe she did anything wrong.

David Beckham’s dream of building a proper home for his Inter Miami faced the gatekeepers of the public land that he and billionaire Jorge Mas have chosen.

David Beckham’s dream of building a proper home for his Inter Miami faced the gatekeepers of the public land that he and billionaire Jorge Mas have chosen.

Officers arrested Rep. Carlos Gimenez’s son on Wednesday over an altercation with a Miami commissioner.

Art Acevedo's federal lawsuit names Miami, City Manager Art Noriega and Commissioners Joe Carollo, Alex Diaz de la Portilla and Manolo Reyes.

The safety of electric scooters was the subject of discussion on Monday at Miami City Hall.

A Miami code compliance officer who accused a commissioner of pushing her on the job has now been fired for insubordination

Police bodycam video shows a code enforcement officer at an unlicensed nightclub last month, but it also shows a Miami-Dade Commissioner. Why was he there?

MIAMI, Fla. – There have been some nasty showdowns at Miami City Hall, but the verbal brawl at the Miami Commission meeting on Thursday is one for the record books. It was when Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo went on the attack blasting his one time friend and ally Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla. The fierce debate was over Jenny Nillo, a longtime friend, supporter and worker for Diaz de la Portilla. “There is nothing here that’s criminal,” de la Portilla fired back. that you do not deserve to hold public office.”The bromance is over between Carollo and Diaz de la Portilla.

MIAMI – City of Miami commissioners sparred Thursday night over allegations that a city employee planted in her role by a commissioner 11 months ago has never shown up to work. “No one in the Omni CRA would see Jenny Nillo, that’s the problem,” District 3 Commissioner Joe Carollo said in the meeting. No, no, no, that is a lie,” Diaz de la Portilla responded. Ad“What is a lie is that no one has seen Jenny Nillo. But you don’t know that,” Diaz de la Portilla said.

MIAMI, Fla. – Anyone who follows Miami City Hall knows that drama is standard operating procedure here. The commissioner insists that there is no state probe of whether the city employee he got hired is underway. “There is no investigation on me, much less of anything,” de la Portilla told Local 10 News. “Jenny Nillo is a good employee, a reputable employee.”AdThe Miami commissioner got his long-time friend and aide hired. AdThe Florida Department of Law Enforcement did reconfirm to Local 10 News on Thursday that there is an active review into the allegations.

For months FDLE has been trailing a “ghost employee” at Miami Omni CRA, & her connections to a powerful politician. The links between Jenny Nillo & Commish Alex Diaz de la Portilla go way back, + forwardHere’s a start, & more to come today @WPLGLocal10⏩https://t.co/1Ah7t0uOcL

It includes Nillo — she told staffers — campaigning for Diaz de la Portilla’s brother’s failed commission campaign, on the public’s dime. And so we did what he wanted to do,” Walker said of Diaz de la Portilla. (Glenna Milberg, WPLG)The one photo is of herself with Diaz de la Portilla. From out of town, Diaz de la Portilla tells Local 10 News he planted Nillo as a CRA employee to be his spy, of sorts. The City of Miami police had nothing to do with that at all.”

Jenny Nillo is part of a state investigation and was quickly hired by Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla after she was fired Tuesday from a job investigators believe was a no-show position arranged by the commissioner. MIAMI – A convicted federal felon, under scrutiny by state investigators, was fired Tuesday from a job investigators believe was a no-show position arranged by a Miami city commissioner. Hours later, that commissioner, Alex Diaz de la Portilla, re-hired her for a position in his office. Diaz de la Portilla insists no state investigation exists, and he says his hand-picked employee is the victim. Nillo was not at her home Tuesday afternoon, nor at the Omni CRA office, where staffers declined to comment.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - Voters in Miami, Hialeah and Miami Beach headed to the polls Tuesday after runoff elections were necessary in six races since no clear winner was decided Nov. 5. In Hialeah, voters had to select who would fill Group II and Group III seats on its city council. In Miami Beach, all three City Commission races needed to be decided in a runoff. Click here for results of the Group II raceHialeah Council member Group III: In a close race, Jackie Garcia-Roves earned the council member seat in Group III over Milagros "Milly" Herrera. Click here for the results of the Group VI Commissioner raceVotes cast for the Miami Beach Commissioner's race was only 17.50% of 47,979 registered votes.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - Voters in Miami, Hialeah and Miami Beach headed to the polls Tuesday after runoff elections were necessary in six races since no clear winner was decided Nov. 5. In Miami Beach, all three City Commission races needed to be decided in a runoff. Click here for results of the Group II raceHialeah Council member Group III: Jackie Garcia-Roves and Milagros "Milly" Herrera are seeking the council member seat. With 43 of 48 precincts reporting, Garcia-Roves had 54.23% of the votes, while Herrera was not far behind with 45.77% of the votes. Group IV Commissioner: At press time, with 19 of 24 precincts reporting, Steven Meiner was leading Kristen Rosen Gonzalez.