Miami-Dade County commissioners voted Tuesday to remove fluoride from the county’s drinking water, reversing a decades-old public health measure that local dentists and public officials say has helped prevent tooth decay since 1958.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Florida Rep. Christine Hunschofsky, Florida Rep. Juan Carlos Porras, WLRN Senior Economics Editor Tom Hudson, President and CEO of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Miami Host Committee Alina Hudak and Miami-Dade Commissioner Raquel Regalado.

For the first time in three generations, Miami-Dade County tap water will be fluoride free, if last week’s commission vote holds.

For more than a year, Miami-Dade County Commissioners Juan Carlos Bermudez and Raquel Regalado have been requesting the county take a comprehensive view of solid waste solutions.

As the contentious debate over rebuilding a trash incinerator near Doral continues, Miami-Dade commissioners voted Tuesday to postpone the decision until next year.

The location for a new trash incinerator in Miami-Dade County is expected to be debated at Tuesday’s commission meeting, with Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava indicating that a decision may once again be delayed.

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava held a town hall Monday evening regarding plans for the county’s new incinerator. It comes three days after she outlined the county’s preferred location.

The battle over 5G coverage is intensifying in a southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood.

A little more than two months after sending a notice to the owners of the troubled Miami Seaquarium, Miami-Dade County filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking MS Leisure Company’s eviction from the Virginia Key property.

With Miami-Dade County issuing the owners of the Miami Seaquarium an eviction letter on Monday, Local 10 News is working to address your questions about what could happen to the animals at the marine park.

The office of Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava issued a lease termination notice to the troubled Miami Seaquarium Thursday.

After a fatal head-on collision between a 12-year-old boy on an e-bike and a 66-year-old bicyclist, Key Biscayne officials were meeting on Friday to consider a ban on e-bikes and scooters in the island village.

There is a peacock issue in Miami-Dade County.

The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) Governing Board approved a new makeover for Tri-Rail trains on Tuesday, according to a news release.

A massive project designed to help ease congestion is now open in Coral Gables.

As expected, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava vetoed a controversial expansion of the county’s Urban Development Boundary Thursday.

It is now down to wire for those looking to uphold Miami-Dade's Urban Development Boundary and protect land environmentalists say is needed for Everglades restoration and saving Biscayne Bay.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg welcome state house District 100 candidates Chip LaMarca and Linda Thompson Gonzalez, state house District 101 candidate Hillary Cassell, Miami-Dade Commissioner Raquel Regalado, Weston Mayor Margaret Brown, Rabbi Adam Watstein and Florida Anti-Defamation League Senior Associate Regional Director Lonny Wilk.

After months of deferrals, the Miami-Dade County Commission voted last week to breach the environmental Urban Development Boundary for an industrial complex.

After a number of delays, Miami-Dade County commissioners finally voted in favor of expanding the Urban Development Boundary to allow developers to build on sensitive county land.

Annie Lord said she believes an ordinance that Miami-Dade County commissioners are considering could help increase the affordability of housing by legalizing accessory dwelling units.

Virginia Key has been a proposed site to build a homeless community in Miami, but one county commissioner says that's not the case.

The cycling community unloaded at the Miami-Dade County Commission on Tuesday, demanding more protection, and saying that painted unprotected lanes are not enough

USDA inspectors were back at the Miami Seaquarium Tuesday following last June's scathing 17-page report citing numerous serious animal welfare violations.

Peacocks could soon be on the outs in some Miami-Dade neighborhoods after the county commission agreed to loosen a law protecting the birds.

Miami-Dade County commissioners voted Tuesday to assign the job to The Dolphin Company, a Cancun-based operator of other aquatic parks in Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe.

It's a $100,000 incentive to support the growing film project Red Table Talk.

MIAMI – Property owners are complaining about the advantages that squatters, who don’t have a valid lease or pay rent, seem to be enjoying in Miami-Dade County. “Every Friday, we bring this up, and every Friday we are told that ‘There are no squatters!’ that ‘Squatters are being removed!’ and then ... we hear another story. The property owners in Miami-Dade County are pointing to Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who critics say continues to prohibit police from executing judges’ orders through her eviction moratorium. Attorney Derek Griffith said the mayor is taking an approach that places a blanket moratorium on the judge’s orders to remove squatters from his clients’ properties. “Criminal squatters’ cases are not covered under the evictions moratorium.”Levine Cava also said the Miami-Dade Police Department is actively investigating squatter cases.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Joining this episode of Local 10′s This Week in South Florida are attorneys Glenn Burhans and Sean Shaw, Miami-Dade commission candidates Cindy Lerner and Raquel Regalado, incumbent state senatorial candidate Jose Javier Rodriguez and political reporters Marc Caputo and David Smiley. The full episode can be seen at the top of this page.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – As the saying goes, all politics are is local, and it doesn’t get more local than your county commissioner. Due to new term limits, half of the 13-member Miami-Dade County commission will turn over for the first time in recent history. One of the more contentions races is for District 7, which represents Key Biscayne, Miami, South Miami, Pinecrest and Kendall. Raquel Regalado is an attorney, radio broadcaster and former member of the Miami-Dade County School Board. They joined This Week in South Florida hosts Glenna Milberg and Michael Putney, and the discussion can be viewed at the top of this page.