Local News covers the money underneath the community: who owns the venues, which sponsors fund Pride and on what terms, how nonprofits balance a budget when a grant lapses, and which LGBTQ-owned businesses across Miami-Dade are opening, hiring, raising prices or shutting for good.
Business News coverage from Miami Pride TV.
A credential from the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce can open doors to corporate buyers — but it isn't a federal set-aside, and the difference matters for how Miami-Dade business owners plan around it.
August opens the statistical peak of hurricane season — and the community's preparedness questions have specific, documented answers.
Nonpartisan races, low turnout, district maps: the mechanics of city and county elections — where one vote travels the shortest distance to real consequences.
City budgets decide which services, grants, and events get funded — and the budget calendar tells the community exactly when to show up.
Domestic-partner registries were the 1990s' local workaround for couples the state would not recognize — and Miami-Dade's registry still exists, doing real work.
South Florida elects openly LGBTQ+ officials at every level of local government — a normalcy built over decades that remains exceptional nationally.
Every winter, Florida's Legislature runs a two-month session that decides the community's state-law landscape. The mechanics are knowable — here is the machine.
A pride festival is a city selling itself the use of its own streets, by rules — the permit mechanics that turn public roads into event grounds.
State law sets the frame, but school boards decide the daily reality for LGBTQ+ students — how the two levels interact, and where the community shows up.
Street closures, medical tents, and inter-agency coordination: what actually happens inside city hall before a festival weekend — and what attendees should know.