The Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners voted in favor of a resolution sponsored by Commissioner Eileen Higgins ...

Editorial: Change is hard, especially in the “free state of Florida,” where the Legislature has put the personal freedom to ...

We have all talked about how we’ve got to be moving to zero waste. This is one way at our county facilities that we can begin ...

Miami Dade Commissioners are set to vote on a resolution to eliminate single-use plastics and styrofoam at county-owned ...

Now, following a 10-3 vote on Wednesday, the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners has approved a resolution to expand ...

District 5 Commissioner Eileen Higgins sponsored the resolution, which would prevent vendors in future county contracts from distributing single-use plastics and polystyrene. It would involve ...

Small pieces of trash found washed ashore on FIU’s Biscayne Bay campus in North Miami. Miami-Dade is facing a “garbage crisis,” County Commissioner Eileen Higgins warned before she and her ...

He’s been Chair of the Homeless Trust for 2 straight decades. Term limits for the post are 6 consecutive years.

Carol is survived by her husband Tom, her four children, Brian Higgins (and wife Kim) of Kennesaw, Georgia , Laura Faulkner (and husband Shawn) of Leavenworth, Kansas, Eileen Higgins of Smyrna ...

Miami-Dade commissioners have approved a resolution aimed at getting rid of single-use plastics and Styrofoam at county ...