Trump’s Migrant Crackdown Adds to Miami’s Real Estate Woes May 9, 2025 By Augusta Saraiva, Michael Smith and Anna J. Kaiser President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is making it harder for foreigners to buy and rent homes, threatening a key pillar...
Trump Team Has Ivy League in Sight as It Gears Up Attacks on DEI December 3, 2024 By Michael Smith and Janet Lorin President-elect Donald Trump’s team has asked a key conservative activist to present a plan to slash federal funding for universities...
In Florida’s Weed Wars, Griffin and DeSantis Clash With Trump and ‘Pot Daddy’ November 5, 2024 By Michael Smith In Florida’s weed wars, the big money is going against Governor Ron DeSantis and the financier of his anti-cannabis crusade,...
Asheville’s Dirty Water Warns of Climate Risk to Aging US Infrastructure October 18, 2024 By Kendra Pierre-Louis, Zahra Hirji and Michael Smith Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated swaths of the southeastern US by bringing too much water. Now, communities are struggling with...
Vanderbilt Plans $520 Million Palm Beach Campus, Tapping into Migration of Wealth August 23, 2024 By Michael Smith and Janet Lorin Vanderbilt University is asking local Florida officials to approve its proposal to build a $520 million campus in the wealthy...
Palm Beach Elite Are Raising Money to Lure Vanderbilt to Florida April 3, 2024 By Michael Smith, Natalie Wong and Amanda Gordon Wealthy Florida residents and developers are looking to raise at least $300 million for Vanderbilt University to build a sprawling...
Nvidia’s $70M Florida Supercomputer Hobbled by DeSantis Law February 27, 2024 By Michael Smith (Bloomberg) — When Chris Malachowsky, a billionaire founder of chip giant Nvidia Corp., bankrolled one of the world’s biggest supercomputers...
‘Keep Delivering’: Amazon Tornado Tragedy Raises Emergency Safety Training Questions December 17, 2021 By Spencer Soper, Michael Tobin and Michael Smith The messages between an Amazon.com Inc. delivery driver and her boss began about 80 minutes before a tornado struck one...
McDonald’s Has Friends in High Places in High-Stakes Labor Fight December 12, 2019 By Michael Smith, Josh Eidelson, Lauren Etter and Hassan Kanu In a television commercial that’s become part of the lore surrounding Donald Trump’s affinity for McDonald’s Corp., he embraced a...
Florida ‘Dodged a Cannon’ as Irma Swerved and Weakened September 11, 2017 By Jonathan Levin , Michael Smith and Mark Chediak Florida is drenched, tattered — but fortunate. Hurricane Irma weakened as it moved past Tampa on Monday, leaving in its...