Daniel Rivero
Investigative ReporterDaniel Rivero is part of WLRN's new investigative reporting team. Before joining WLRN, he was an investigative reporter and producer on the television series "The Naked Truth," and a digital reporter for Fusion.
His work has won honors of the Murrow Awards, Sunshine State Awards and Green Eyeshade Awards. He has also been nominated for a Livingston Award and a GLAAD Award on reporting on the background of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's tenure as Attorney General of Oklahoma and on the Orlando nightclub shooting, respectively.
Daniel was born on the outskirts of Washington D.C. to Cuban parents, and moved to Miami full time twenty years ago. He learned to walk with a wiffle ball bat and has been a skateboarder since the age of ten.
He can be reached at drivero@wlrnnews.org
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"Emilio T. Gonzales [sic] has my Complete and Total Endorsement," wrote the president, misspelling his name. Gonzalez, a conservative, will be facing Eileen Higgins, a Democrat, in the Dec. 9 runoff election which is technically nonpartisan. -
Eileen Higgins and Emilio Gonzalez, the two remaining candidates for the City of Miami mayoral race, traded insights into how they would tackle some of the city’s most pressing problems in a forum organized by the League of Women Voters of Miami-Dade on Wednesday night in Little Havana. -
The private company that promised to be “financially viable on its own” is losing money — and using government subsidies to grow its business. Read the latest installment in the WLRN / Miami Herald series Killer Train. -
The runoff election will take place on December 9th. -
Marathon, in Monroe County, and five cities across Miami-Dade — Miami, Hialeah, Homestead, Miami Beach and Surfside — are holding municipal elections today. WLRN breaks down the key issues and races, with many voters saying affordability is top of mind as they cast their ballots. Over a dozen candidates are running for Miami mayor, in the city's most competitive race in years. -
Miami Dade College's president emeritus tells WLRN the land — valued at more than $67 million — was meant to expand the college in downtown. Trustees just gave it away for a Trump library and hotel after a request from Gov. Ron DeSantis. -
In a marathon budget meeting, Miami-Dade County balanced its billion-dollar budget through various strategies. Some county offices were combined to save costs. Many positions were eliminated altogether. The county dipped into its strategic reserves. -
Officials with the Florida Department of Transportation are hitting the streets of Miami as part of national Rail Safety Week. Alongside City of Miami police officers, FDOT staff handed out rail safety flyers to drivers, cyclists and pedestrians at busy intersections in the Wynwood and Little River neighborhoods. -
BREAKING: Voting reforms and efforts to finally restore Miami Marine Stadium will not appear on November ballots after a special Miami commission meeting on Friday was suddenly cancelled. -
On Friday the city commission will vote on whether to allow residents a chance to approve a contract to manage the abandoned stadium during the Nov. 4 elections. About $60-65 million in public money could be used to pay for the renovation, estimated city commissioner Damian Pardo. -
The city commission is considering whether voters should have a say on the future of the stadium this November.
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As one of the ways to fill a budget hole of over $400 million, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has proposed an increase in Metrorail and Metrobus fares of 50 cents a ride. An advocacy group has warned the numbers really add up for those who rely on public transportation.
