Miami, FL, Oct 12, 2024, 2025 – Kanza King shows off her costume as she and other revelers wait for the start of the Parade of Bands & Concert at the Miami-Dade County Fairgrounds. This is the grand finale of a series of festivities that begin earlier in October
Alexia Fodere
Now in its 42nd year, the Miami Broward Carnival is set to return next month with a two-weekend soiree that kicks off with Junior Carnival during the first weekend in October.
The South Florida festivities mark the end of carnival season, which celebrates Caribbean culture.
Read more about this year’s celebration in this edition of the 44 percent.
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INSIDE THE 305:
Miami Carnival returns to honor ‘full spectrum of Caribbean culture’
Festival goers walk in matching outfits during Miami Carnival on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, at the Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition. Alexia Fodere
The sounds of steel drums and the vibrant feathers and beaded outfits will return next month for Miami Broward Carnival in South Florida.
Early-morning buses spared, but Miami-Dade’s night riders still face service cuts
Some Miami-Dade bus passengers will see routes cut or condensed under Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s 2027 budget proposal, which faces a final vote on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com
Miami-Dade early morning bus riders won’t see service cuts in the $14.3 billion county budget. But nighttime riders are a different story.
Florida sets new rules for how students, teachers can use AI. Here’s what to know
Miami Killian Senior High School teacher Mr. Michael Moreno (not seen) assists students as they use Google’s AI tool Gemini to work on a design project during a Digital Business Foundations class on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, in Miami. Killian has experienced the fastest-declining enrollment of any public school in Miami-Dade County, losing more than 80% of its students over the past 20 years. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald
The Florida Board of Education approved rules regulating the use of artificial intelligence in Florida’s public schools, colleges and universities for students and teachers, education reporter Austin Horn reported.
OUTSIDE THE 305:
Colin Kaepernick lost $150 million for taking a knee. He has no regrets
Nessa and Colin Kaepernick pose during the Met Gala, an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, in New York City, New York, U.S., May 5, 2025. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Colin Kaepernick’s autobiography, “The Perilous Fight,” released on Tuesday. Ahead of its release he spoke to The San Francisco Standard in a wide-ranging interview about his NFL career, being blacklisted and his advocacy work.
HIGH CULTURE: New documentary ‘And Counting’ examines the human toll of Black women’s unemployment crisis
Journalist Sidney Madden produced a documentary about the jobloss Black women have experienced in the United States. Screenshot of Sidney Madden’s Instagram that includes a trailer for the documentary.
Former NPR co-host of “Louder than a Riot” and journalist Sidney Madden spoke with La Fronde about her forthcoming documentary focusing on Black women who’ve been laid off in the past year-and-a-half. There have been 700,000 of them.