Pie chart of Coral Gables' proposed fiscal 2027 expenditures, shown over the orange city seal. Personnel services, at $173.92 million, form the largest slice — more than half the total — followed by operations other than personnel ($78.35 million), other capital projects ($33.79 million), debt service ($10.56 million), sewer projects ($6.32 million), City Hall repairs (about $6 million) and sea-level-rise mitigation (about $5 million).
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Coral Gables proposes $318.4 million budget as statewide tax vote looms

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables would keep its property-tax rate unchanged under the $318.44 million budget City Manager Peter Iglesias sent to the City Commission on July 1,…

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Bar chart showing Coral Gables’ projected property-tax revenue loss if the November homestead-exemption amendment passes: $0 in FY2027, $5.7 million in FY2028 and $11.4 million in FY2029.
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ANALYSIS: Coral Gables moves capital costs onto revenue that could soon shrink

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables’ proposed budget solves one problem and exposes another. The $318.44 million plan City Manager Peter Iglesias sent to the City Commission on July…

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Coral Gables City Commission members seated at the dais during a tense debate over a proposed decorum ordinance on September 25, 2025.
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A four-year mayoral term and $70 million in bonds top the Coral Gables Commission agenda

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables commissioners return July 7 to a packed agenda that could send four charter questions to November voters, authorize up to $70 million in…

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Pet waste station sign in a grassy park area with a person walking a dog in the background.
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Castro proposes expanded mailed notice amid dog park fight

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The future of a proposed dog park on University Drive across the street from the Coral Gables Library will be heard by the courts next…

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Coral Gables City Hall, where commissioners voted in May to change the city’s election calendar. A recent court ruling in Miami has cast new legal uncertainty over that decision.
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EDITORIAL: Coral Gables needs a public strategy on Live Local

By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board Last week, Miami commissioners voted unanimously to direct the city attorney to explore legal options for challenging the Live Local Act and, if…

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Fireworks burst in the night sky beside the illuminated tower of the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables.
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For America’s 250th, drones, fireworks, ‘Jaws’ and jazz headline the Coral Gables Fourth

By Coral Gables Gazette staff For a city built around a singular vision a century ago, the Fourth of July has a way of becoming a signature civic night. This…

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Coral Gables Firehouse 4 with two red fire rescue vehicles parked outside the station bays under a blue sky.
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Coral Gables opens fire stations for Venezuela earthquake relief drive

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables will open all four of its fire stations to donations of emergency relief supplies beginning Tuesday, joining a South Florida response to the…

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Architectural rendering of a tall white apartment tower with balconies, arched ground-floor details, palm trees and cars along a street.
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As Miami weighs Live Local challenge, will Coral Gables follow?

By Coral Gables Gazette staff For at least the past year, the Coral Gables Commission has lamented the influence of the Live Local Act on the city’s control of development,…

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Exterior of the Coral Gables Museum at 285 Aragon Avenue, with palm trees framing the entrance.
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Gallery Night brings America250 exhibits, Cuban masters and World Cup watch parties to Coral Gables

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables’ First Friday Gallery Night returns July 3 with a summer mix of fine art, live music, America250 programming, World Cup watch parties and…

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Aerial view of the Biltmore Golf Course’s 17th green, sand bunkers, waterway, bridge and surrounding trees.
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Architects pause Biltmore 17th hole wall plan over stone choice

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The operators of the Biltmore Hotel and Golf Course are looking to give its picturesque 17th hole a facelift, almost literally, with plans to replace…

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