Daniel Rivero
Daniel Rivero is a reporter and producer for WLRN, covering Latino and criminal justice issues. Before joining the team, 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.
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There are two property tax amendments before Florida voters in November. The lesser-known one — Amendment 2 — is aimed at giving tax relief to the agricultural industry. The state has not studied how it will impact rural governments. -
In a wide ranging conversation with WLRN, Erika Donalds, the wife of Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds, offered thoughts on immigration, the role of local governments in Florida and education policy. She spoke with WLRN on Friday before she addressed the Tower Club in Fort Lauderdale. -
Democrats have been out of power for decades in Florida. But Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin sees plenty of reason for optimism — and investment — in Florida this election cycle. -
Using a controversial rule adopted during the wave of pro-Palestinian campus protests in 2024, FIU disciplined students taking part in a silent, three-minute t-shirt protest against FIU's ICE partnership - even though its own staff confirmed the demonstration caused no disruption. In the free speech lawsuit that followed, a federal judge sided with the students. FIU now says it's weighing its next legal move. -
Seven FIU students scored a major free speech victory over their university, days before the start of the fall semester. -
All eyes are on the Democratic primary in Florida's 20th Congressional District, the outcome of which could bring Florida's Black representation in Congress down to a historic low. -
The incident has opened a can of worms after a federal judge was notified that 47 detainees were evacuated in direct violation of court orders. -
Accrediting agencies have long fought to keep politics out of higher education, but a new Florida-created accreditor could open the political floodgates. -
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For many Cuban-Americans, winning a case in court is not the point. The point is that Cuban leadership, most importantly Raúl Castro, feels pressured to step down after the indictment has been made public.
