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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While tens of thousands of public sector workers have lost their unions since a 2023 law went into effect, the United Faculty of Florida-FIU union is poised to stay alive and stronger than before. -
A WLRN investigation begins to reveal the scope of SB 256, a sweeping anti-union labor law passed in 2023. What is emerging is an outright crisis for teachers and other public sector workers. “The work conditions of hundreds of thousands of people are going to be up in the air,” said one advocate. -
The federal government is currently doing more than ten times the enforcement of existing child labor law compared to Florida, even though Florida law is currently more strict than the federal government. Now, some lawmakers want to weaken Florida child labor law. -
Starting on New Year’s Day, shell companies and LLCs that do business in the US will have to fully disclose who is behind them and who actually owns the assets. -
If residents of countries including Cuba, Venezuela and China don’t register properties by the Jan. 31 deadline, they can be hit with $1,000 per day in property liens — or potentially have their property seized. -
The hiring freeze is due to a Florida law passed earlier this year meant to combat the infiltration of the higher education system by "countries of concern" — including Cuba, Venezuela, China, Russia, Syria, Iran and North Korea.
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Starting immediately, the almost 10,000 volunteers who have helped gather signatures to protect the right to abortions will begin to focus on the next phase: Convincing people to actually show up and vote next November. -
Civilian-run police oversight panels in South Florida and across the state could all be at risk under HB 601. Advocates say the prospective ban would betray efforts to foster better relations and trust among police and communities. -
United Teachers of Dade did not reach the 60% threshold of dues-paying members required by a contentious new state law. It could have a major impact on one of the largest unions in Florida, and the single largest employer in Miami-Dade County. -
Florida taxpayer-owned Citizens Insurance is using unlicensed inspectors in a little-known program that is ramping up inspections. Homeowners and industry insiders say the move is alarming.
