District 1 School Board Member Steve Gallon resigned from his seat representing much of the northernmost stretch of Miami-Dade County on Monday, setting up an election to fill his seat for the remaining two-plus years in his term.
Category: Florida
Posted inBehind the Story
Florida Trib wins Vision Award in national journalism competition
The Florida Trib was recognized with the Vision Award in a national competition for U.S. startups working to solve the local news crisis. The award was given for The Florida Trib’s “bold, differentiated vision for what journalism can become.”
Posted inHigher Education
GOP restructuring of higher ed touches everything, including UF presidential search
The task of finding university and college presidents – once an academic exercise – is now a secretive, thorny project closely linked to Republican politics
Posted inCriminal Justice
Ricky Dixon, who lasted 30 years in scandal-marred agency, exits top Florida prison job
The prison system Dixon took over in November 2021 had been soiled by years of scandal
Posted inEnvironment
Florida on track to flunk Everglades pollution rules
Flunking water quality standards means higher chances of noxious, toxic algae blooms along the coasts
Posted inLocal Government
‘Harassing, bullying’: charges fly between JAA, next council president
A tense exchange is the latest sign that behind-the-scenes acrimony continues to simmer over the aviation authority’s future plans
Posted inFlorida
Third subpoena zeroes in on nixed deal for $1.17 million land near Yulee schools
It’s at least the third subpoena prosecutors have issued amid a tangled series of controversies swirling around JEA and Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico
Posted inState Government
Federal reimbursement for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ starts flowing
The amount is a fraction of what Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has spent to build the sprawling tent-and-trailer compound at a remote airstrip in the Florida Everglades
Posted inFlorida
From ‘low-cost’ to $1 million a day: questions remain about ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ funding
As legislators in Tallahassee are locked in back-and-forth negotiations over the state budget, GOP leaders have downplayed questions about who will ultimately pay for the multi-million-dollar facility
Posted inFlorida
The rise and fall of an AI-driven ‘local news outlet’ in South Florida
The search to find out who was behind the South Florida Standard shows how easy it is for the real people behind digital doppelgangers to remain in the shadows