Next week, the Miami City Commission is slated to vote on an ordinance that seeks to comply with Senate Bill 1134, a vestige of Florida’s anti-woke culture-wars that bars local governments from funding, promoting or taking official action on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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Posted inFlorida Election Coverage
Ashley Moody retains U.S. Senate seat despite close contest with Angie Nixon
Although her success continues Republicans’ long-held control over state and national seats, Moody won by a slim margin.
Posted inFlorida Election Coverage
Angie Nixon broke the rules of campaigning in Florida. Is it enough to win?
Should she win Tuesday, Nixon would be the first Black person to represent Florida as a U.S. senator and the first hailing from Jacksonville in almost 100 years. And she would have done it despite breaking nearly every rule in Florida politics.
Posted inCriminal Justice
How state officials fought for months to keep a lid on Hope Florida report
This week, a higher court issued a damning rebuke of the grand jury and its report, which the court found was ‘careless in its grammar, mistaken in its law, and unfaithful to its own record.’
Posted inFlorida Election Coverage
Trio of powerful DeSantis appointments will face voters for the first time
Through circumstance and timing, DeSantis has used appointments to drastically shape Florida politics – and its judiciary – to his liking, gifting allies the levers of power and the benefit of incumbency.
Posted inState Government
Where are they now? Key actors in Hope Florida scandal got promoted
Despite finding the $10 million was misappropriated, the grand jury said there was “insufficient evidence” to charge anyone criminally – because no one would admit to orchestrating the scheme.
Posted inFlorida Election Coverage
Angie Nixon, progressive Jacksonville firebrand, wins Democratic primary for U.S. Senate
Nixon, whose campaign was centered on the economic needs of working people, was up against Alex Vindman, a first-time candidate and relatively new Florida resident with a national profile
Posted inAssociated Press
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber.