At the heart of the conflict lies one deceptively difficult question: Just how many red snapper are there in the sea?
Tag: ron desantis
Posted inElections
DeSantis school board appointees failed in Broward. Will Adam Cervera succeed?
Broward County District 6 School Board election overview
Posted inCriminal Justice
Florida accelerates its pace of executions, carrying out two in one day
Gov. Ron DeSantis, who broke national records last year with 19 executions, is racing to exceed that total as he finishes out his last year in office.
Posted inElections
Who is pouring millions into the sleepy race for Florida’s ag commissioner?
Despite incumbent Wilton Simpson’s towering cash advantage, special interests have continued to pour cash into the commissioner’s coffers
Posted inElections
What Florida’s tax rollback looks like through the eyes of one small town
When Floridians go to the polls in November to decide whether to cut themselves a break on property taxes, they may well be deciding to cut the lifeline of one of the state’s endangered species: its small towns.
Posted inHigher Education
After politicized search process, Bell becomes UF’s president
Bell’s employment contract awards him a $2 million base salary, with the possibility of future “bonus and retention payments.”
Posted inHigher Education
Interim UF president’s $2 million severance an ‘unprecedented’ gift
“It’s unprecedented that an interim would get any sort of payout at the completion of their term,” one expert said.
Posted inImmigration
Florida officials said ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ was shutting down. Inside, the facility’s fate was far less clear
The future of the taxpayer-funded immigration facility – whose operations were often shrouded in secrecy – may be less settled than the public messaging first indicated.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Ethics cases against 5 sheriffs are tossed. None were investigated
The allegations were rejected either for lack of legal sufficiency or “personal knowledge” by the plaintiffs, the Florida Commission on Ethics reported in a lengthy press release — a dump of 110 ethics cases involving officials from across the state.
Posted inFlorida
Lawsuit challenges ‘unconstitutional’ ballot measure to slash Florida property taxes
The complaint was filed by a Fort Lauderdale-based firm on behalf of two former mayors and a days-old advocacy group dubbed “Save Our Voters From Misleading Ballot Language