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By: Kate Payne
Editor's note: This story was originally published by The Florida Trib. South Florida journalist Sofia Delgado was having a great year.
Sham news sites are increasingly common across the country, a dangerous development for American democracy
By: Kate Payne
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
By: Kate Payne
With little involvement from local officials and little oversight from lawmakers, costs at the controversial immigrant detention facility exploded
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
By: Kate Payne
Editor's note: This story was originally published by The Florida Trib.
A ruling Wednesday by the Florida Supreme Court ensures that DeSantis' Republican-friendly congressional map will remain in effect in the 2026 midterms
The complaint was filed by a Fort Lauderdale-based firm on behalf of two former mayors — one from Stuart the other from Key Biscayne — and a days-old advocacy group dubbed “Save Our Voters From Misleading Ballot Language,” a play on the ballot measure's title of “Save Our Homes From Excessive Property Taxes.”
By: Kate Payne
A legal challenge seeks to block Gov. Ron DeSantis' proposed property tax amendment from reaching voters, arguing the ballot language is misleading and unconstitutional. The lawsuit comes as local governments and tax policy experts continue debating the proposal's potential impact on public services and local control.
By: Briana Trujillo, Kate Payne
The land used for the detention center is also the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport (TNT), an isolated Everglades airfield about 45 miles west of downtown Miami.
