State attorney sends JEA subpoena for records about former mayor's lobbying firm The subpoena, obtained by the Florida Trib and News4Jax, suggests prosecutors remain interested in probing what has mushroomed into an increasingly bitter but convoluted feud

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State attorney sends JEA subpoena for records about former mayor's lobbying firm The subpoena, obtained by the Florida Trib and News4Jax, suggests prosecutors remain interested in probing what has mushroomed into an increasingly bitter but convoluted feud

New | JEA received a subpoena from State Attorney Melissa Nelson’s office seeking a broad swath of communication records, including discussions involving the City Council president and a lobbying firm that employs ex-Jax Mayor Lenny Curry.

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School bus camera program became a bungled mess in Miami-Dade. It’s coming to Duval next The Duval County school district decided to partner with BusPatrol America despite its major issues in other parts of the state.

A school bus camera program that wrongfully issued countless $225 violation notices to Miami-Dade motorists -- and that was suspended after a Florida Trib/ @miamiherald.com investigation -- is coming to Duval County.

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Settlement could close the book on FPL's past controversies Investors argued that FPL officials made misleading statements while they were navigating a series of controversies uncovered by Florida newspapers

A group of investors and Florida Power & Light’s parent company, NextEra, told a federal judge in recent days that they have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of securities fraud.

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Settlement could close the book on FPL's past controversies Investors argued that FPL officials made misleading statements while they were navigating a series of controversies uncovered by Florida newspapers

Court settlement could close the book at last on past controversies involving #Florida Power & Light, the state's biggest & most powerful utility. floridatrib.org/2026/03/25/s... via @natemonroe.bsky.social

With anti-terror law, DeSantis has new tool to reshape higher-ed Campus protesters, already targeted by Florida's governor, face new legal peril

New | A new anti-terrorism law strengthens the governor’s ability to shut down campus protests he doesn’t like, and it comes on top of his efforts to install allies as college presidents and reshape academic offerings to eliminate “woke” content. floridatrib.org/2026/03/19/w...

With anti-terror law, DeSantis has new tool to reshape higher-ed Campus protesters, already targeted by Florida's governor, face new legal peril

New | A new anti-terrorism law strengthens the governor’s ability to shut down campus protests he doesn’t like, and it comes on top of his efforts to install allies as college presidents and reshape academic offerings to eliminate “woke” content. floridatrib.org/2026/03/19/w...

Florida lawmakers approve bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote Critics say the change could wrongfully prevent thousands of eligible Floridians from voting over paperwork technicalities

New | The Florida Legislature passed a law that could disenfranchise and ensnare eligible voters into prolonged paperwork disputes with the state, including a generation of Black voters who were born at home because they were barred from segregated hospitals.

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Medicaid work requirements didn’t work in other states. Florida considers trying it anyway Work requirements in other states have cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, with little to show for it, and those who keep an eye on Florida’s lead family welfare agency question how the troubl...

Medicaid work requirements didn’t work in other states, but #Florida considers trying it anyway floridatrib.org/2026/03/11/m...

Medicaid work requirements didn’t work in other states. Florida considers trying it anyway Work requirements in other states have cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, with little to show for it, and those who keep an eye on Florida’s lead family welfare agency question how the troubl...

New @thefloridatrib.bsky.social | Florida already has one of the most miserly Medicaid programs in the country - and one that is highly dysfunctional, recently excoriated by a federal judge.

But lawmakers could add a new regulatory hurdle anyway.

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How The Times Tracks Down the Connections Behind Trump’s Pardons

For most of my journalism career, pardons were considered criminal justice or human interest stories.

Now, thanks to Trump's transactional approach, they're part of the lobbying & influence beat.

A look behind the scenes of the @nytimes.com's clemency coverage:

'Constitutional trainwreck': Florida lawmakers seek surveillance crackdown The legislation, which has come under fierce criticism from civil-rights and free speech advocates, represents another expansion of Florida’s security apparatus under Gov. Ron DeSantis.

New @thefloridatrib.bsky.social | Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida has spent three-quarters of a billion dollars creating a kind of parallel national security apparatus. A controversial series of surveillance and domestic terrorist bills will add to that accounting.

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'Constitutional trainwreck': Florida lawmakers seek surveillance crackdown The legislation, which has come under fierce criticism from civil-rights and free speech advocates, represents another expansion of Florida’s security apparatus under Gov. Ron DeSantis.

NEW: A package of bills advancing through the Florida Legislature would empower the governor and Cabinet to designate groups as “domestic terrorist organizations” based on secret evidence.

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'Constitutional trainwreck': Florida lawmakers seek surveillance crackdown The legislation, which has come under fierce criticism from civil-rights and free speech advocates, represents another expansion of Florida’s security apparatus under Gov. Ron DeSantis.

New @thefloridatrib.bsky.social | Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida has spent three-quarters of a billion dollars creating a kind of parallel national security apparatus. A controversial series of surveillance and domestic terrorist bills will add to that accounting.

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New records show Florida officials burned more than $1.2 million per day on 'Alligator Alcatraz' Last August, the Florida Division of Emergency Management requested a $1.49 billion grant from the federal government, underscoring the staggering scale of spending of taxpayer dollars on federal immi...

New records show #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous burned thru more than $1 million a day on his Everglades concentration camp floridatrib.org/2026/03/01/n...

New records show Florida officials burned more than $1.2 million per day on 'Alligator Alcatraz' Last August, the Florida Division of Emergency Management requested a $1.49 billion grant from the federal government, underscoring the staggering scale of spending of taxpayer dollars on federal immi...

New records obtained by @thefloridatrib.bsky.social show Florida officials burned more than $1.2 million per day on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ - sometimes substantially more - and originally sought $1.4 billion from the feds.

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Florida continues its execution spree despite problematic track record Florida's execution spree came even as its lethal injection protocol has come under scrutiny, prompting fears that those executed are at risk of complications and needless suffering.

New @thefloridatrib.bsky.social, published in partnership with @motherjones.com | Signs of suffering in Florida’s executions have not deterred Gov. Ron DeSantis from writing a record number of death warrants

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At trial, a federal judge lambasted Florida's claimed evidence of high rates of invalid petitions as "beyond junk science."

A long look at the rise and fall of Floridians' right to change their constitution from our statehouse reporter, Kate Payne.

As UF considers buzz sawing 1,000 trees, critics feel stumped, muted The University of Florida is planning to demolish an on-campus conservation area known as Graham Woods — a project that would chop down roughly 1,000 trees in a mini-forest favored by nature lovers an...

As U of #Florida considers buzz sawing 1,000 trees, critics feel stumped & muted floridatrib.org/2026/02/23/t...

As UF considers buzz sawing 1,000 trees, critics feel stumped, muted The University of Florida is planning to demolish an on-campus conservation area known as Graham Woods — a project that would chop down roughly 1,000 trees in a mini-forest favored by nature lovers an...

New | UF forced critics of a plan to buzzsaw 1,000 trees to report in person to a room under the football stadium, even though the meeting was virtual - the latest in a series of important higher-ed decisions being made with increasing secrecy.

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DeSantis spent $573 million on immigration. The feds may never pay Florida back Months after federal officials publicly committed to awarding Florida more than half a billion dollars to cover immigration enforcement costs, attorneys for the federal government appear to be backtra...

"So far, DeSantis’ administration has spent at least $573 million for immigration efforts over the past three years, including at the Everglades facility..."

...and the federal grant money to reimburse the state is being held up.

The latest from the @thefloridatrib.bsky.social...

The Trump administration’s policies are disrupting and dividing communities. We visit three of them. From farm country to cities and even Native American reservations, communities are being shaped (and divided) by Trump administration policies.

I’m proud of this collaboration between @thefloridatrib.bsky.social and @revealnews.org, and especially our reporter, Trinity Webster-Bass.

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The ‘virtually impossible’ path for citizens’ ballot initiatives in Florida New ballot initiative restrictions, approved by the Florida Legislature and enforced by state officials, are so strict that advocates say they make the process effectively impossible for grassroots ca...

A campaign that could extend health care coverage to an estimated half a million Floridians has been suspended, and a push to legalize adult use of marijuana may unravel before it ever reaches the ballot.

NEW from Florida Trib reporter Kate Payne:

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Before ascending to Florida Supreme Court, judge backed DeSantis’ redistricting push First District Court of Appeal Judge Adam Tanenbaum would be a critical ally to DeSantis on a high court that the governor has already shaped significantly.

DeSantis appoints a new supreme court justice in Florida — a reliable conservative who, in a lower court, sided with him in the most fight over gerrymandering. jaxtrib.org/2026/01/15/b...

Before ascending to Florida Supreme Court, judge backed DeSantis’ redistricting push First District Court of Appeal Judge Adam Tanenbaum would be a critical ally to DeSantis on a high court that the governor has already shaped significantly.

First District Court of Appeal Judge Adam Tanenbaum's appointment comes as the governor and Legislature are again considering congressional redistricting, which typically only happens every 10 years, following the completion of the U.S. Census.

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Before ascending to Florida Supreme Court, judge backed DeSantis’ redistricting push First District Court of Appeal Judge Adam Tanenbaum would be a critical ally to DeSantis on a high court that the governor has already shaped significantly.

New | DeSantis’ new appointee to the Florida Supreme Court co-authored a key decision allowing the governor to redraw the state’s congressional maps, which dismantled a majority-Black district in North Florida and helped flip control of the U.S. House to the Republicans. jaxtrib.org/2026/01/15/b...

Ended weirdly but two decades without a losing season is such an unreal stat