Category: Governor
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DeSantis ally Strum reels in sweet deal to run Broward Health with contract finessed by his lawyers
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Shane Strum, the governor’s chief of staff, will become chief executive of Broward Health later this month with a handcrafted three-year contract worth $1.3 million annually, despite having no hands-on experience running a hospital. -
Florida IG’s report on Broward Health: five years late, questioning its own value
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Five years after promising a sweeping review of scandal-plagued Broward Health’s contracts, Florida’s Chief Inspector General has released a scaled-back report that recounts the district’s seamy past while failing to mention its most politically explosive contract. -
Publix: Where political giving to DeSantis helped get no-bid COVID vaccine business
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
By partnering with Publix to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens, Gov. Ron DeSantis handed the Lakeland-based grocery chain a lucrative new business that has charged millions of dollars to Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers. -
Florida defies FDA warning on controversial COVID test with off-label use, but Miami-Dade reconsiders
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida is dismissing a recent warning from federal regulators about the accuracy of a popular COVID-19 test from one of the state’s largest testing providers — and continuing to use the test in a way the FDA has advised against. -
Appeals court tosses suit by Parkland students who claimed civil rights breaches tied to 2018 massacre
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a suit filed by 15 students who claimed their civil rights were violated due to government blunders before and during the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. -
DeSantis gave son of billionaire Trump buddy millions in no-bid COVID contracts
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration has given more than $4 million in no-bid, coronavirus-related state contracts to a social media startup co-founded based in New York City and led by the son of a South Florida billionaire and prominent supporter of President Donald Trump.
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