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Charter business owned by Rep. Donalds’ wife cut side deals with construction firm, lawsuit claims
By Will Bredderman
FloridaBulldog.org
Taxpayer-funded charter schools overseen by the wife of Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Byron Donalds gave tens of millions in construction contracts to a Jacksonville firm that, according to one irate academy’s lawsuit, simultaneously set up investment vehicles to plow money into her side ventures. -
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A Christmas remembrance: Miami’s 2025 loss of Kinard Shirley and 171 others who died in the streets
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Kinard Shirley was one of 172 homeless people who died this year in Miami. He wasn’t somebody’s father or spouse, but he was a brother and a son. Shirley, 37, was a day laborer at a downtown construction site near North Miami Avenue and NW 6th Street. It’s an intersection of history… -
Carnival hires D.C. lobbying firm to seek ‘relief’ from Trump regime for past environmental crimes
By Dan Christensen
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Political consultant Ulvert cuts deals with Republicans to help his Miami mayoral Democrat win
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Just about every South Florida MAGA Republican, including President Donald Trump, has endorsed former Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez to be the city’s next mayor. Recently, two of Miami’s Cuban-American congressional members, Maria Elvira Salazar and Mario Diaz-Balart, joined the Gonzalez bandwagon ahead of the December 9 run-off. But their fellow Cuban- American colleague and staunch Trump regime defender, U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, has avoided making an endorsement. -
Resurrected lawsuit puts FPL’s past controversies back in the spotlight
By Nate Monroe
The Tributary
An investor lawsuit accusing Florida Power & Light’s parent company, NextEra, and several current and former executives of securities fraud can move forward, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled this week in a remarkable resurrection of the case. The suit, which has two Florida pension funds as the lead plaintiffs, argues that the company made misleading statements as Florida newspapers several years ago uncovered evidence of a wide range of misdeeds, including involvement in efforts to warp Florida elections through the use of “ghost” candidates, use of dirty tricks to acquire Jacksonville’s city-owned electric utility, surveillance of a journalist and attempts to control media coverage. -
As Trump opens a new lane of clemency for corporations, Florida’s Cruise America hits the road to Washington
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Much has been written about President Trump’s recent use of his pardon power – often as large sums of money changed hands – to erase the federal criminal convictions of fraudsters, politicians, police officers, thieves and money launderers; yet little public notice has been taken of Trump’s use of his power to pardon corporations.
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