Category: Government

Jan 12, 2016 5:27 AM

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Broward County seeks $34 million in damages for airport construction delays

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The ongoing construction saga at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport hit an unpleasant, unannounced milestone with a New Year’s Eve notice to a major contractor that it owes Broward County more than $34 million in damages for costly delays.
Jan 7, 2016 5:08 AM

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Donald Trump and the art of the campaign expense

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Donald Trump knows how to make money, even when he’s running for president. Federal records show that Trump’s campaign paid the Republican frontrunner and 10 companies he owns more than $1.64 million for various campaign expenses since the billionaire businessman began his run last spring.
Jan 5, 2016 5:29 AM

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Rep. Lois Frankel’s endorsement of security guard firm may breach House ethics rules

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Rep. Lois Frankel’s endorsement of a private security guard firm whose owner poured $11,000 into her campaign after her support helped him land a sweet, no-bid government contract appears to have run afoul of House ethics rules prohibiting business endorsements.
Dec 22, 2015 5:01 AM

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Firm tied to US Rep. Lois Frankel gets no-bid contract, owner gives her campaign $11K

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Fort Lauderdale’s Downtown Development Authority awarded a lucrative, no-bid contract for its security patrol program to a private guard firm with political ties to Congresswoman Lois Frankel.
Dec 21, 2015 5:24 AM

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Senate ethics committee asked to investigate Marco Rubio for improper use of campaign funds

By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
A national watchdog group is claiming U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio may have broken U.S. congressional ethics rules by allegedly using funds from a political action committee to pay a writer who helped pen the Miami Republican presidential candidate’s 2012 memoir, An American Son.
Dec 9, 2015 4:05 PM

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Lawmakers protect title loan firms while borrowers pay sky-high interest rates

By Fred Schulte
Center for Public Integrity
It’s legal in about half the states to pledge a car title as collateral for short-term loans of a few hundred dollars or more. Many of these states allow lenders to tack on interest that can top 300 percent, and to seize and sell off cars when borrowers fail to pay.