Category: Open Records
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Broward Sheriff Tony seeks to play kingmaker in Miami-Dade sheriff’s race, bets big on candidate Reyes. Why?
By Dan Christensen
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Victims’ lawsuit that seeks to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for 9/11 approaches make-or-break crossroads
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Seven years after thousands of 9/11 family victims won the right to sue Saudi Arabia for allegedly helping al Qaeda hijackers attack the U.S., their monumental court case is approaching a make-or-break crossroads. -
Gov. DeSantis hides no-bid COVID contracts from public in defiance of state law
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
The DeSantis administration has been hurriedly handing out hundreds of no-bid COVID-19 related state contracts worth tens of millions of dollars while flouting contract transparency laws and stonewalling public records requests. -
In secretive lawsuit, Waste Management’s lawyers shut down deposition of Broward’s top executive
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward County Administrator Bertha Henry was supposed to testify Thursday afternoon in a high-profile civil lawsuit that pits Davie recycling businessman Ron Bergeron against trash disposal giant Waste Management. But Henry’s video-taped deposition was abruptly canceled when Waste Management’s attorneys walked out after objecting to the presence of a reporter for Florida Bulldog. -
BSO hides long list of lawsuits filed against its costly new jail healthcare company
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Broward Sheriff’s Office has refused to make public a list of federal and state lawsuits filed against its newly hired jail healthcare provider, citing a state law that protects trade secrets. -
What did Gov. Rick Scott do with mysterious $120 million in cash?
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
When newspapers across Florida reported recently that Gov. Rick Scott’s net worth jumped $83 million in 2017, what got missed or downplayed was that Scott also pocketed an astounding $120 million in unexplained outside income.
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