Tag: Florida Atlantic University
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Supreme Court won’t let abortion-proposal sponsor challenge GOP’s ‘dirty trick’; Justice Labarga cries foul
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Sponsors of an abortion-expanding proposal for Florida’s Nov. 5 ballot can’t challenge what they call a “dirty trick” to convince voters it’s too expensive because the sponsors played a supporting role, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. -
After state judge abdicates, Commission on Ethics to give “MAGA Warrior” rare do-over hearing
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In a highly unusual move, Florida’s Commission on Ethics will reconsider charges against controversial Republican State Rep. Randy Fine that it previously found probable cause to believe were true: that he abused and misused his elected office. -
Clash between property rights and higher density rezoning in South Dade causing angst for residents
By William Gjebre
FloridaBulldog.org
UPDATE – May 8: Residents of a predominantly single-family east Killian neighborhood got some relief from a years-long struggle opposing construction of a 216-bed assisted living facility in their neighborhood Tuesday when the Miami-Dade County Commission failed to rezone the site to the needed higher density. -
Ambitious Florida CFO Patronis and the case of the curious $50,000 political contribution
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis hadn’t even put a tooth under his pillow before his political action committee raked in the curious $50,000 contribution that foreshadowed his office’s launch of Operation Tooth Fairy. -
DeSantis war on ‘woke’ leads to faculty brain drain at Florida public universities
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Campuses at Florida public universities are experiencing an exodus of faculty members, while out-of-state professors searching for new jobs are saying “no thanks” to working in the Sunshine State under the rule of Gov. Ron DeSantis. -
Broward opens broad inquiry into misuse of property tax dollars by CRAs; millions at stake
By William Gjebre and Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The Broward Inspector General’s Office has opened a broad inquiry into the potential misuse of public funds across the county with written requests to at least nine cities with a Community Redevelopment Agency to hand over a variety of financial records for inspection.
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