Tag: Ron DeSantis
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Sheriff Gregory Tony’s secret: As a teenager, he shot and killed a man
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony shot and killed a man when he was a teenager living in a poor urban neighborhood in Philadelphia, according to records and interviews with family members of the dead man. -
Miramar asks governor for temporary halt to blasting during COVID-19 pandemic
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Miramar City Commission has asked Gov. Ron DeSantis to order a temporary stop to rock mine blasting during the state of emergency called for the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Miami billionaire fined in pump-and-dump stock scheme looks to cash in on COVID-19 testing
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Billionaire philanthropist and Opko Health CEO Phillip Frost, fined for his role in a pump-and-dump-stock scheme, is betting his Miami-based company can capitalize on the burgeoning market demand for coronavirus testing. -
Before Brightline became nation’s deadliest railroad, its owners rejected safety fixes
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
The owners of Brightline, the nation’s only privately funded and operated train, have been on notice for years that they weren’t doing enough to prevent fatalities on their tracks. -
Trump’s push to fast track LNG by rail collides with LNG projects in Ukraine
By Ann Henson Feltgen and Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
President Trump’s effort to ramp up rail transport of volatile Liquified Natural Gas in the U.S. collided spectacularly last week with his administration’s push to export LNG to Eastern Europe. -
NRA’s Marion Hammer got illegal loans from nonprofit she runs, Unified Sportsmen of Florida
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer has obtained several apparently illegal loans over the years from Unified Sportsmen of Florida, the Tallahassee nonprofit she founded and runs, Florida Bulldog has found.
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