Miami Herald by Samantha J. Gross June 17, 2019 When it was announced that Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida’s other top elected officials and nearly 100 top-tier lobbyists, business executives and academics were planning a historic trip to Israel in late May, the fuzzy details and lack of clarity surrounding the trip drew the ire […]

The Washington Post by Will Hobson June 13, 2019 On Tuesday morning, Barbara Petersen — president of the First Amendment Foundation, a Florida nonprofit that advocates for open government — got a text message from a friend with a link to a news story about Florida State athletics. In the text message, Petersen said, her […]

Herald Tribune June 12, 2019 ……. Former Gov. Rick Scott, it should be remembered, was famous for skirting public records law. Even as he took office, his transition staff announced that all his email had been accidentally deleted. Oops. He used a private email account in an attempt to keep public records secret and then […]