Miami Herald by Sarah Blaskey January 8, 2019 When blogger and gadfly Stephanie Kienzle got an anonymous tip that something sketchy may have happened in the tiny village of El Portal after Hurricane Irma, she requested records from the village to find out if the rumor was true. The documents would cost $6,751, according to […]

Tampa Bay Times by Elizabeth Koh January 8, 2019 Newly inaugurated Gov. Ron DeSantis issued two executive orders to cap his first day in office Tuesday night, just hours after he was sworn in on the steps of the state’s historic Old Capitol. After addressing lawmakers in the afternoon and returning to the Governor’s Mansion […]

A South Florida Water Management District board member and the state agency’s general counsel and chief of staff have resigned. Vice Chair Melanie Peterson and Brian Accardo quit at a time when a Florida congressman and leading environmentalists are calling for the entire board and Executive Director Ernie Marks to resign over a controversial sugar […]