Associated Press by Peter Burke November 27, 2018 Cruz sat in a Broward County courtroom as attorneys discussed procedural motions involving the 20-year-old’s trial, which has not yet been scheduled. Defense lawyers asked Judge Elizabeth Scherer to keep the Broward County jail records about Cruz’s mental condition sealed to protect his privacy. They are from daily observation reports done […]
THE COST OF SUNSHINE: 2018 AUDIT
WUFT NEWS by Andrew Briz, Cailtin Ostroff, Ethan Bauer, Alexa Lorenzo, Gabrielle Calise, Ryan Serpico April 14, 2018 Would you want to know if your local school has a mold problem? Or if your new neighbor from the other side of Florida has a criminal record? Or if your city’s police department is following protocol during […]
Sunshine Scorecard 2017
About the Sunshine Scorecard: The scoring system for the Florida Society of News Editors assigns points for a list of critical government openness bills. Legislators get three points for a floor vote, seven points for co-sponsoring a bill and 10 points for sponsoring a bill that’s on the list. Votes against openness lose points; votes […]
