Ghost orchid proposed for protection as endangered species
The elusive ghost orchid, which rarely reveals its slender white petals, lives on trees in remote forests and swamps. Only 1,500 or so remain in South Florida, a decrease of up to 50%, states a...
View ArticleAfter South Florida’s big chill, you can expect cool evening weather this week
You can expect nighttime lows in the 60s across South Florida the rest of this week after the coldest weather of the year swept through the region.
View ArticleSouth Florida lawmakers seek to mobilize voters to fight likely restrictions...
Faced with the prospect of greater restrictions on abortion access in Florida and across the nation, Democratic lawmakers and abortion rights advocates are seeking to galvanize opposition to the...
View ArticleNew suit challenges constitutionality of harness racing law
A group that represents horse breeders, trainers, owners and drivers filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the constitutionality of a new state law that could end decades of harness racing in Florida.
View ArticleSeminole tax collector to allow employees to openly carry firearms
Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg will soon allow his employees to openly carry firearms
View ArticleState nixes Seminole Tax Collector Joel Greenberg’s unusual real-estate deal
Florida's Department of Revenue says it opposes an unusual real estate deal by the Seminole County Tax Collector
View ArticleRecords: Joel Greenberg doled out contracts to politicians, strategists tied...
Before he resigned in disgrace last year, Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg doled out dubious contracts to a number of Republican politicians, political strategists and other allies, many...
View ArticleHow medical marijuana, powerful allies fueled rise of Orlando doctor now...
The rise of Matt Gaetz ally and Orlando hand doctor Jason Pirozzolo from secondary political player to successful entrepreneur and major GOP fundraiser was fueled by connections to powerful Republican...
View ArticleMatt Gaetz helped set off Florida’s marijuana ‘green rush.’ Some of his...
Just before the Florida Legislature passed the state’s first medical marijuana law in May 2014, Matt Gaetz and others rewrote the bill to limit who would be able to get in on the ground floor of what's...
View ArticleOrlando doctor pressed marijuana company seeking business in Florida to give...
Orlando doctor Jason Pirozzolo pursued financial support for Matt Gaetz’s political campaign while offering a company access to the congressman to boost its business prospects, records show.
View ArticleNikki Fried’s personal, financial connections to cannabis complicate her...
Nikki Fried’s ties to cannabis have complicated her campaign for governor, forcing her to address her friendship with embattled U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz and reveal previously undisclosed income from her...
View ArticleRecords link big business group to Florida elections probe
Investigators searching for the source of more than half-a-million dollars spent last year in support of spoiler candidates that helped Republicans win three key state Senate races have obtained bank...
View ArticleHow far-right blogger boosted Joel Greenberg’s smear campaign against rival...
Of all the questionable contracts that Joel Greenberg doled out to friends and associates while Seminole County’s tax collector, one of the more mysterious went to MAGA Advisory Group just days after...
View ArticlePirozzolo touted access to Matt Gaetz before Bahamas trip that became part of...
Jason Pirozzolo’s messages shed new light on the Bahamas trip that's become part of a federal investigation of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz.
View ArticleDark money behind Florida ‘ghost’ candidates has ties to Alabama political...
The source of over half a million dollars spent last year promoting “ghost” candidates in key state Senate races remained a mystery even as the scandal rocked Florida politics, but newly public records...
View ArticlePAC activity in 2020 ‘ghost’ candidate race mirrored tactics in ‘18...
Longtime followers of Florida elections say the tactics seen in these races have become commonplace in high-stakes elections.
View ArticleMan behind ‘ghost’ candidate cash also led dark-money group supporting...
A man central to Florida's “ghost” candidate scandal also helped Florida's electric utilities fend off an effort to open up competition.
View ArticleHow dark money fueled Florida’s ‘ghost’ candidate scandal
"Ghost" candidates? Dark money operatives? Get insight into Florida's spoiler candidate scandal with our interactive explainer.
View ArticleNew monoclonal antibody treatment sites open in South Florida
The State Department of Health has opened three new monoclonal antibody treatment sites in South Florida to help fight COVID-19.
View ArticleWhere to get monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 in Florida
Florida is providing monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 at clinics throughout the state. COVID patients, or people directly exposed to COVID, are eligible to receive the free Regeneron treatment.
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