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New College Settles Public Records Lawsuit; Court to Retain Jurisdiction to Ensure Transparency Compliance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SARASOTA, FL — May 13, 2025 — A lawsuit alleging violations of Florida’s Public Records Act by New College of Florida has …
Rufo, New College trustees headed to trial for hiding public records
Gov. Ron DeSantis and Christopher Rufo at the governor’s Jan. 31, 2023 press conference By Daniel Ducassi, FloridaBulldog.org Militant anti-DEI activist Christopher Rufo is on the …
County Commission halts staff work on Jan. 28 transportation issues agreement with Hi Hat Ranch master developer
On Feb. 11, exactly two weeks after they authorized staff to proceed with an agreement involving transportation access to the first planned phase of the …
Sarasota County signals shift on new development
Host: We haven’t seen anything like it in decades: Sarasota County Commissioners voted unanimously to end, or put the brakes on, high-profile developments. Twice. In …
Florida’s new attorney general: An advocate for secrecy in government
With so much chaos in Florida politics lately, little attention has been paid to something that should be big news: The state is about to …
LCSO nonprofit plans to rezone 10 acres of North Fort Myers riverfront for deputy homes
A handful of Lee County Sheriff’s Office employees founded a nonprofit organization called Home Front Heroes, and they are looking to rezone and build four …
Election Day voting unfolds generally smoothly with some scattered issues and delays
Election Day voting is unfolding largely smoothly across the nation _ with only scattered reports of delays from extreme weather, ballot printing errors and technical problems. The final day of voting in the 2024 presidential election arrived with tens of millions of Americans having already cast their ballots. Those include record numbers in battleground states like Georgia and North Carolina. As of Monday, Associated Press tracking of advance voting nationwide showed over 80 million ballots cast. That’s slightly more than half the total number of votes in the last presidential election.
2024 Florida General Election Night Returns
Lee Sheriff Carmine Marceno subject of ethics complaint, purchased $600K condo in cash
A candidate for Lee County Sheriff filed an ethics complaint against Sheriff Carmine Marceno Tuesday, claiming Marceno knowingly failed to disclose to the state a …
DEP won’t say who came up with the controversial ‘Great Outdoors Initiative’
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has posted onto social media several times, defending and outlining its plans to develop multiple Florida state parks. But …
Election results suggest political tides shifting in Sarasota, Manatee counties
The political tides are shifting in Sarasota and Manatee counties as voters react to a an attempted right-wing takeover of local governments, two guests told …