State attorney sends JEA subpoena for records about former mayor’s lobbying firm
The subpoena, obtained by the Florida Trib and News4Jax, suggests prosecutors remain interested in probing what has mushroomed into an increasingly bitter but convoluted feud
Criminal Justice
‘Constitutional trainwreck’: Florida lawmakers seek surveillance crackdown
The legislation, which has come under fierce criticism from civil-rights and free speech advocates, represents another expansion of Florida’s security apparatus under Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Florida continues its execution spree despite problematic track record
Florida’s execution spree came even as its lethal injection protocol has come under scrutiny, prompting fears that those executed are at risk of complications and needless suffering.
State began, then halted, probe into murder conviction that relied on a known liar’s testimony
The aborted review demonstrates the limitations of a unit set up to fanfare, the first of its kind in Florida, to seek justice for the wrongly accused
FLORIDA
Lawmakers curtail governor’s emergency powers after ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ spending spree
Less than two weeks after the Florida Trib reported that newly released documents showed the DeSantis administration had burned through more than a million dollars a day on the makeshift tents-and-trailers facility, both chambers of the GOP-controlled Legislature voted to add new limits on the fund.
Florida lawmakers approve bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote
Critics say the change could wrongfully prevent thousands of eligible Floridians from voting over paperwork technicalities
Medicaid work requirements didn’t work in other states. Florida considers trying it anyway
Work requirements in other states have cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, with little to show for it, and those who keep an eye on Florida’s lead family welfare agency question how the troubled bureaucracy can handle another regulatory hurdle.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Investment banks flag tension between Jacksonville aviation officials, City Council
The push and pull between the city and one of its independent authorities has raised eyebrows on Wall Street before, where political interference in nuts-and-bolts spending decisions is often frowned on.
Jacksonville’s own DOGE committee questions state DOGE report
Jacksonville City Council members questioned the numbers in a Florida DOGE report that recently blasted the city’s spending.
Florida DOGE wants to slash millions of dollars in alleged waste across local governments. A new report detailed far less
Named after one of President Donald Trump’s signature initiatives, the state DOGE effort and Jacksonville’s own city council-driven initiative illustrate the impact of national politics on the local level.
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