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Retail giants like Walmart, Target and Home Depot want to put more people in prison in Florida
Lobbyists representing big retail brands are pushing policies that imprison people for petty crimes — and that make it harder for folks to get back on…
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Records show how Ron DeSantis targets his attacks on free speech — despite what his lawyers claim in court
A look at how the governor of Florida and Republican presidential candidate tries to sidestep the U.S. Constitution in order to silence speech he…
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The public price tag on Florida's private train keeps going up
Session is coming. So are efforts to spend $50 million on Brightline, prevent fossil fuel protests, and gut local budgets. Plus: The dumpster fires are…
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Records show DeSantis plotted more punishment for Disney
But the governor and Legislature abandoned the plan — which would have also disturbed another big campaign donor.
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A think tank funded by a far-right billionaire wrote a bill to weaken child-labor laws in Florida, records show
Emails and text messages show a controversial new bill in the Florida Legislature came from the Foundation for Government Accountability, an anti-worker…
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Koch Industries is laying off hundreds in a hurricane-stricken community. Florida might give the company a tax break anyway.
One of the world's wealthiest billionaires also stands to benefit from tax breaks included in a hurricane-relief package that Florida lawmakers are…
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Ron DeSantis seized control of Disney's district. Employees are now quitting en masse.
Former employees at the district that oversees Walt Disney World say Ron DeSantis has installed leaders who are inept, dishonest and toxic.
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As his campaign runs low on cash, DeSantis turns to big Florida businesses for help
Executives at companies like Florida Power & Light, Mosaic and The GEO Group are helping to keep Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign afloat, new records…
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Seeking Rents
Seeking Rents
Corporate influence in the Sunshine State.
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