When U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds is mentioned in the media, his name is routinely preceded by the same two words: “rising star.” Donalds has completed just one two-year term in Congress but is already a serious force in his party. The Naples Republican dominated the...
It started with something most journalists in Florida will tell you is commonplace: a public records request with a state agency that takes a ridiculous amount of time to fulfill. But Mike DeForest, a veteran investigative reporter with News 6 in Orlando, didn’t...
As an elected official, Vincent Moretti’s job is to oversee the North Springs Improvement District (NSID), a public utility that services large portions of Coral Springs and Parkland. A big part of the 58-year-old NSID board president’s responsibility is...
Rae Ann Burton sat in the Collier County Commission meeting on the morning before Hurricane Ian struck, wondering why she had to be there at all. With the county already under both a state of emergency and a storm surge warning, the 77-year-old Golden Gate Estates...
Running the water district that serves Parkland and Coral Springs has become an incredibly lucrative government job, a place where the official who manages it has made great sums of money in jaw-dropping ways. Among the personal windfalls for North Springs Improvement...
