When Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno needs to unwind, he likes to gamble – and his financial disclosure forms indicate it’s been an extremely lucrative vice for him. When Marceno filed his 2022 financial disclosure forms with the state last month, he listed...
When a pregnant woman walks into the state-subsidized Pregnancy Help and Information Center (PHI) in Tallahassee for help, she’ll likely get a dose of Christian preaching with her ultrasound. That’s because PHI doubles as a Christian ministry. Its CEO, Patti Tidwell,...
Yohanka Reyes considers her anti-abortion crusade nothing short of a mission from God. Reyes, who goes by “Yoi,” often tells her story of birthing a son at the age of 15 after being raped by her stepfather in Cuba, and how it inspired her life’s work to make sure all...
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...
