Melissa Pérez-Carrillo and Gabriela Szymanowska Sarasota Herald-Tribune The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office has recommended charges for former Manatee County administrator Scott Hopes. The Sheriff’s Office received multiple complaints about Hopes in February,...
A former state lawmaker’s fight for COVID-19 data illustrates the ways government all too often keeps public information private, our Capitol Columnist writes. By Bill Cotterell Gov. Ron DeSantis holding a news conference about COVID-19 treatments at a Florida...
A chartered flight organized by Project Dynamo arrives at Tampa International Airport on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. The flight organized by Project Dynamo had 270 evacuees from Israel including 91 children and four dogs. By JEFFREY SCHWEERS | jschweers@orlandosentinel.com...
Sarah Espedido / Orlando Sentinel Democrat Carlos Guillermo Smith of Orlando represented District 49 in the Florida House of Representatives. By SUN SENTINEL EDITORIAL BOARD | Sun Sentinel PUBLISHED: October 11, 2023 at 2:46 p.m. | UPDATED: October 11, 2023 at 4:23...
Gov. Ron DeSantis removes his mask to answer questions during a press conference touting the expanded rollout of the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, at Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital in Longwood, Fla., Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) By...
Interview by John Davis jrdavis@wgcu.org The Florida Department of Health is now required to release COVID-19 data the state agency withheld from the public during the height of the pandemic. Release of the data is part of a settlement reached following a two-year...
