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Controversy surrounds GOP star Rep. Byron Donalds over heated confrontations and top advisor’s disturbing arrest history
When U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds is mentioned in the media, his name is routinely preceded by the same two words: “rising star.” Donalds...
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South Florida Sun Sentinel journalists win top Esserman-Knight award for Innocence Sold investigation
South Florida SunSentinel by Angie Dimichele The South Florida Sun Sentinel’s investigations team won the top prize in the fourth annual Esserman-Knight Journalism Awards for its Innocence Sold series. Investigations Editor Brittany Wallman, Senior Editor David Schutz...
Florida Legislature Moves to Shield DeSantis’s Travel Records
The New York Times by Nick Corasaniti The News The Florida Legislature passed a bill on Tuesday that would shield the travel records of Gov. Ron DeSantis and other top elected officials from public view, a significant change to the state’s vaunted sunshine laws as Mr....
FL legislature poised to pass new law that will hide Governor’s travel details from the public
WGCU Legislation is moving through the Florida legislature during the 2023 session that would enact an exemption to Florida's robust public records laws to hide details of travel by the governor and his immediate family, and numerous other government officials...
DeSantis and Florida GOP look to upend public record laws as they attempt to shield his travel and other records ahead of likely White House bid
By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his GOP allies have moved to shield the Republican leader from the state’s notoriously robust public records laws as he prepares to launch a campaign for the White House. One bill advancing through the...
Florida Ethics Institute brings ethics training to the public
Early last year, Caroline Klancke, one of Florida's preeminent ethics experts, stood at a crossroads. She was serving as general...
HB991: Bad for Florida, bad for America
First Amendment Foundation by Bobby Block Imagine a world in which newspapers have been bankrupted and shuttered. Imagine that...
Rampant cronyism, nepotism plague Broward County water utility
As an elected official, Vincent Moretti's job is to oversee the North Springs Improvement District (NSID), a public utility that...
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Citizens for Government Accountability/
Southwest Florida
Citizens for Government Accountability/SW Florida, an FLCGA affiliate, is a non-partisan government watchdog organization dedicated to fostering and promoting government accountability and transparency in Southwest Florida. FLCGA and CGA/SWFL collaborate on investigating, reporting, publishing and promoting issues relating to government accountability and transparency and on public record requests critical to the investigative process. Read more…