A Leon County judge refused Monday to kick Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback off the ballot, agreeing that he hadn’t meant to establish residency in D.C. and pointing out that it’s not the court’s job to decide who becomes Florida’s next governor. “This Court will not be deciding the race between the Lieutenant Governor and […]
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Fishback admits to voting in D.C., dishes out threats in fight to stay on Florida ballot
Fishback — in a striking pivot from his past position — acknowledged that he voted in D.C. in 2020 and purchased a home in the nation’s capital the year after.
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Florida disaster fund spent more on immigration than all 2025 missions combined
The Florida Division of Emergency Management, the agency in charge of the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” and “Deportation Depot” lockups, shelled out $890 million in taxpayer dollars
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Environmental group drops ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ pollution suit after it shuts down
Because the nation’s first state-run migrant detention center is fully closed, the environmental nonprofit says, its goal has been accomplished
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Miccosukee Tribe wants ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ — but Miami doesn’t have the land back
This means Miami can’t begin to sell or transfer the Everglades land to a conservator, as planned — at least not yet.
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DeSantis hails ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as victory while confirming its shutdown
It lasted just under a year.
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‘No brainer’: DeSantis lauds SCOTUS for allowing deportations of Haitians, Syrians with TPS
He praised the Trump administration’s impending mass deportations of Haitian and Syrian migrants legally sheltered within the United States
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What comes after ‘Alligator Alcatraz’? Uthmeier hopes for a protected environmental area
‘The plan has always been to protect the Everglades and take it back to a protected area where it’s not a commercial business, an airport.’
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Florida still owes $603 million on immigration enforcement contracts
60% of the bills for detention camps remain unpaid
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ICE empties ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ amid hurricane season. Activists aren’t buying it
“They built it and filled it with people during the hurricane season last year, so that makes no sense”
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Florida AG Uthmeier, federal partners warn of human trafficking during FIFA World Cup
Up to one million visitors are anticipated in the greater Miami area alone during soccer’s top global tournament
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Uthmeier says ‘teen takeover’ participants could legally be run over, charged with racketeering
“If you do that, people have the ability to run you over”
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DeSantis approves $87M in immigration grants that include tasers, riot gear, ballistic panels, E-bikes
The $87 million will go to 56 local law enforcement agencies
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Trump thinks DeSantis is ‘very good’ for naming a Florida airport after him
“Ron’s good. He’s a friend of mine. He just named an airport after me”
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‘Wound down and shut down’: Orlando Rep. Maxwell Frost says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is closing
He described a “silent” scene of dwindling staff, emptied offices, and whispers of “decompressing” the facility
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ payments land at last: $58 million to hit Florida next week
It’ll be the first installment of the federal government’s promised $608 million reimbursements
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DeSantis, plaintiffs agree new map breaks Florida Constitution. Does it apply anyway?
Both say the DeSantis-drawn districts violate parts of the state Constitution — but they sharply disagree about what that means
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Florida Speaker kills DeSantis’ AI regulation, vaccine repeal bills on first day of special session
The only topic the Florida House will address during the four-day special session is redrawing the state’s congressional maps
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Uthmeier expands criminal AI investigation to USF student murders
Tampa prosecutors revealed that a suspected murderer consulted ChatGPT about placing human remains in a dumpster
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Florida spent $34M on tech at ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ but says phones for detainees too expensive
Adding landlines or building cell towers would be “entirely unfeasible,” DEM argued Wednesday in court filings