ProPublica and The Texas Tribune announced on Friday that Alexandra Glorioso is joining their investigative initiative as a reporter. She starts on May 26 and will be based in Austin.
A state government reporter at the Miami Herald, Glorioso was part of the team that uncovered that the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis orchestrated the transfer of $10 million in public funds to a foundation spearheaded by his wife. DeSantis and his wife, Casey, had hailed the Hope Florida Foundation as an alternative to welfare, one that would help needy Floridians. Instead, the nonprofit was used to divert Medicaid settlement funds to the bank account of a political committee controlled by the governor’s then-chief of staff. The committee focused on defeating an initiative to legalize recreational marijuana.
