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Florida Got $200 Million For EV Chargers. It Wants To Spend It On Air Taxis Instead

The state wants to spend federal EV charger money on eVTOLs, which don’t even have FAA approvals yet.

InsideEVs · Aug 1

Rare Southern Snow Blankets Florida, Georgia and Alabama for Second Straight Year

Florida Panhandle and parts of Georgia, Alabama receive rare snowfall for second consecutive year as winter storm sweeps across Southeast.

International Business Times UK · Jan 19

Florida used black paint to cover its colorful crosswalks. It cost one county $31,000 and is already fading away

Black paint was applied to colorful crosswalks across Florida over the summer to meet state rules requiring crosswalk updates to avoid losing state funding

The Independent UK · Jan 6

‘The first eyes to see this’: Florida workers find 19th-century shipwreck

Construction crews dig up wooden remains of ship probably used to extract fish and shellfish in downtown St Augustine

The Guardian - US · Oct 18, 2023

5 years after fatal FIU bridge collapse, a cautious new design is almost ready

MIAMI — Five years after the catastrophic collapse of a pedestrian bridge with a novel design meant to punctuate Florida International University’s ascendancy as a public institution, state engineers are finally ready to give it another go.

Miami Herald · Mar 23, 2023

State official inheriting Florida migrant relocation program has questions about vendor

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The head of the state agency now tasked with handling Gov. Ron DeSantis’ migrant relocation program told a Senate committee on Tuesday that he was not sure whether he will continue the state’s arrangement with Vertol Systems Company, the politically-connected aviation company paid to transport migrants from…

Miami Herald · Feb 22, 2023

In tweaking Florida’s secretive migrant flights program, lawmakers ask little, reveal less

MIAMI — Florida lawmakers gave preliminary approval to a measure that would not only expand Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ability to relocate migrants anywhere in the country but would allow his administration to hand out millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to companies to carry out the secretive program without disclosing…

Miami Herald · Feb 8, 2023

Emails show use of private emails, encryption app in discussing Florida’s migrant relocations

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Newly released records from Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed that his public safety czar, Larry Keefe, communicated with a Destin-based contractor hired to fly migrants from Texas to Massachusetts using a private email account with the call name “Clarice Starling.”

Orlando Sentinel · Dec 27, 2022

A new Seven Mile Bridge is in the works for the Florida Keys. What the state has planned

MIAMI — The Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys was considered an engineering marvel when it opened in 1982.

Miami Herald · Dec 19, 2022

Records show more Florida payments to company involved in migrant flights. Where did $3.4 million go?

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The price tag is rising for Florida’s opaque program to relocate migrants from Texas to Democrat-leaning states.

Miami Herald · Dec 3, 2022