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TALLAHASSEE — The secret fundraising network created by political operatives working for Florida Power & Light and other clients appears to have violated campaign finance laws and should be investigated, according to a complaint filed Thursday with the Federal Elections Commission by a Washington-based watchdog group.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It was the debate question Gov. Ron DeSantis squarely avoided: “Why don’t you look in the eyes of the people of the State of Florida and say to them, if you’re reelected, you will serve a full four-year term as governor?’’ Democratic rival Charlie Crist asked Monday…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — There’s just something about the middle eight.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s public safety czar Larry Keefe was in San Antonio nearly two weeks before Gov. Ron DeSantis transported 48 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, and he may have traveled back to Florida with the migrants, records released late Friday suggest.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A nonprofit government watchdog group has filed a lawsuit alleging Gov. Ron DeSantis and his staff violated the state public records law for failing to produce documents and other material it requested related to two flights relocating migrants from Texas to Massachusetts.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Vertol Systems has until the end of next June to run through the $12 million approved by the Legislature for what critics have called a “political stunt” — relocating as many migrants as it can from Florida to other states and the District of Columbia, records released…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Running an election in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian is going to be a monumental challenge for elections officials in the Florida counties hit hardest by the storm as they face poll worker shortages, damaged polling places and voters who lost their homes.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — At least 1,700 people remain in emergency shelters five days after Hurricane Ian ravaged the Southwest Florida coast and parts of Central Florida, a figure that demonstrates the enormity of the post-hurricane crisis as recovery efforts are underway.

The convicted teen sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, 60, shares her sleeping quarters with Manda May Rowell and Shacara Bryant inside Florida’s FCI Tallahassee prison