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Weatherford Appoints Citizens Board Member While Facing Questions About Ties to the Insurer

August 6, 2013

As Will Weatherford speaker was being questioned about his business connections, the House speaker appointed a new member to the board that oversees the taxpayer-backed insurer.

Florida Secretary Of State Prepares New Voter Purge

August 6, 2013

Election officials in Florida have begun renewing efforts to purge alleged non-citizen voters from its voter rolls.

Governor’s Office Quietly Announces Appointments to Oversight Board

August 5, 2013

A new Florida law required the governor to appoint the seven-member Partnership for Public Facilities and Infrastructure Act Guidelines Task Force. But if Scott’s office hit the July 1 deadline to make the appointments, it did so quietly.

Florida House Speaker Connected to Citizens Contractor

August 2, 2013

Will Weatherford hasn't disclosed his relationship with a company that has received money from Florida’s state-run insurance company.

Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett Resigns Amid Grading Controversy

August 2, 2013

Tony Bennett, Florida's Education Commissioner, resigned today effective immediately. His resignation follows news this week that he changed his own policies while running Indiana's schools to accommodate a better grade for a school run by a political donor.

Tony Bennett Changed School Grade for Political Donor, Investigation Finds

July 30, 2013

An investigation by the Associated Press found that Tony Bennett, Florida's Education Commissioner and the former Indiana Schools Superintendent, bent his own rules and changed the school grade for an Indianapolis charter school that was run by a prominent Republican donor.