Pursuit Rare for Bail Fugitives Who Skip the Country
Even when bail bond agents track down fugitives who have fled abroad and offer to pay the costs of extraditing them, there’s little evidence prosecutors are pursuing them.
Mental Health Funding at Risk
Sen. Joe Negron, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, has discussed the possibility of cutting health care by as much as $1.5 billion, with $500 million squeezed from mental health. That’s two-thirds of the current mental health budget in Florida.
Is It Time to Recall Rick Scott?
Gov. Rick Scott has been in office less than two months. Yet talk of recalling him has already begun.
Security Breach
The U.S. government has deported thousands of non-criminal immigrants living in Florida through a program designed to round up violent offenders.
Fiscal Duplicity
Florida's congressional delegation used a behind-the-scenes process known as 'lettermarking' to bring home federal stimulus money.