Alan Suderman: In Florida, it’s virtually impossible to track how much was spent by outside groups trying to hurt or help a particular candidate.

Susan Ferriss: A group of Florida public defenders is asking a state court to remove and stop sending troubled juveniles to a privately run detention facility they claim is rife with abuses.

Trevor Aaronson and Mc Nelly Torres: The EPA’s Facility Watch List names the sites in Florida that federal environmental regulators have classified as “high-priority violators” of the Clean Air Act.

Trevor Aaronson and Mc Nelly Torres: En la Lista de Instalaciones en Observación de la EPA hay siete en la Florida que las autoridades ambientales federales han clasificado como “infractores de alta prioridad” de la Ley de Aire Limpio.

David Gulliver: A pesar de las muertes a infracciones de seguridad laboral, empresas de la Florida cumplen los requisitos federales.

David Gulliver: Despite deaths and safety violations, Florida companies qualify as federally designated safe workplaces.

Ralph De La Cruz: For $1.5 million, the Koch brothers received final say over who teaches economics at Florida State University.

Ralph De La Cruz: 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.

For almost a year, the Education Department has been garnishing 15 percent of a Tampa man’s monthly disability checks to pay off his student loans.

Delegación del Congreso de la Florida utilizaron un proceso detrás de las escenas conocidas como ‘lettermarking’ para traer dinero a casa de estímulo federal.