Government watchdog
FDOT's billboard cover up
(After a state Senator and the head of the Florida Department of Transportatin broke laws to get a billboard company sign permits, the department withheld e-mails and lied to cover their tracks.)
Timber! With high-level approval, Florida gave away 2,094 trees to make room for billboards
State senator's bill would have loosened Florida's restrictions on billboard companies
State withheld emails, denied meetings related to handover of trees to billboard cmopany
Lieutenant Governor's falsified documents
(I found clearly forged documents in the file of a firm owned by a House member turned Lieutenant Governor. The documents were used to get the firm into a lucrative city contract program. The department handling her application has since been scrapped because its former head was fired for forging documents. It is now being investigated by the FBI.)
Altered documents allow Carroll's firm into city contract program
Jacksonville City Hall probes company claiming to sublease Duval office space
More falsified lease documents tied to Carroll's consulting firm
Utility records shed doubt on company tied to Lt. Gov.-elect Carroll
Company earned its way out of jobs program, but city didn't know if it was eligible in the first place
Pruitt Investigation
(Gene Miller and FSNE award winning series) (A classic corrupt politician investigation)
Pruitt's tenure as Center Hill police chief marked by controversy
District 42 candidate claimed Homestead in Marion, voted in Lake six times
Pruitt claims Homestead exemption outside District 42
Pruitt's biggest campaign contributor subject to federal, state investigations
Sen. Stephen Wise's questionable legislation
Privatization bill sponsors received campaign cash from likely beneficiary
Stephen Wise admits conflict in plan to send money to foundation where he is a member
Corrine's earmarks
Corrine Brown seeks millions in earmarks for daughter's client
Corrine Brown - again - requests earmarks for center her daughter lobbies for
Individual stories
Coley gets millions for employer's arts center, raise same year
Boyd's warchest brimming with health care cash
(Includes database of health care interests that gave to Boyd and a list of all health care-related meetings Boyd has held since July)
Timber! With high-level approval, Florida gave away 2,094 trees to make room for billboards
Florida legislator's husband making behind-the-scenes push for mental-health privatization plan
Lawson has mixed record with insurance industry
Testing companies paid Thrasher's former lobbying firm
With no leaders in Capitol, Jacksonville area earmarks fall off by millions
Lawmakers' income far surpasses those they represent
Earmarks often hidden under political rhetoric
Database: See how the Florida GOP spent its credit card money
Boyd's farms received nearly $1.3 million in federal subsidies since 1996
llegal political contributions: 'It happens'
Florida legislators slow to share public-record calendars with Times-Union
'Political slush funds' bankroll perks
Veterans Administration spending ripe for abuse
Amid rate hikes, CSX spending millions on lobbyists to fight tougher regulations
Money from indicted lobbyist flowed to First Coast lawmakers
When it comes to money, not all politics is local
(After a state Senator and the head of the Florida Department of Transportatin broke laws to get a billboard company sign permits, the department withheld e-mails and lied to cover their tracks.)
Timber! With high-level approval, Florida gave away 2,094 trees to make room for billboards
State senator's bill would have loosened Florida's restrictions on billboard companies
State withheld emails, denied meetings related to handover of trees to billboard cmopany
Lieutenant Governor's falsified documents
(I found clearly forged documents in the file of a firm owned by a House member turned Lieutenant Governor. The documents were used to get the firm into a lucrative city contract program. The department handling her application has since been scrapped because its former head was fired for forging documents. It is now being investigated by the FBI.)
Altered documents allow Carroll's firm into city contract program
Jacksonville City Hall probes company claiming to sublease Duval office space
More falsified lease documents tied to Carroll's consulting firm
Utility records shed doubt on company tied to Lt. Gov.-elect Carroll
Company earned its way out of jobs program, but city didn't know if it was eligible in the first place
Pruitt Investigation
(Gene Miller and FSNE award winning series) (A classic corrupt politician investigation)
Pruitt's tenure as Center Hill police chief marked by controversy
District 42 candidate claimed Homestead in Marion, voted in Lake six times
Pruitt claims Homestead exemption outside District 42
Pruitt's biggest campaign contributor subject to federal, state investigations
Sen. Stephen Wise's questionable legislation
Privatization bill sponsors received campaign cash from likely beneficiary
Stephen Wise admits conflict in plan to send money to foundation where he is a member
Corrine's earmarks
Corrine Brown seeks millions in earmarks for daughter's client
Corrine Brown - again - requests earmarks for center her daughter lobbies for
Individual stories
Coley gets millions for employer's arts center, raise same year
Boyd's warchest brimming with health care cash
(Includes database of health care interests that gave to Boyd and a list of all health care-related meetings Boyd has held since July)
Timber! With high-level approval, Florida gave away 2,094 trees to make room for billboards
Florida legislator's husband making behind-the-scenes push for mental-health privatization plan
Lawson has mixed record with insurance industry
Testing companies paid Thrasher's former lobbying firm
With no leaders in Capitol, Jacksonville area earmarks fall off by millions
Lawmakers' income far surpasses those they represent
Earmarks often hidden under political rhetoric
Database: See how the Florida GOP spent its credit card money
Boyd's farms received nearly $1.3 million in federal subsidies since 1996
llegal political contributions: 'It happens'
Florida legislators slow to share public-record calendars with Times-Union
'Political slush funds' bankroll perks
Veterans Administration spending ripe for abuse
Amid rate hikes, CSX spending millions on lobbyists to fight tougher regulations
Money from indicted lobbyist flowed to First Coast lawmakers
When it comes to money, not all politics is local