NEW: Homeless count dips in Miami Beach amid arrests. Is that related to an uptick in Miami? w/Tess Riski miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

Homeless count dips in Miami Beach amid arrests. Is that related to an uptick in Miami? miamiherald.com/news/local/com… by Aaron Leibowitz Tess Riski

Most of former UF President Ben Sasse's allied employees were not rehired upon his departure. Only two of the 12 he originally hired remain on the presidential cabinet website. University reporter Annie Wang Annie Wang has the story. alligator.org/article/2024/0…

Trump says Florida needs ‘more than six weeks’ for abortion miamiherald.com/news/politics-… by Romy Ellenbogen

NEW: The Florida DEP News employee who was fired over leaked state park info tells me it was secrecy and likely enviro destruction that led him to speak out “This was going to be a complete bulldozing of all of that habitat," he told me today More Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/environme…

‘The law must be followed’: Florida’s civilian police oversight boards shutter after statewide ban orlandosentinel.com/2024/09/03/the…

Florida state worker who warned about plan to put golf, hotels in state parks is fired miamiherald.com/news/local/art… by Max Chesnes

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NEW: The city of Miami Beach has apologized after learning records on its website showed residents' Social Security numbers and other sensitive info. Thousands of docs may have been online from early 2000s until this week, when a resident found them. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

NEW: DeSantis' administration has launched a highly unusual 'review' of petition signatures on the state's abortion amendment. Stopping the amendment from passing is one of DeSantis' top priorities. w/Justin Garcia & Romy Ellenbogen: tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

“In a move that supporters of the amendment fear could be political interference, DeSantis’ deputy secretary of state has asked supervisors in Hillsborough, Orange, Palm Beach & Osceola counties to gather roughly 36k signatures for the state to review.” tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

Republican women in Florida are working to overturn the state’s 6-week abortion ban. By Romy Ellenbogen & Alexandra Glorioso: tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

DeSantis' admin is reviewing thousands of verified petitions that got Florida's abortion amendment on the ballot, a move supporters fear could be "political interference." With Lawrence Mower, Justin Garcia tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

NEW: In a letter to DeSantis, five Democratic members of Congress demanded a formal investigation into plans to build golf courses, hotels and more on state parks, plus the release of public records documenting how those plans were hatched. w/ Max Chesnes tampabay.com/news/environme…

UF fell from No. 1 to No. 34 in the Wall Street Journal's public university rankings. The school ranked No. 83 among all universities, public and private. alligator.org/article/2024/0…

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ admin is leaning on the state’s power to combat a proposed abortion amendment on Florida’s November ballot Supporters of the measure say effort is a potentially illicit use of state resources for political message. miamiherald.com/news/politics-… by Romy Ellenbogen

NEW: Days after a state worker was fired for disclosing info about the state park plans, the DeSantis admin released personnel files detailing issues from a previous state job. AHCA released the files without being asked, an unusual step. w/ Max Chesnes tampabay.com/news/environme…

New: Florida residents felt shaken after DeSantis' election crime police knocked on their doors to question the validity of their signatures on petitions that helped get the abortion amendment on the ballot. w/Romy Ellenbogen Lawrence Mower tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

NEW: DeSantis' administration has been knocking on doors of people who signed the petition to overturn Florida's 6-week ban. That's on top of requesting at least 37,000 verified, signed ballots from local supervisors. w/Romy Ellenbogen & Justin Garcia tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

As noted in the story, leaking personnel files has been a trend with DeSantis' administration. Also a trend: Refusing to release records requested by journalists and the public.