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The “ghost employee” has claimed two men were involved in a kickback scheme involving sheriff’s office funds paid to Marceno’s father. 

“I fuckin’ showed up when I wanted,” Ken Romano said in a recording. “If I went five times in the six months I worked there, it was a lot.”

By Bob Norman Bonita Springs jeweler Ken Romano didn’t hide his association with Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno. The two men were allegedly close friends who shared a taste for gambling, bling, and high-end cars....

A former commander at the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office claims he was illegally surveilled in his office and then retaliated against.

The Sebring Airport Authority sold land to a local developer Mark Gose, who has private business ties to several board members.

"Florida’s most arrogant governor may finally have found limits to what he can pull off." - Martin Dyckman.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and 3 local developers were rebuked with six out of seven candidates they supported defeated.

Conditions at the Baker County ICE Detention Center have been abysmal and at times horrific for years.

Pedicini succeeds with a brutal political machine that is often used to fund disinformation campaigns against his client’s opponents.

Manatee County officials reduced outflow at a Lake Manatee dam 48 hours before Debby instead of increasing it ahead of forecasted rainfall.

Voters are shut out from at least one election this year because the Florida Constitution allows write-in candidates to close primaries.