The Broward School Board has asked the County Commission if the district can join the countywide Office of the Inspector General, which currently investigates ethically questionable activity by the county government and 31 municipalities.
Florida Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism about a challenge by led by South Florida cities and counties to a 2011 state law that threatens stiff penalties if local officials pass gun-related regulations. The potential penalties are so harsh they prevent, for all practical purposes, even discussing actions that could improve public safety by dealing with guns, local officials say.
Broward County email records reveal that the first five months of its Emergency Rental Assistance Program distribution was mired in conflict between county officials and a contracted firm Tetra Tech Recovery Services.
After an outcry from South Florida elected officials, state Agriculture Commissioner (and candidate for governor) Nikki Fried is going to "personally" review her agency's decision not to continue using Feeding South Florida to distribute federal food aid to the hungry.