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Reboot in the works for #Florida-based monster movie classic "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" axios.com/local/tampa-ba… via Kathryn Varn

Former UF President Ben Sasse responds to the DeSantis administration’s planned investigation into his spending after The Alligator first reported he tripled his office’s spending — a majority of which was for consultants and high-paid, remote positions for GOP allies.

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Former UF President Ben Sasse abruptly resigned last month, but nine top donors and administrators say he was forced out amid a fraught relationship with Mori Hosseini, the UF Board of Trustees chair. Vivienne Serret has the story.

so damn proud to be a The Alligator alum

This is such an important thread about the power of journalism. I can’t think of any reporter in recent years whose work has had more impact on the lives of incarcerated people than Keri Blakinger

U.S. Rick Scott is once again casting doubt on the integrity of U.S. elections. At a campaign stop last Friday, Scott likened Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's contested victory to the 2020 U.S. presidential election. more: Axios axios.com/local/tampa-ba…

Amid the fight to save Florida state parks from development, here's a story of the four years & counting it's taken to preserve just *14 acres* of original scrub in one of the state's most densely populated counties — and the effort is still short ~$500k. axios.com/local/tampa-ba…

Leading today's Axios Local newsletters in Miami and Tampa Bay: "Everything you need to know about Florida's state parks controversy" via Kathryn Varn + Sommer Brugal axios.com/local/tampa-ba…

Important snippet from this story: The rollout of these plans, w/ the public as an afterthought, is nothing new for the DeSantis admin. Think the transgender ID policy earlier this year, or the Don't Say Gay expansion. This has been happening all along. axios.com/local/tampa-ba…

“I am so sorry that anyone is having to endure this type of mistreatment and please be assured that we will never stop fighting these cruel bans,” attorney Shannon Minter with NCLR – National Center for Lesbian Rights told me. SouthernLegalCounsel wusf.org/health-news-fl…

1/ University of Florida President Ben Sasse abruptly resigned in July, citing his wife’s poor health. Less than a month later, the student-run newspaper The Alligator broke a bombshell story about how spending under Sasse’s office tripled in his first year.

my main takeaway from the last week and a half is that i *really* gotta visit jonathan dickinson state park

One Brevard Schools book review committee member said this of the LGBTQ manga, despite agreeing it wasn't in violation of state statute: "The problem is, is that a book like this can be used to push an agenda. ... You have ideologies on both sides, pressing these kids."

New: In a move that supporters of Florida's abortion amendment fear could be “political interference,” Ron DeSantis administration is examining tens of thousands of petitions for "suspected fraudsters." w/Lawrence Mower Romy Ellenbogen tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

🗣️ St. Pete-Tampa followers: Looking for photos of yesterday's flooding. [email protected]

What we know about the flooding. w/ Yacob Reyes axios.com/local/tampa-ba…