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Media coverage, concerns that 'the fix was in' sparked JEA investigation, FBI agent says

A prosecutor said in court Monday that investigators sent a subpoena to FPLs parent company in April 2020, a claim the companys CEO denied last year.

A Florida Chamber of Commerce affiliate gave $470,000 to the political consulting firm central to the 2020 "ghost" candidate scandal.

Secure Florida’s Future paid $470,000 to Matrix in 2020 and in 2021 transferred $2 million to a dark money nonprofit organization linked to the Montgomery firm.

FPLs parent company, NextEra, submitted an $11 billion bid to acquire JEA during a tumultuous and unsuccessful 2019 campaign to privatize the agency

The Florida governor’s energy approach appears pro-consumer to supporters and politically self-serving to critics.

Upon being awarded, Chair Lamb became a lifetime member of the association along with other business, civic and cultural leaders across North America.

“Until recently, faculty saw themselves as part of the success of the system,” a USF professor said.

The tenure-review portion of a Florida Senate bill has generated controversy, as opponents contend that review processes already exist — and that the review revamp sends the wrong message to university faculty members.