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As UF prepares to search for its next president, state lawmakers are seeking to make it easier to hide contenders for the position from the public.

BOG member alleges improper influence on FSU presidential search A letter from FSUs accrediting body may have killed Richard Corcorans bid. A member of the State University System Board of Governors believes the prospect of disaccreditation may have influenced Florida State University’s search to replace exiting President John Thrasher. Alan Levine sent a letter to Board of Governors Chancellor Marshall Criser III on Sunday questioning whether a letter from the president of the Southern Ass...

Lawmakers, alumni, school officials back Richard Corcoran for FSU President More than a dozen lawmakers, school officials and associations have sent letters of recommendation supporting Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran for Florida State University President. Corcoran applied for the job earlier this week and is one of nearly two dozen applicants seeking the position currently held by John Thrasher, who announced his retirement in September. Letters obtained by Florida Politics show Co...

Ex-Florida lawmaker says Gaetz fought ‘revenge porn’ law while in Legislature: ‘He thought that any picture was his to use as he wanted’ Orlando Sentinel 2 hrs ago Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel © Stephen M. Dowell/TNS Matt Gaetz, R- Fla., speaks at CPAC at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Florida, on Feb. 26, 2021.. ORLANDO, Fla. — While serving in the Florida Legislature, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz opposed a bill meant to stop people from sharing sexually explicit images...

While serving in the Florida Legislature, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz opposed a bill meant to stop people from sharing sexually explicit images of their ex-lovers because Gaetz believed that recipients of those images had a right to share them, according to the sponsor of the legislation.

Rep. Matt Gaetz fought anti-revenge porn bill in Florida Legislature because he thought sexual pictures of ex-lovers were his to use as he wanted, lawmaker says Tom Goodson, Republican representative of the Florida House from 2010 to 2018, said Gaetz was the main opponent to the legislation   Goodson said Gaetz was absolutely against it because he believed intimate photos were the property of the recipient who had a right to share them  He thought that any picture was his to use as he wanted...

In Florida's version of 'Groundhog Day,' a bill to make the searches for university and college presidents secret keeps happening over and over. Lawmakers need to stop trying to undermine the state's Sunshine Law.