Rebekah Jones was fired from her post in May after she raised questions about Florida’s COVID-19 data. She had been reprimanded several times and was ultimately fired.
A Florida woman fired from her job as a COVID-19 data curator said she'll surrender to authorities Sunday amid an investigation of allegations that she had hacked into the state's emergency response system.
State says troubled domestic violence system âstabilized,â ready for new vendor
But efforts to take back state funds illegally spent by the defunct Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence are tied up in court.
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In this Sept. 28, 2004 photo, Tiffany Carr, executive director of Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, left, speaks at a news conference held by Gov. Jeb Bush, background right. The state says domestic violence services have now âstabilized,â nine months after the state took control of the coalition amid revelations that the agency had misused state and federal funds and paid its executive director more than $7.5 million over three years under Carr, who resigned last year. [ AP ]
The state has agreed to settle a lawsuit that stemmed from unreasonable delays by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office in providing the weekly White House Coronavirus Task Force reports to the South Florida Sun Sentinel and Orlando Sentinel. As part of the settlement, the state has agreed to release the future weekly task force reports within two business days and pay $7,500 in attorney fees.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Lawyers for ousted Florida state data analyst Rebekah Jones have asked the court to order state police to return the computer equipment seized from her home, arguing