Florida Governor Ron DeSantis entered the 2024 presidential race with swagger, high expectations and $130 million in the bank. An inside look at how his campaign fell apart -- > by Nancy Cook, Felipe Marques & Anna J Kaiser for Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

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Happy 1 year at Bloomberg Bloomberg to me! Grateful for good colleagues and good stories 🫶

Remeber The Clevelander's proposal to put a 30-story Live Local project on Ocean Dr? They came to Miami Beach with a new offer: They'll ditch their entertainment license & their Live Local project if MB allows them to build 2 12-story luxury condo towers bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Apple is moving into a new 45,000 square foot office in the Miami area. Story with Anna J Kaiser: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Florida A&M is contending with questions about lax internal controls amid rising doubts about a $238 million gift to the 136-year-old, historically Black public university. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… w/ Anna J Kaiser Amanda Albright and Shelly Hagan

Billionaire Jorge Perez has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to make Miami a magnet for the arts. Now, he says, Florida Ron DeSantis is undoing his efforts with the stroke of a pen bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Wealth Michael Smith Anna J Kaiser

Ken Griffin, a major donor to Republican politicians, is backing the reelection of Miami-Dade County’s Democratic mayor bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics Anna J Kaiser

Ken Griffin on Daniella Levine Cava (as seen in a Bloomberg story by Anna J Kaiser)

Trump teased Senator Marco Rubio as his running mate on Tuesday. When discussing a plan to have Congress vote to exclude tipped wages from taxes, he said: “Marco… Well, you may or may not be there to vote for it, but you’ll be involved.” w Anna J Kaiser bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Trump’s defiance after an assassination attempt motivated some of his most ardent supporters to flock near Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. Anna J Kaiser explains trib.al/0cPq0fZ

Sources: a16z has shut its Miami office in May because staff weren't using it enough; VC funding to Miami-based companies has flagged since 2022's crypto rout (@annajkaiser / Bloomberg) bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240904/p20#a24…

Two years after opening it, the VC firm Andreessen Horowitz has exited its Miami office bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Palm Beach Asks for Help After Spending $93,000 a Day to Protect Trump bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Tornadoes in Fort Pierce, Florida, caused by Hurricane Milton destroyed homes, damaged neighborhoods and killed at least six people, underlining how some of the effects of such storms can be hard to predict. Anna J Kaiser has more trib.al/LGkI4t5

In Florida’s weed wars, the big money is going against Governor Ron DeSantis and the financier of his anti-cannabis crusade, billionaire Ken Griffin trib.al/GhGR9Im

"A grocery delivery man was turned away by the FBI. He snapped photos to prove that he tried to complete the delivery. `I guess I’ll be keeping these groceries for myself,' he shrugged." bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The Brightline train in Florida can get you from Miami to Orlando in just three and a half hours. But it's making investors nervous. Take a trip with Anna J Kaiser as she explains why bloom.bg/3HaT8hW