Oversight performed by the state agency created to police Florida’s long-troubled professional guardians is so poor that one of the state’s top auditors likened it to allowing students to grade themselves. miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

Last member of LA Times editorial board takes buyout: “I’m leaving because I did not know what the future was for a one-woman editorial board,” Carla Hall said in an interview. cjr.org/business_of_ne… via @cjr

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NEW: A Florida prosecutor bolstered a 'weak' murder case by using a witness who had given false testimony in a previous murder trial, and three jailhouse informants. Two informants have now admitted their testimony that sent a man to Death Row was false. jaxtrib.org/2025/03/17/how…

There’s a vast difference between the cultural acceptance & impact of Trump 45 v. Trump 47

Despite politicians touting progress, Los Angeles has only issued three permits for wildfire rebuilds and debris removal is expected to drag on for many months. reason.com/2025/04/08/slo…

The City of Homestead — home to a large population of migrant farmworkers — will deputize its police for immigration enforcement. miaminewtimes.com/news/homestead…

New: The $10M steered to Hope Florida by the state was Medicaid money, document shows, w/Lawrence Mower miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

Newly released domestic violence accusations. Suspicions of human-trafficking. Alleged gang affiliations. The court & police records of Kilmar Abrego Garcia make it even less likely the Trump admin will free him w/Brittany Gibson axios.com/2025/05/01/kil…

ICYMI: Studies find CASA prolongs #fostercare & increases chances children will age out with no home. So put facts before white savior narratives – this is one program that *should* be cut: nccprblog.org/2025/05/in-hop… #childwelfare #fostercare #childabuse

Missouri’s system for providing legal representation to families ensnared in the foster care system is highly decentralized, relying on county-level funding and operating with little state oversight, a months-long The Independent || bsky @missouriindependent.com investigation found. missouriindependent.com/2025/05/12/mis…

More outstanding journalism from the Missouri Independent: This time, what happens when children are torn from their homes and their families are, literally, defense-less: missouriindependent.com/2025/05/12/mis…

BREAKING: Less than a day after Susie Wiles spoke out against the controversial proposal to exchange 600 acres of protected land in St. Johns County’s Guana Preserve for conservation land elsewhere, the developer has withdrawn its application. news4jax.com/news/local/202…

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LAUNCH! SpaceX Falcon 9 B1075-18 launches Starlink Group 11-16 from SLC-4E, Vandenberg. Overview: nasaspaceflight.com/2025/05/launch… Live:

ICYMI: NCCPR in Rhode Island Current: In a state that tears apart families at a rate double the national average “Wrongful removal leads to #childabuse tragedies, artificial ‘shortage’ of foster parents” rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/05/20/wro…