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Carol Marbin Miller accepts award for Miami Herald’s “Innocents Lost” series

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Carol Marbin Miller, one of the writers of the Miami Herald’s “Innocents Lost” investigation, on Monday, accepted the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award for the 2014 series on behalf of the newspaper. Miller and co-writer Audra D.S. Burch spent three years looking into Florida’s child welfare system “by following the lives – and deaths – of children within the system,” according to a news release. They “pored over thousands of documents, uncovering a system that was clearly broken, leaving children unprotected…

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Jeff Greene is continuing libel suit against Times, Herald

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Billionaire Jeff Greene‘s libel suit against the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald newspapers is still on after a court-ordered mediation in the case didn’t result in a settlement. Times attorney Alison Steele, a partner in the St. Petersburg law firm of Rahdert, Steele, Reynolds & Driscoll, told Florida Politics on Tuesday that Steele also has filed an amended complaint in his lawsuit. The new filing “amplified his allegations of a joint venture by the Times and Herald to derail Greene’s Senate candidacy,” she said…

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Beth Reinhard, Brendan Farrington win Sunshine State Awards for coverage of race for US Senate

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Congratulations to Beth Reinhard and Brendan Farrington for their Sunshine State Awards recognizing their work covering the race for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat. About Reinhard, the judges wrote: Reinhard’s tale of Gov. Charlie Crist’s nonstop U.S. Senate campaign gives readers a sense of what it is that makes the formidable Florida politician tick. Using a series of well-sourced, exquisitely detailed anecdotes, this compelling story imparts a sense of the urgency that fuels Crist’s 24-7 drive to raise money and influence voters through a personal,…

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Charlie Crist to Marco Rubio: ‘Welcome to the NFL’

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The Florida Senate race is red hot tonight, with leaks, accusations and counter-accusations. Former Florida Speaker of the House, Marco Rubio, is under fire for charging personal expenses to the Republican Party of Florida. The Miami Herald reports Rubio charged personal expenses such as grocery bills and repairs to the family minivan to his RPOF American Express card. The Rubio campaign didn’t dispute the charges on the whole but rather went on the offensive immediately, accusing their opponent in the…

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Charlie Crist to Marco Rubio: ‘Welcome to the NFL’

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The Florida Senate race is red hot tonight, with leaks, accusations and counter-accusations. Former Florida Speaker of the House, Marco Rubio, is under fire for charging personal expenses to the Republican Party of Florida. The Miami Herald reports Rubio charged personal expenses such as grocery bills and repairs to the family minivan to his RPOF American Express card. The Rubio campaign didn’t dispute the charges on the whole but rather went on the offensive immediately, accusing their opponent in the…

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