Florida

Larry Ellison Buys $277 Million Florida Resort Near Mar-a-Lago, $450M Total Investment

| Importance: 7/10

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison purchased the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa in Manalapan, Florida, for $277 million in August 2024, bringing his total real estate investment in the exclusive 400-resident island town to $450 million. Located approximately 20 minutes from Donald Trump’s …

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Florida Legislature Enacts "Poll Tax" Requiring Payment of Fines to Undermine Amendment 4

| Importance: 9/10

Governor Ron DeSantis signs Senate Bill 7066 into law, requiring people with felony convictions to pay all fines, fees, court costs, and restitution before regaining voting rights—directly undermining the intent of Amendment 4, which Florida voters approved with 65% support just seven months …

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Florida Voters Approve Amendment 4 Restoring Voting Rights to 1.4 Million with Felony Convictions

| Importance: 8/10

Florida voters approve Amendment 4 by 64.55%, automatically restoring voting rights to an estimated 1.4 million Floridians with past felony convictions who have completed their sentences. The constitutional amendment represents the largest expansion of voting rights in the United States since the …

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Pam Bondi Receives Illegal $25,000 Trump Foundation Donation During Trump University Investigation

| Importance: 9/10

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s political committee “And Justice for All” received a $25,000 donation from the Donald J. Trump Foundation on September 17, 2013, just four days after her office announced it was reviewing complaints about Trump University and might join New …

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Pam Bondi Fires Foreclosure Fraud Investigators After Campaign Donations from Lender Processing Services

| Importance: 9/10

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi pressured two senior prosecutors, June Clarkson and Theresa Edwards, to resign from their positions leading the state’s investigation into foreclosure fraud and robo-signing by major banks and mortgage servicers. The attorneys had uncovered massive fraud …

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Pam Bondi Serves as Florida AG 2011-2019, Never Prosecutes Epstein Despite Mounting Evidence

| Importance: 9/10

Throughout Pam Bondi’s eight-year tenure as Florida Attorney General (2011-2019), mounting evidence against Jeffrey Epstein became public—including plane flight logs, victim lawsuits, and challenges to the controversial 2008 plea deal—yet Bondi never initiated state prosecution or opened a …

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Florida Disenfranchises 1.4 Million Citizens Through Felony Voting Bans, Highest Rate in Nation

| Importance: 8/10

By 2000, Florida disenfranchises an estimated 1.4 million citizens who have felony convictions—nearly a quarter of all disenfranchised people with felony records in the entire United States. Florida’s lifetime voting ban for people with felony convictions, rooted in post-Civil War efforts to …

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