Sun Sentinel Editorial Board

"Doing good while doing well" is a time-honored phrase in Tallahassee. It's supposed to mean making a tidy profit while also serving one's community. But when lawmakers get involved, it can mean significant conflicts of interest.

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Editorial: A senator’s lucrative but questionable insurance sideline

November 15, 2023 at 5:30 a.m.

"Doing good while doing well" is a time-honored phrase in Tallahassee. It's supposed to mean making a tidy profit while also serving one's community. But when lawmakers get involved, it...

Gov. Ron DeSantis' "crackdown on Communist China" is filled with contradictions of the governor's own making, including his Department of Emergency Management leasing a plane manufactured by a Chinese company.

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Ron DeSantis’ China ‘crackdown’ and its contradictions | Editorial

November 12, 2023 at 5:30 a.m.

Gov. Ron DeSantis' "crackdown on Communist China" is filled with contradictions of the governor's own making, including his Department of Emergency Management leasing a plane manufactured by a Chinese company.

The cases of Leonard Cure, who spent 16 years in prison for someone else’s Broward robbery and Robert DuBoise of Tampa, who did 37 years for a rape and murder he did not commit, shows the need for conviction review units in all Florida courts.

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Too little, too late for two gross injustices | Editorial

June 23, 2023 at 5:30 a.m.

The cases of Leonard Cure, who spent 16 years in prison for someone else’s Broward robbery and Robert DuBoise of Tampa, who did 37 years for a rape and murder...

No one is above the law, though Donald Trump's followers and even his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination feel he should be.

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The United States v. Donald J. Trump | Editorial

June 13, 2023 at 5:30 a.m.

No one is above the law, though Donald Trump's followers and even his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination feel he should be.

Florida's permitless carry law will go into effect July 1, in a state in which thousands already die each year at the wrong end of a gun.

High-flying governor is in a safer place | Editorial

May 2, 2023 at 5:30 a.m.

Florida's permitless carry law will go into effect July 1, in a state in which thousands already die each year at the wrong end of a gun.

Even in death, a child is still being victimized | Editorial

March 18, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.

Florida failed Nubia in every way possible. It was the social workers who pushed her and her twin brother into the arms of Jorge and Carmen Barahona; the system that...

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Defaulting on democracy, simply to score points | Editorial

January 27, 2023 at 4:53 p.m.

Don't count on spending your income tax refund just yet. That's one of the first hits the public is likely to take now that the Chaos Caucus in the U.S....

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A last chance to decide the fate of Florida — and future elections | Editorial

November 8, 2022 at 10:29 a.m.

It's Election Day — the last chance voters will have to make their voices count in 2022. By this time tomorrow, we'll know a lot more about what Florida and...

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Stark contrast between DeSantis and Crist in so many ways | Editorial

November 4, 2022 at 4:39 p.m.

The most important race for governor in Florida history will be decided on Tuesday when voters choose between Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Charlie Crist. Rarely in the history of...

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Blame bad state law for UF fiasco, not Sasse | Editorial

October 19, 2022 at 9:07 p.m.

Florida's secretive new university presidential search law is a colossal failure, and a greater insult to the public than expected. First at Florida International University and now at the University...

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