Kate Payne

Though appointed and not elected to his current position as CFO, Ingoglia has not shied away from using his post to publicly ridicule the spending decisions of local governments.

Data centers have become a political lightning rod across the country, galvanizing a bipartisan outpouring of opposition from residents alarmed by the sheer scale of the energy and water needed to run the facilities, which are used to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing. In calls with investors,

The case before Florida’s Public Service Commission is weighing whether Duke Energy plans to do enough to shield customers from the costs of data centers.

Despite finding the $10 million was misappropriated, the grand jury said there was “insufficient evidence” to charge anyone criminally – because no one would admit to orchestrating the scheme.

An explosive grand jury report found officials in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “misappropriated” $10 million from a state Medicaid settlement “as part of a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities,” according

A new state law seeks to ensure that ratepayers at large aren’t handed the tab for utilities’ data centers required to serve the boom in artificial

An explosive grand jury report found officials in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “misappropriated” $10 million from a state Medicaid settlement “as part of a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities,” according

Uthmeier, now under fire for his role in the Hope Florida scandal, has previously threatened mayors, county commissioners, and state attorneys with removal from office for failing to meet his legal standards.

,The emergency preparedness fund was originally set aside for recovery from hurricanes and other natural disasters. This past year, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration used much of the money to build and operate the now-shuttered Everglades immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”

Editor's note: This story was originally published by The Florida Trib.