US EditionDeSantis defends $10 million donation from state agency settlement to charity linked to his wife
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis defended the $10 million donation from a state agency settlement to a charity founded by his wife, Casey DeSantis.
- House Republicans questioned the donation to the Hope Florida initiative during a hearing, highlighting the use of taxpayer funds.
- Republican Representative Alex Andrade stated that the $10 million was state money and raised concerns over the donation.
- DeSantis claimed the settlement was '100% appropriate,' criticizing lawmakers for seeking negative reflections on it.
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Ron DeSantis Unfazed: ‘We’re Not Giving An Inch’ Amid Florida Scandal! – Knowhere News
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is facing mounting scrutiny over a $10 million donation to a nonprofit linked to his wife, First Lady Casey DeSantis. The donation, originating from a Medicaid overbilling settlement, has sparked bipartisan criticism and raised questions about transparency and political influence. The Hope Florida Controversy In 2024, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) reached a $67 million settlement with Cen…
Hope Florida Foundation OK’s Changes Amid Scrutiny
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Seeking to “restore confidence” in its mission, directors of an embattled foundation affiliated with First Lady Casey DeSantis’ signature Hope Florida welfare-assistance program on Thursday agreed to strengthen the nonprofit’s structure amid widening scrutiny by the Florida House. The Hope Florida Foundation Inc. directors finalized the changes in an online meeting that had to be aborted ear…
Oversight Isn’t Treason: The House Doesn’t Owe DeSantis Loyalty—It Owes Floridians Accountability - Miami Independent
Image by Gage Skidmore Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Truth Social, Gettr, Twitter, Youtube It takes a special kind of entitlement to call legislative oversight treachery. But here we are in Florida, where asking basic questions about a $10 million payout to a nonprofit linked to the First Lady is enough to provoke fury from Governor Ron DeSantis and his shrinking circle of loyalists. The controversy over the Hope Florida Fo…
DeSantis' marijuana campaign gets $10 million from Hope Florida
Large marijuana grow operation – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by Canna Obscura The Hope Florida Foundation reversed course and donated $5 million each to groups that donated millions to a political committee that supported the governor’s anti-marijuana campaign, just weeks after the DeSantis administration diverted $10 million from a legal Medicaid settlement to a charity led by the first lady. The payments, which are detailed in campaign fina…
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Florida CourierDeSantis administration wants to inject Hope Florida into Medicaid program
TALLAHASSEE — The DeSantis administration wants to do for Florida Medicaid recipients what it’s been trying to do for people on food stamps and welfare — use Hope Florida’s network of nonprofits to help wean them off government assistance. The Agency for Health Care Administration, one of the agencies that falls under the governor’s authority, says it will accomplish that goal by stitching Hope Florida — a loosely-structured state program spearh…
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