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DeSantis sent his original proposal to the Legislature just five days before it was scheduled to meet in a special session to take it up. The final product omits DeSantis’ proposal to include a trust fund from which the state would provide grants to local governments that lack funding in certain essential services. The governor said that with the state’s existing “massive sur...

President Donald Trump remarked that he forgot to consider congressional input regarding the new Iran deal, rhetoric that mirrors a broad pattern of expanding executive overreach. The U.S. Constitution establishes a system of separated powers where the legislature serves as a coequal branch. Disregarding this framework sidelines elected representatives, isolates the public fr...

A Flagler County judge granted 29-year-old Shantana Grayson a $66,500 bond following surprise testimony from her boyfriend, the alleged victim. Grayson faced five felony charges, including a charge punishable by life in prison and three counts of child neglect causing harm. Her victim and boyfriend testified that the domestic incident was exaggerated in the arrest report. The...

The Flagler Beach City Commission yet again tabled the site plan for a planned three-story, eight-unit vacation rental building at 1708 South Ocean Shore Boulevard until July 16, but not because it doesn't want to approve it. It is only seeking further tweaks. Developer Ted Barnhill moved the primary parking lot to front State Road A1A to alleviate traffic in a narrow rear di...

A circuit judge denied bond to Antonio Figueroa-Acevedo, 30, following the filing of a charge for the armed rape of his ex-girlfriend in Bunnell on June 12, among seven charges. Figueroa-Acevedo is a federal felon on probation. Four of his seven charges carry life sentences. The defense attorney questioned the victim's account during the two-hour hearing even as the prosecuti...