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Florida Files

One question per File.
Every record behind the answer.

A File follows one stream of Florida public money from the ledger to the people it reaches. Files marked “in reporting” are being built from original records and publish when the records are reconciled.

Prisons & detention The Detention File

$417 million owed to immigration-detention vendors, and what those vendors gave in the races for governor, attorney general and CFO.

LiveGovernor · AG · CFO Surveillance License-plate readers, county by county

Which sheriffs and police departments use Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions, Axon and other plate readers, what they pay, and who has pulled back.

Map liveIn reporting Public pay What your county officials are paid

Base salaries of every county’s sheriff, commissioners, clerk, property appraiser, tax collector and supervisor of elections.

LiveAll 67 counties
Energy & land The Data Center File

Proposed and approved data centers in Florida: tax incentives, utility agreements, water and power demand, and who lobbied for them.

In reportingIncentives · lobbying
State spending Where Florida’s checks go

Every state vendor payment published by the Department of Financial Services, fiscal 2009 to 2026, searchable by agency, vendor and county.

In developmentDFS · FACTS

Who’s in the Files

Everyone and every organization that appears in the Florida Files has one permanent page with its records.

Florida FilesCandidates & officials

Offices held or sought, campaign accounts and committees, and the money each reports.

 Florida FilesCommittees, companies & groups

Political committees, PACs, companies, vendors and associations: who funds them, who they fund, and their state registrations.
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