Maxwell: Brodeur vs. Lowndes will show whether scandals matter in Florida
Maxwell: Three people were either convicted or pled to crimes in a scheme meant to help Jason Brodeur win a seat in the Florida Senate in 2020. Now, Brodeur, a…
Maxwell: RJ Mitte made helping kids in Orlando a mission
Maxwell: "Breaking Bad" actor RJ Mitte did so much to help UCP of Central Florida here in Orlando that the nonprofit honored him for all his volunteerism at this year's…
Maxwell: Of 4 Florida judges who want voters to keep them on the bench, 1 should go
Maxwell: Supreme Court Justice Carlos Muñiz is the only appellate judge the Orlando Sentinel’s editorial board recommended retiring from the bench this year. I agree Muñiz and his controversial record…
Commentary: Florida’s devolving position on science standards | Pat Beall
Columnist Pat Beall trains her pen on new Florida school science standards that put evolution and climate change in the back seat.
Maxwell: Scandal-plagued Uthmeier has never been elected. He never should be.
Maxwell: Florida’s unelected attorney general, James Uthmeier, has been surrounded by scandal from the moment he was appointed to the job. Floridians deserve better.
Maxwell: Florida sheriffs, fiscal watchdogs say Amendment 3 is a misleading, financial disaster
Maxwell: Florida sheriffs have been among the loudest critics of Amendment 3, saying the proposed property tax cut would gut public safety budgets and increase response times. Conservative fiscal watchdogs…
Maxwell: Faith-based voucher schools can reject students with disabilities in Florida
Maxwell: A dirty little secret about school “choice” in Florida is that many families of students with disabilities actually have very few choices. Faith-based schools in Florida are allowed to…
Maxwell: Required audits are MIA as DeSantis’ ‘emergency’ spending spree continues
Maxwell: Where are the audits? State law says Florida should’ve long ago audited the billions of tax dollars DeSantis spent on “Alligator Alcatraz” and elsewhere. Yet not a single audit…
Maxwell: Readers sound off on dog doo, nuns, Florida insurance rates, more
Scott Maxwell: Readers sound off about neighbors’ dog doo, Florida’s insurance schemes, a much-missed nun, inhumane heat-safety laws and one particularly vapid and vacuous columnist.
Maxwell: Gray gets campaign boost. Debates get dodged.
Maxwell: After national Democrats snubbed Christian Service Center CEO Eric Gray’s campaign for the Florida Legislature, the state party stepped up to support his bid to win back a seat…