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Kate Payne

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 29, 2026
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Jul 16, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Kate Payne | The Florida Trib

    How AI-powered bungling by Florida cops cost a father his freedom and $45,000 (opens the original)

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    The supermarket assistant manager was working a day shift in Jacksonville when he stepped out of the store’s office and saw two sheriff’s deputies talking with his boss – who then pointed directly at him. The officers walked over to the man and told him to place his hands behind his back, slapping him in cuffs in front of customers and coworkers. In a humiliating ritual, the assistant manager was marched out the door, hauled downtown for an interrogation, and accused of a despicable crime. Brush

  2. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Kate Payne/The Florida Trib

    This state agency owes millions in immigration bills; Lawmakers just cut a check (opens the original)

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    Editor's note: This story was originally published by The Florida Trib. The state agency that quietly signed away an estimated $1 billion in taxpayer funds for immigration enforcement finally produced a state-mandated public accounting Friday of its staggering emergency spending — nearly two months late. The Florida Division of Emergency Management had blown through the July 15 deadline set in state law to open the books on the state’s Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund, originally set asi

  3. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Kate Payne | The Florida Trib

    This state agency owes millions in immigration bills. Florida lawmakers just cut a check (opens the original)

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    The state agency that quietly signed away an estimated $1 billion in taxpayer funds for immigration enforcement finally produced a state-mandated public accounting Friday of its staggering emergency spending — nearly two months late. The Florida Division of Emergency Management had blown through the July 15 deadline set in state law to open the books on the state’s Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund, originally set aside for recovery from disasters like hurricanes and wildfires. This past

  4. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Kate Payne | The Florida Trib

    Democrats want to impeach Uthmeier, but accountability may rest with the voters (opens the original)

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    James Uthmeier, Florida’s appointed attorney general, has aggressively wielded the power of his office against duly elected officials he believes stepped out of line – but after he was a focus of the highly critical Hope Florida grand jury report, he rebuffed questions and denied culpability. Uthmeier, who was named to his post by Gov. Ron DeSantis last February, has threatened mayors, county commissioners and state attorneys with removal from office for failing to meet his legal standards, and

  5. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Kate Payne/The Florida Trib

    Where are they now? Key actors in Hope Florida scandal got promoted (opens the original)

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    This story was originally published by The Florida Trib. 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 to a copy of the grand jury’s findings first reported by CBS News Miami. The $10 million was owed to Florida’s taxpayers, the grand jury found, but state officials carved the funds out of a larger $67 million settlement with the health

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