The Paradise Progressive

25/11/2025

FL Toplines:
AllAlc settlement? Carmine’s critics; Fishback v Byron; Jolly boost; Trump library lawsuit; bear decision; Dems v license readers

25/11/2025

AllAlc: A judge seeks a middle way for the Collier County concentration camp.

A federal judge in Florida wants civil rights attorneys and lawyers for the U.S. and Florida to hammer out a settlement in a lawsuit over whether detainees at an immigration center in the Everglades are getting adequate access to attorneys.

25/11/2025

Attorney General Pam Bondi's Justice Department may have cleared Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno, but residents want accountabilitty.

After a pivotal update in a yearlong investigation, a small but committed group said they gathered on the corner in front of the sheriff’s office to make sure the conversation continues.

25/11/2025

Rep. Byron Donalds is not going to have the nearly unopposed road to the governor's mansion that he once enjoyed.

A 30-year-old political newcomer, who acknowledges that he’s skipped voting in past Republican primaries, entered the GOP primary for governor Monday by comparing the President Donald Trump-endorsed candidate Byron Donalds, who is Black, to a “slave.” James Fishback met with reporters shortly ...

25/11/2025

A major move on the Democratic side in the race for governor.

Mercado's support could help Jolly as he faces Democratic opposition from Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings.

25/11/2025

Trump's library is not a done deal.

A trial has been set for August 2026 in a lawsuit challenging the transfer of prime Miami real estate to be used for President Donald Trump's presidential library.

25/11/2025

In case you missed it: The hunt will go on.

Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade will take place as scheduled next month after a state judge on Monday denied a motion by a conservation group to stop it from taking place. Leon County Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey denied the temporary preliminary injunction sought by Bear Warriors United, whi...

25/11/2025

Follow-up on the reports of license plate readers being erected to track migrants, as in Cape Coral.

Democratic lawmakers are questioning the legality of a U.S. Border Patrol program that uses predictive intelligence to detain drivers for suspicious travel. Sen.

24/11/2025

FL Toplines:
AllAlc protest arrests; Collier mining ops; FL DOGE pushback; school voucher problems & Sen bill

24/11/2025

Over the weekend there were arrests of protesters at the entrance to Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp.

Also noteworthy: A major "Remove the Regime" protest in Washington, DC on Saturday protesting Trump's treatment of the city, which received no media coverage in SWFL.

Several dozen people were arrested Saturday at the Everglades detention facility in eastern Collier County. Members of the Sunrise Movement organization, which promotes action on climate change issues, were protesting at the detention center on U.S. 41 Saturday afternoon.

24/11/2025

Who knew that there were active mining operations in Collier County - or that the county wouldn't lift a finger to protect residents?

On Sept. 14, 2023, in the outskirts of Naples, a chain of timed explosions tore through limestone rock on farm land owned by West Palm Beach billionaire

24/11/2025

Gov. Ron DeSantis finally goes on the record against President Donald Trump's plan to exploit oil in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Gov. Ron DeSantis warned Friday that President Donald Trump's push to drill off the Florida coast could "weaken" environmental protections and obfuscate military training.