Florida Center for Government Accountability

The case has focused, at least in part, on requests by an open-government group for phone or text logs that could provide information about communications by DeSantis Chief of Staff James Uthmeier.

Even projecting hateful messages onto a private building might not lead to an arrest, legal experts say.

The Florida Center for Government Accountability claims the Florida Department of Transportation and a state contractor did not comply with public records requests.

In backing a Leon County judge, the appeals court panel said the department had not demonstrated that the decision “would result in irreparable harm.”

Marshall Goodman left both USF Polytechnic and Collier County amid financial questions.