
Ian Hodgson
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Education reporter at @TB_Times & @opencampusmedia • Formerly @columbiajourn and @SouthSideWeekly. (He/Him) • ihodgson at tampabay dot com
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UPDATE: The $10 million to Casey DeSantis' charity was baked into a $67 million settlement with the health giant Centene. Under the settlement made by Florida AHCA, $57 million went back to taxpayers. $10 million went to her charity.


Medicare spending on bandages made out of dried placenta skyrocketed to $10 billion last year, our new The New York Times story finds — possibly representing one of the largest cases of Medicare waste in the program's history. nytimes.com/2025/04/10/hea…

NEW: DeSantis' $10 million donation went to two political committees fighting last year's marijuana ballot initiative. And some of it might have ended up in DeSantis' own political committee. w/Alexandra Glorioso tampabay.com/news/florida-p…




NEW: In its first year, DeSantis' Hope Florida charity gave out less than 5% of what it took in. It also waited at least 5 months before depositing Tampa Electric's $100,000 check. Most donors do big business with the state. w/Alexandra Glorioso: tampabay.com/news/florida-p…


New: Federal Election Commission staff will soon be required to declare their work location in a daily online form. The purpose, per email: 👉Monitor RTO compliance 👉Identify "unused space that may be ripe for disposal" w/ Hannah Natanson Aaron Wiener


NEW: We asked former federal prosecutors about the Hope Florida saga. They ID'd eight possible crimes, from wire fraud to theft of government funds. The charges could carry sentences of decades in prison. w/Alexandra Glorioso, Justin Garcia: tampabay.com/news/florida-p…


University of Florida UF College of Journalism and Communications wins 1st Place overall nationally in writing categories for Hearst Journalism Awards, considered Pulitzers of college reporting. Go, Gators 🐊 hearstawards.org/2024-25-hearst…


This week is the Tampa Bay Times annual fundraiser — and today all donations will be matched up to $50,000. Donate here to support independent, locally owned journalism that holds power to account and creates change: secure.tampabay.com/forms/itsyourt…

The chairman of the board that received $5 million from DeSantis' Hope Florida charity resigned — and said the board was never told about the money. By Alexandra Glorioso: tampabay.com/news/florida-p…


No surprises. Florida Department of Education has named Anastasios Kamoutsas as Florida's next education commissioner, pending the permanent appointment of Manny Diaz Jr. as UWF president. tampabay.com/news/education…