On Dec. 18, 2007, the school board in Pinellas Country, Florida, voted to abandon integration. They justified the decision with bold promises: Schools in poor, black neighborhoods would get more money, more staff, more resources. They delivered none of that. A 5-part investigation.
How $100 million in cuts created chaos in Florida’s mental hospitals.
Leonora LaPeter Anton, Michael Braga, Anthony Cormier Tampa Bay Times Nov 2015 15min Permalink
A snitch comes clean.
Peter Jamison Tampa Bay Times Dec 2014 20min Permalink
For more than a century, boys were sent to the Florida School for Boys reformatory. Many were beaten brutally and bear the physical and psychological scars to this day. Many others, though, never came home.
A search for lost boys and the reasons why they died.
A neglected cemetery yields more bodies than expected, but names are harder to find.
Ben Montgomery Tampa Bay Times Dec 2014 50min Permalink
A profile of Florida’s former (and perhaps future) governor.
Adam C. Smith, Michael Kruse Tampa Bay Times Aug 2014 40min Permalink
A profoundly neglected 6-year-old gets a new home.
Lane DeGregory Tampa Bay Times Jul 2008 25min Permalink
How good is Julian Newman, really?
Michael Kruse Tampa Bay Times Feb 2014 10min Permalink
Orlando’s suburbs become an accidental testing ground.
Michael Kruse Tampa Bay Times Jan 2014 10min Permalink
Newton Murray got his first job in 1926. He’s seldom missed a day of work since.
Lane DeGregory Tampa Bay Times Jul 2013 10min Permalink
On the lonely life of a for-profit pageant queen.
Lane DeGregory Tampa Bay Times Jul 2013 10min Permalink
