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Ashley Moody Sponsored a Bill to Block Lawsuits by Workers Dying of Silicosis. The Family Behind the Biggest Maker of the Stone Gave Her Victory Fund $24,000.

Ashley Moody Sponsored a Bill to Block Lawsuits by Workers Dying of Silicosis. The Family Behind the Biggest Maker of the Stone Gave Her Victory Fund $24,000.

Florida Sen. Ashley Moody is the sponsor of a bill that would give makers of quartz countertops the kind of lawsuit shield gun makers get — while stone workers, including one in Tampa, are dying of a lung disease from cutting it. The CEO of America's largest quartz maker and his son gave her victory fund $24,000, and $14,000 of it went on to her campaign.

Byron Donalds Wants to Be the Governor Who Signs Florida's School Budget. His Wife's Companies Have Taken $30 Million From Taxpayer-Funded Charter Schools.

Byron Donalds Wants to Be the Governor Who Signs Florida's School Budget. His Wife's Companies Have Taken $30 Million From Taxpayer-Funded Charter Schools.

Five state-funded charter schools have paid more than $30 million to companies run by Erika Donalds, and one is about to pay $15.7 million more. Byron Donalds's own disclosures show most of the family's wealth comes from her companies — and he wants to be the governor who signs the school budget.