Sarah Mueller
ReporterSarah Mueller is a journalist who has worked for media outlets in several states since 2010. She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism in 2010 and worked as a print reporter covering local government and politics. She earned a master’s degree in Public Affairs Reporting in 2016 and began covering state government and politics for public radio member stations in Illinois, Florida and Delaware. Sarah is now a freelance reporter in Florida and is studying documentary filmmaking.
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The Jefferson County School District will no longer have its finances overseen by the state. Jefferson was placed under state financial control for the second time in 2016, a decision that came after years of the district running in the red. The decision to lift the financial restrictions is the latest in Jefferson's effort to regain local control of its schools. -
The Department of Education’s response to the Jefferson County School District's transition plan could make legislation changing how the state grades schools even more critical.
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Legislation further tightening Florida’s voting laws made it through its first committee stop this week. It includes one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ priorities: the inclusion of a 15-person group of investigators to examine possible voting crimes. -
Orenthya Sloan moved his two kids to Leon County schools in 2013 because of the dysfunction he describes in the Jefferson County School District. He says he kept them in Leon because he disliked charter school operator Somerset Academy’s oversight. Now, he’s considering returning his kids to Jefferson, after the Florida Department of Education recently decided to give the district back control over its schools. -
Proposed legislation could make it harder for some outside groups to obtain certain voter application information. -
The Department of Education will allow the Jefferson County School District to regain oversight of its school system after five years of charter school control. The abrupt new development comes on the heels of a failed effort to find another charter school operator for the district. -
Delaware's Department of Education proposed giving public school students the right to choose their own race and gender on school records without parental consent. That was met with much resistance. -
Florida homeless agencies are working to shelter people in the state. But proposed cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development could leave the… -
The Tallahassee Housing Authority is planning to open the waiting list to the low-income housing program and redevelop some public housing units. But cuts… -
Florida Tax Watch is calling for Governor Rick Scott to veto money for more than 100 projects it calls “budget turkeys” that didn’t go through the…
