As Gov. Ron DeSantis vows to clean up Washington if elected president, dozens of ethics orders seeking to punish the misdeeds of Florida politicians have been languishing on his desk in Tallahassee.

The governor signed 17 orders last year, but hasn’t acted on 41 other cases. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis cleared part of a backlog of ethics orders punishing the misdeeds of Florida politicians that piled up over two years of inaction, but some high-profile cases are still languishing.