Jim Ash
Jim Ash is a reporter at WFSU-FM. A Miami native, he is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience, most of it in print. He has been a member of the Florida Capital Press Corps since 1992.
Ash has worked variously as a reporter, columnist and bureau chief. His specialties include state politics, the judicial system and the environment. His career has included coverage of everything from the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and Hurricane Andrew to the Florida presidential recount.
Ash is a graduate of the University of Iowa where he earned a degree in English. He spent his summers interning for newspapers, including the Austin-American Statesman in Texas.
A hiking enthusiast, Ash has explored most of the public trails in California's Big Sur. He is an avid reader who enjoys traveling, exploring the Big Bend, and water sports.
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Taxpayers are on the hook for slightly more than $1 million in legal fees after the state lost its battle to defend the controversial “Docs versus...
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Florida environmentalists are up in arms over the rollback of former President Barack Obama’s expansion of the Clean Water Act. The controversial...
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A No Casinos organizer is expressing his disappointment after Governor Rick Scott rejected warning labels for Florida Lottery tickets.
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Former U.S. Sen. and Florida Gov. Bob Graham says the Legislature’s decision not to fund Florida Forever is a blatant violation of Amendment 1, the 2014...
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After a sometimes chaotic and heated debate, the Constitution Revision Commission on Tuesday adopted compromise ground rules that open government...
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Activists are abandoning a federal challenge of Florida’s water quality standards after the Trump Administration refused to step in.
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Elections experts say Florida lawmakers dropped the ball when it comes to improving voter security.
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The Florida Supreme Court will weigh in on red light cameras after the Legislature decided not to pull the plug.
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Progressive groups are keeping a close eye on the Constitution Revision Commission, and this week, they’re more worried than ever. It's the prestigious...
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The war chest for Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam continues to swell as the leading GOP contender for governor wraps up his official first...
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Open government advocates are urging Governor Rick Scott to veto a measure that would seal nearly three million criminal records from public view. The...
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Florida judges can’t use videoconferencing to involuntarily commit the mentally ill, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday.