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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new ‘election police’ make first arrests
To less political fanfare, four residents of The Villages were arrested in December and January for voting more than once.
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Democrats dog Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for courting ‘MAGA Extremists’
‘Is the Governor ‘palling around with fellow MAGA extremists to increase his national profile?’
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants retired cops as teachers
‘Focusing on our heroes.’
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Security costs to protect Florida Gov. DeSantis up 25 percent since last year, says report
Florida taxpayers spent more than $6.097 million during the 2021-2022 fiscal year on protective services for the first family and visiting officials
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Florida’s ‘last resort’ property insurance provider now has over 1 million policies
DeSantis called a special legislative session in May to address the property-insurance system, but problems have persisted.
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Voting rights advocates ask court to reject Florida law banning groups from distributing food and water at polling places
Walker’s March ruling sharply denounced parts of the law.
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Florida Democrats roast DeSantis over Mar-a-Lago raid comments
“He (DeSantis) won’t condemn January 6. But he has no problem attacking the FBI.”
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‘I have no idea what that means’: Federal judge rips Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’
The measure was one of the most-contentious bills during the 2022 legislative session.
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Florida Senate prepares for trial of suspended Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren
Warren, a Democrat, has vowed to fight DeSantis’ effort to ultimately remove him from office.
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Florida moves ahead with banning gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth
If guidelines are finalized, Florida would be the only state in the country where a medical board has barred transgender treatments for adolescents.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis adds nearly $900K more in taxpayer subsidies for reelection
Democratic gubernatorial candidates Charlie Crist and Nikki Fried received a combined total of $516,682.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis says he’ll ‘take a Marine every day of the week’ over someone with an education degree
“You’ve got some people in the media or whatever who are criticizing this.”
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Despite rising cases, DeSantis says Florida will not declare state of emergency over monkeypox
Ladapo added that the state has received about 24,000 doses of vaccines for monkeypox and has distributed roughly 8,500 of those doses.
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DeSantis targets liquor license of Florida restaurant that hosted drag show involving kids
“You can see the same level of skin at the beach too,” Eskamani said.
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PayPal reportedly froze Moms for Liberty assets, now Florida Gov. DeSantis vows to fight companies with ‘woke ideology’
The state is already embroiled in lawsuits over a new law that restricts race-related workplace training and classroom instruction.
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Kellyanne Conway urges Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to give up on 2024 presidential run
“He’s a great Governor, he’s fascinating. He could be a two-term, and he’s got a great sense for the culture warrior part too.”
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Florida Department of Education moves ahead with controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law
The proposed rule published Monday would spell out procedures involving special magistrates.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis receives $3.3 million in tax dollars for his re-election campaign
DeSantis was one of five statewide candidates who received initial draws from the long-controversial matching fund program.
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‘Pandering’: DeSantis Administration responds to Fox News calling out governor over recent foster care checks
“We’re going to fight inflation by fueling inflation with stimulus checks, regardless of who you’re sending them to,” McDowell said. “Again, that’s pandering.”
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Florida Gov. DeSantis targets Biden, Disney, and others at Republican conference
“Big companies based in California do not run the state of Florida,” DeSantis said.