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‘This is illegal’: Florida Democrats blast coming congressional redistricting session
“It is against the Constitution to redraw maps in favor of a party.”
Ron DeSantis
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Advocates fear Florida’s domestic terrorist law could reach beyond Muslim groups
‘Today, bills like this target them. Tomorrow it could be me. But history tells us these measures never stop with just one people.’
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DeSantis says birthright citizenship ‘kind of cheapens the process when you make it a tourist thing’
The Florida governor’s comments come as SCOTUS weighs whether to greenlight Trump’s citizenship ban for certain U.S.-born babies.
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Voting rights groups sue after DeSantis signs bill requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote
HB 991 will take effect Jan. 1, 2027.
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‘I was not involved at all in that race’: DeSantis distances himself from GOP’s Hillsborough special election loss
“I was very clear from the beginning that I was not going to be involved in that, and that’s just kind of the way that the cookie crumbles.”
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DeSantis signs ‘Missy’s Law,’ calls for House impeachment of judge
Impeachments of judges are rare, but the threat of impeachment carries weight.
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DeSantis signs bill to spend $5.5 million to rename Florida airport after Trump
“Republican leaders decided to prioritize wasting five million of your taxpayer dollars on renaming an airport after the President.”
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In Tampa and Mar-a-Lago, Florida Democrats come up big on election night
Brian Nathan, a Navy veteran, union organizer, and first-time candidate, shocked Republican state Rep. Josie Tomkow in Hillsborough County.
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Tampa Police Dept. revises its immigration policies following Florida AG’s warning
James Uthmeier had accused officials last week of implementing ‘sanctuary policies.’
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Florida sheriffs, including Grady Judd, criticize Trump’s mass deportation efforts
“There are those here that are working hard, they have kids in college, are in school, they’re going to church on Sunday, they’re not violating the law, and they’re living the American dream,” he told council members.
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Immigration attorneys say Tampa mayor should ‘stand up’ for residents in wake of removal threat
If Castor challenges the removal, argues one attorney, she could help set precedent for the entire state and force courts to define ambiguous language in statute.
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DeSantis criticizes House for not passing vaccine exemption bill amid measles outbreak
As of March 7, 132 cases have been reported this year. Last year, Florida reported only seven.
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Florida bill banning local governments from ‘net-zero’ policies heads to DeSantis
If signed into law by DeSantis, it would go into effect on July 1.
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DeSantis Administration threatens to remove Tampa mayor from office over alleged ‘sanctuary’ policies at TPD
If Castor is removed before her term is up in May of next year, then the Tampa City Council Chair would become acting mayor, which is currently District 1’s Alan Clendenin.
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DeSantis officials linked to Hope Florida scandal confirmed by Senate
House Republicans investigated the matter last year and found the Hope Florida Foundation had no bylaws and didn’t submit its federal tax returns on time.
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Federal judge blocks DeSantis executive order declaring CAIR a ‘terrorist organization’
CAIR has never been declared a foreign terrorist organization by any federal agency.
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Florida Senate unanimously approves bill to regulate AI data centers
Exact details of the plans, however, such as the exact footprint or technical aspects, could remain under wraps for up to a year.
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Ron DeSantis isn’t quite full
“I will tell you,” said Ron, “Those nachos… I would give ten out of ten.”
