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‘We will make housing more attainable,’ and other remarks from new Florida House Speaker Paul Renner
Renner spoke to the House during an organization session. Here are his remarks.
Ron DeSantis
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‘Change starts right here and right now’: Florida Democrats look to ‘Long Game’ to rebuild
Democrats only hold 35 of 120 House seats and 12 of 40 Senate seats.
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Florida House Speaker says it’s ‘a good idea’ to change law so DeSantis can stay on as governor if he runs for president
New House Speaker Paul Renner said it was a “good idea” for the Legislature to alter Florida’s “resign-to-run” law.
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‘Positively dystopian’: Judge blocks Florida’s anti-woke law for universities
Walker made several references to the author George Orwell in Thursday’s ruling, using a quote from “1984” to open his opinion.
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DNC launches ‘new embed program’ to hire staff in Florida ahead of 2024 election
“These embeds will focus on driving local coverage and bracketing GOP candidates,” a DNC news release said.
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Florida judge says Martha’s Vineyard migrant flights lawsuit needs changes
Judge Cooper on Monday said Pizzo’s lawsuit needs to be more specific.
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Nikki Fried calls for federal probe to investigate Trump’s involvement in Florida’s 2018 election
Trump said in a social-media post Thursday that he helped DeSantis secure his 2018 gubernatorial victory.
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It wasn’t the ‘red wave’ pundits predicted, but what’s here is still pretty bad
Informed Dissent.
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‘We won’t accept any imitation’: Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz sides with Trump over DeSantis in 2024
“We shouldn’t bench our star quarterback at halftime.”
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Nicole leaves thousands without power across Tampa Bay
Yesterday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said 16,000 linemen would be available to help restore power.
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Florida Democrats are really bad at this
We look forward to the 2026 gubernatorial race between Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Randy Fine.
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Charlie Crist, Janet Cruz among election losses for Tampa Bay Democrats
There have been a few bright spots.
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Nearly 4.92 million Floridians cast votes ahead of Election Day
The data showed that 2,125,330 registered Republicans and 1,809,482 registered Democrats had voted.
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Before his battles with the Mouse, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was married at Walt Disney World
The governor continues to score points against the supposedly woke megacorp, but he held his wedding in their park
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Opponents try again to block Florida’s so-called ‘don’t say gay’ law
The challenge, filed Thursday in the Northern District of Florida, argues that the plaintiffs have suffered “concrete harms” from the law.
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‘I know he had a rough night, but I’m happy to give him a do-over’: Charlie Crist wants more debates with Ron DeSantis
This isn’t a new stance for Crist, who sought multiple debates to no avail earlier in the campaign.
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Crist, DeSantis clash over immigration, Biden, abortion and more in Florida debate
Outside the theater, hundreds of DeSantis and Crist supporters paraded in the hours before the debate.
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In the race for Florida governor, it’s either Crist or the big adult baby boy currently in charge
There’s no such thing as a ‘perfect candidate.’
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Florida Gov. DeSantis tells court he shouldn’t have to testify under oath over Andrew Warren suspension
The governor has talked to the media at length about why he suspended Warren, but doesn’t want to give a legally binding statement.
