Tag: Ron DeSantis
DeSantis accused of playing politics as Florida shatters executions record
Death penalty opponents have decried an unprecedented surge in executions ordered by Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, after…
Florida governor’s race revives GOP’s old Obamacare battle
MIAMI — Florida’s 2026 governor’s race is reviving one of Republicans’ most painful public policy debates: what to…
New College of Florida? Time to privatize it
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ experiment with New College of Florida was intended to excise DEI (and DEI-adjacent gender studies)…
How did Florida’s Schools of Hope debate arise?
The big story: The news that select charter schools have every intention to take advantage of a new…
Florida politician faces backlash over calls for mass deportation of Indians
A city councilmember in Florida is facing backlash from national Indian American organizations, members of Congress, and local…
New Florida push for legalized pot runs into a familiar foe
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — The last battle to legalize marijuana in the nation’s third-largest state triggered lawsuits, fingerpointing and…
Amid Hope Florida grand jury probe, key questions still unanswered
TALLAHASSEE — A grand jury convened in Tallahassee this week for at least two days of testimony relating…
Florida’s DOGE knockoff has the same blemishes as the original
Florida’s knockoff of Donald Trump’s inefficient Department of Government Efficiency appears to be following the playbook of its…
Florida sets execution date for man who raped and murdered 6-year-old girl in 1979
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of raping and killing a 6-year-old girl in central Florida is…
a DeSantis loyalist is going after ‘waste’ in Democratic cities
The words of Blaise Ingoglia, the Ron DeSantis loyalist handpicked to lead the Republican Florida governor’s Doge-style assault…
Inside Uthmeier’s path to a critical Trump endorsement in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — It turns out that Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has his own art of the…
St. Petersburg to vote on flags for LGBTQ+ and Black communities after DeSantis erases murals
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Florida city of St. Petersburg, long a bastion of LGBTQ+ rights and…