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Taxpayer-funded security for Ron DeSantis surged during presidential campaign
Florida spent nearly $10 million on protecting and transporting the DeSantis family in past year
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Orlando Weekly covers Gov. Ron DeSantis with news on education policy, book bans, Disney’s special district, free speech issues, and state politics.
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Gov. DeSantis says he’s ‘moved on’ from feud with Disney, wants company to drop lawsuit
‘I’m not fine with giving extraordinary privileges, you know, to one special company at the exclusion of everybody else,’ DeSantis said.
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After DeSantis suspends Worrell, her chief of staff is fired while on maternity leave
Law enforcement showed up at Keisha Mulfort’s doorstep the day after DeSantis issued an executive order suspending state attorney Monique Worrell
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DeSantis ‘reloads’ presidential run by replacing his campaign manager
Don’t call it a reboot, please — definitely do not think about boots, white boots, boots of any kind
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Kamala Harris refuses ‘unnecessary debate’ with DeSantis on whether slaves benefited from slavery
Harris blasted the new Florida standards as ‘propaganda’ being pushed on children
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Media committee backs Disney in federal-court fight against Florida Gov. DeSantis
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press state retaliation against the entertainment company violated the First Amendment
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‘Marxist studies, that’s not a loss for Florida’: DeSantis shrugs off high faculty turnover at New College
New College has been filling positions that account for nearly a third of the school’s faculty
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Florida Gov. DeSantis uninjured in car crash on way to presidential campaign event
The crash happened Tuesday morning on the way to a presidential-campaign event in Tennessee
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What do Florida’s new ‘whitewashed’ Black history standards mean for the state of education?
An interview with UCF Professor Robert Cassanello, who specializes in Florida’s civil rights history
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Media and advocacy groups take aim at Gov. DeSantis’ ‘executive privilege’ claim
They urged an appeals court to reject arguments that ‘executive privilege’ shields DeSantis’ administration from releasing records
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‘Preposterous’: Disney CEO bites back at DeSantis’ claim that the company is ‘sexualizing children’
Iger also defended the company’s right to question Florida law that restricts instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation in schools
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DeSantis claims Florida’s crime is at a ‘record low.’ But he’s using incomplete data
Orange County stats cover 75% of residents, but 16 counties, comprising 40% of Floridians, reported no numbers at all
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Gov. DeSantis calls request for federal investigation into migrant flights ‘absurd’
Critics have said DeSantis has used migrants as “pawns”
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Judge to hear arguments in lawsuit between Disney and DeSantis over special districting feud
Judge Margaret Schreiber will face a tangle of legal issues as she considers Disney’s request to dismiss — or at least put on hold — the lawsuit
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‘Not on our f*cking watch’: Florida Democratic Party chair releases new party ad blasting state GOP, DeSantis
The 70-second ad blasts the state GOP, blaming the majority party for issues such as unaffordable housing and income inequality in Florida
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Gov. DeSantis says Florida goes ‘even further’ than Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action
His comments came after the U.S. Supreme Court issued rulings that will prevent colleges from using admission practices based on race
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Florida Gov. DeSantis approves another industry-backed bill gutting local tenant protections
Critics have described the bill as predatory, anti-consumer, and a prime example of Big Government trampling local governments’ freedoms.
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DeSantis appeals federal judge’s ruling that blocked Florida law restricting drag shows
Lawyers in Moody’s office filed a motion seeking a stay, which would allow the state to enforce the law except against Hamburger Mary’s
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Judge sides with Disney in stockholder lawsuit over feud with Gov. DeSantis
Attorneys for stockholder Kenneth Simeone filed a lawsuit in December after Disney declined to provide some requested records
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Florida Gov. DeSantis asks judge to dismiss Disney lawsuit against him
DeSantis and Disney began clashing last year after Disney opposed a new law that restricted instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in schools