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Disney bites back with numbers, facts to refute DeSantis’ rationale for ‘hostile takeover’
‘In 2022 … the Walt Disney Company was the largest single taxpayer in Central Florida.’
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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 announces plan to revoke Reedy Creek development agreement
DeSantis said his hand-picked board to replace the former Reedy Creek leaders will consider how undeveloped Disney land can be used
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Florida lawmakers approve death penalty bill to end unanimous jury recommendations
The bill would affect only the sentencing process and not what is known as the “guilt phase” of murder cases
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Florida bill would hide from public certain guests who visit Gov. DeSantis’ mansion
The bill also would shield travel records of the governor and other state leaders
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Gov. DeSantis puts millions toward I-75 expansion to accommodate new Central Florida Buc-ee’s location
The governor called Buc-ee’s the ‘Shangri-La of service stations’
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Gov. DeSantis asks Florida Supreme Court to toss out Andrew Warren’s case
Attorneys wrote that a petition filed by Warren at the Supreme Court ‘presents quintessential political questions’
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Gov. DeSantis signs Florida’s ‘constitutional carry’ gun bill into law
The bill will do away with a decades-old licensing process, including background checks and training
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Florida’s constitutional carry gun law gets final approval, heads to Gov. DeSantis
The bill would allow people to carry concealed weapons without having to meet requirements such as firearms training and background screening
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Gov. DeSantis signs bill to expand school voucher program to all Florida students
The bill will make every Florida student eligible to receive vouchers and eliminates current income-eligibility requirements
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Gov. DeSantis’ travel records would be kept secret from the public under new bill
Senate bill sponsor Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, said disclosure of information about the governor’s travel could expose security operations