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DeSantis blasts Florida House Republicans’ property tax panel as ‘dog and pony show’
‘It’s honestly not that hard to do any of this stuff,’ DeSantis said
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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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DeSantis says he’ll sign bill banning fluoride from drinking water in Florida
‘It’s forced medication when they’re jamming fluoride into your water supply,’ DeSantis said
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Gov. DeSantis says Florida House is the ‘least productive’ in modern history
House Speaker Daniel Perez has dismissed DeSantis’s displeasure, saying he is ’emotional’
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Senate won’t confirm two of DeSantis’s top health care secretaries with Hope Florida ties
Of the more than 200 gubernatorial appointees for the Senate to consider this session, roughly 150 are still awaiting action, says Sen. Don Gaetz
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DeSantis signs ‘Gulf of America’ bills to rewrite state laws, require new school materials
‘In Florida, we will always put America first,’ said Sen. Nick DiCeglie
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DeSantis says Florida House Republicans, ‘liberal media’ are running a smear campaign against him and his wife
His accusations came just before another Florida House hearing on the workings of Hope Florida
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DeSantis thinks Florida can handle emergencies without federal funds
The governor’s comments came after the Trump administration cut nearly $300 million for flooding and hurricane relief projects across the state
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DeSantis supports plan to cut sales tax for clothing under $75 in Florida
The governor has been slamming House Speaker Perez’s sales tax plan for weeks
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Amid scrutiny, DeSantis says $10 million payment to his wife’s Hope Florida program is not illegal but a ‘cherry on top’
DeSantis lashed out at press reports over Hope Florida and asserted that House Republicans were orchestrating negative coverage of the program
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Florida universities face sweeping state audit under DeSantis’ DOGE mandate
The data request is the first major operational move since DeSantis’ executive order in February creating Florida DOGE
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed for child labor rollbacks behind the scenes, records show
Email communications first obtained by Orlando Weekly through a public records request show that staffers from DeSantis’s office emailed draft legislation for Republican lawmakers to file.
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DeSantis says his recent trip to Legoland shows Canadians are still vacationing in Florida
‘And I’m like, “I thought you guys weren’t coming to Florida anymore.”‘
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Florida Gov. DeSantis pushes back on proposal to cut sales taxes
‘People, for one, are not clamoring for sales tax relief. They’re clamoring for property tax relief,’ DeSantis said
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UCF president welcomes DeSantis’ promise to cut ‘wasteful spending’ through Florida DOGE
UCF is Florida’s largest public university by enrollment, with an operating budget of $2 billion.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis has ideas to offset proposed property tax cuts
‘Tax the tourists. Tax some of the foreigners,’ DeSantis said this week
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DeSantis to speak alongside Trump border czar Tom Homan at New College of Florida event
The event takes place two years after DeSantis transformed the small, formerly progressive liberal-arts campus into a beacon of conservatism
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Florida civil, voting rights groups condemn DeSantis’ push to restrict ballot initiatives
Groups including Equal Ground, the ACLU of Florida and the NAACP Florida State Conference defended Floridians’ right to amend the Constitution
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DeSantis’ latest goal: repeal gun safety measures enacted after Parkland
‘The free state of Florida has not exactly led the way on protecting Second Amendment rights,’ he said
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‘A lot of possibilities’: DeSantis on whether First Lady will run for Florida governor
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump, entered the Republican primary earlier this week
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DeSantis says Florida sheriffs’ deputies will carry out ‘street-level’ immigration enforcement
The agreements are part of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ‘task force model’ program