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DeSantis floats idea of ending property taxes in Florida
‘I think that a lot of these local budgets have ballooned in recent years,’ DeSantis said
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‘She would do better than me’: DeSantis praises wife as possible Florida gubernatorial candidate
The governor said all he wants from any member of Congress right now is to focus on passing Trump’s legislative agenda
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DeSantis announces Florida ‘DOGE task force’ to cut state, local spending
It would review about 900 state positions, university spending, local government spending and more
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Florida appeals court backs DeSantis in legal battle over records of migrant flights
The decision means the group can’t recover its attorney’s fees in the two-year legal fight, which it expected the state to pay
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Larry Keefe, who helped plan controversial migrant flights, to head Florida immigration enforcement
He was handed power to distribute some of the $250 million in grants designated for local law enforcement that work with federal immigration agencies
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Gov. DeSantis’ former chief of staff James Uthmeier sworn in as Florida attorney general
He promised to champion an ‘America-first’ agenda as the state’s new attorney general
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Rick Scott has yet to comment on DeSantis repealing in-state tuition for Dreamers
The law is now scheduled to go into effect on July 1
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DeSantis says Florida universities shouldn’t admit immigrants living in the state illegally
‘For those students who are currently enrolled, the vast majority of them — they will drop out of school,’ predicted Orange County Democratic Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs compromise immigration bill, ends battle with Republican lawmakers
Thursday’s action concluded a surprisingly bitter and rare disagreement between the Republican governor and GOP-led House and Senate
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Florida bill would impose harsher penalties for immigrants driving without a license
Orlando Democratic Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith raised concerns, considering the deficiencies in Florida’s public transit system
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Florida immigration bills draw backlash over death penalty, repeal of in-state tuition
The bills cleared the respective budget committees mostly along party lines
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DeSantis wants to ban marine officers stopping boaters without suspicion of wrongdoing
The ‘boater freedom initiative’ would change existing laws permitting inspections and searches of boats under the justification of safety checks
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‘He’s completely racist’: Jewish legislative caucus urges DeSantis to reconsider UWF trustee appointment
The caucus cited what they consider antisemitic social media posts as a disqualifying factor
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Florida bill banning golf courses, pickleball courts from state parks advances in the Senate
The bill requires the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to notify the public 30 days before a public hearing
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Florida lawmakers to hold yet another special session targeting Trump’s immigration crackdown
‘Florida will help the Trump administration to deliver on the president’s historic mandate to end illegal immigration,’ DeSantis said
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DeSantis says Florida’s Highway Patrol is now allowed to arrest people over immigration status
The governor has placed highway patrol at the forefront of his ‘interior enforcement’ efforts
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Florida public schools drop in reading and math performance, federal report says
Education Commissioner Manny Diaz argues private schools should have been included in the data
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Orlando area Rep. Maxwell Frost among Democrats denied entrance into the Dept. of Education building
President Donald Trump has called for closing down the department
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis praises Elon Musk’s DOGE team for exposing ‘really deep corruption’
However, a new poll indicates a growing percentage of Republicans aren’t pleased by all of Musk’s moves
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DeSantis administration launches state-supported pregnancy website
The Legislature appropriated $466,200 to support the project
