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Spending and secrecy: As conservatives keep challenging DeSantis, Florida wins | Opinion
We’re barely two weeks into the annual meeting of lawmakers in Tallahassee but it’s clear the Florida Legislature is continuing its pushback against Gov. Ron DeSantis, a healthy development for ...
Florida Republicans turn on DeSantis administration in DOGE-like quest to cut spending
We are the guardians of the taxpayer,” state House Speaker Daniel Perez said during the opening day of the legislative ...
Florida Senate committee moves to ban using tax dollars on ballot initiative campaigns
Gov. Ron DeSantis used of millions of dollars in state money to battle abortion and marijuana ballot measures last year. Now ...
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Florida bill would require public schools to show anti-abortion ‘Baby Olivia’ video in classrooms
The mandate is included in a broad education bill that embraces a number of education initiatives Gov. Ron DeSantis has ...
Florida Legislature 2025: 5 questions as DeSantis, lawmakers find new balance of power
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces a newly skeptical Legislature as the state confronts property insurance and other issues in ...
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'An attack on democracy itself': Florida civil, voting rights groups condemn DeSantis’ push to restrict ballot initiatives
Following the governor’s address, social justice and voting rights groups, including Equal Ground, the ACLU of Florida, and ...
DeSantis wants to end property taxes. Florida schools would feel the pinch.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks with reporters after delivering his 2025 State of the State address. DeSantis and some ...
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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 ...
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Florida Legislature 2025: 5 questions as DeSantis, lawmakers find new balance of power
“Florida will continue to lead in the DOGE movement,” Esposito said in an X post touting the bill. Gov. Ron DeSantis signs anti-illegal immigration legislation with Senate President Ben ...