The announcement follows a year of attacks from the Republican governor and the state’s legislature, with Disney filing a First Amendment lawsuit against him and other officials last month
DeSantis chose a Christian school Wednesday to sign the bills, which also restricts pronoun use in schools and force people to use the bathroom corresponding with their sex at birth
The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday marks the latest opposition to a policy central to Governor Ron DeSantis’ agenda as he prepares to run for president
Andrew Gillum is a former Tallahassee mayor who sought to become the first Black governor in Florida history when he ran in 2018 and lost against Ron DeSantis
The latest move builds on the governor’s larger push to shape Florida’s education system through regulating how schools deal with subjects such as race and gender
University of South Florida professor Joseph Dituri spent his 74th day underwater Saturday in a Key Largo lodge for scuba divers
The measure signed Wednesday is part of DeSantis’ plan to harden Florida’s immigration laws. DeSantis regularly heaves criticism on federal border policy and takes a hard-right stance geared toward Republican primary voters
It has been updated with developments since the entertainment giant nearly two weeks ago sued DeSantis and a new oversight board for the Disney World governing district
The award-winning Cuban journalist and author believes that the end of the dictatorship on the island “is already happening.” In a conversation with EL PAÍS, he laments the fact that leftist governments condemn the Nicaraguan and Venezuelan regimes, but don’t speak out against the dictatorship in his own country
Intensifying his hard-right shift that began during the pandemic, the 44-year-old Republican governor in recent weeks has pushed the limits of divisive cultural battles over abortion, LGBTQ rights, sex education, guns, immigration and diversity
DeSantis is expected to sign the bills into law. He has driven a hardline conservative agenda as he seeks to bolster support of Republican primary voters
In 2022 libraries recorded requests to withdraw 2,571 titles, twice as many as in the previous year. Florida has laws that specify jail terms of up to five years for teachers and librarians who bypass bans
The diarist’s father, Otto, was the first censor of her work and a graphic novel that alludes to her explicit anatomical descriptions has been banned in some Florida high schools
Storm damage forced authorities in the coastal city to close major roadways in the city as workers cleared debris and inspected wreckage
The company alleges that the Florida governor waged a ‘targeted campaign of government retaliation’ after Disney opposed a law critics call ‘Don’t Say Gay’
State Republicans filed on Tuesday a proposal that would exempt presidential candidates from Florida’s so-called resign to run law, which prohibits elected officials from qualifying as a candidate for another office that would overlap with their current term
Critics said the agency bowed to political pressure and removed several topics from the framework, including the Black Lives Matter and slavery reparations movements
At least four people have died in mass killings once every six and 1/2 days this year. The numbers exclude perpetrator deaths.
Twenty-five U.S. jurisdictions have legalized the drug, while others have only decriminalized. If you’re traveling, make sure to avoid legal issues
The Board of Education approved a ban on classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades, expanding the law that bans those lesson up to grade 3
The new board wants to prohibit mask mandates and Covid-19 vaccine requirements in an evolving showdown between the Republican governor and the world’s best-known entertainment company
The ban would give Governor Ron DeSantis a key political victory among Republican primary voters as he prepares to launch a presidential candidacy
The actor best known as a star of the network’s television show ‘Drake & Josh’ was found hours after authorities in Florida asked for the public’s help to find him
A fight is developing in Florida’s legislature over a measure that would allow fire stations and hospitals to install boxes where distressed mothers could leave their unwanted newborns
The Florida governor’s approach displays his willingness to leverage the powers of his office to notch political wins and punish political enemies
State Senator Josh Kimbrell said that he would host DeSantis for an event on April 19 in Spartanburg, in South Carolina’s heavily Republican Upstate
The early drafts of the analysis showed that catching COVID-19 could increase the chances of a cardiac-related death much more than getting the vaccine, but that information was missing from the final version put out by the Florida Department of Health
