Tag: Floridas
Florida’s Congressional Map Illegally Hurt Black Voters, Judge Rules
Background: The new map divided one district into four, each with a much smaller Black population.At issue in the ruling was an area previously mapped [...]
DeSantis Clashes With Top Rival, Tim Scott, Over Florida’s Teaching of Slavery
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida hit back on Friday at one of his leading Republican rivals, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, accusing the senator of [...]
Florida’s New Black History Standards Have Drawn Backlash. Who Wrote Them?
When Florida set out to revamp its standards for teaching Black history this spring, a natural place to turn would have been the state’s African Ameri [...]
Florida’s New Black History Standards Have Drawn Backlash. Who Wrote Them?
When Florida set out to revamp its standards for teaching Black history this spring, a natural place to turn would have been the state’s African Ameri [...]
Ron DeSantis Avoids Talking About Florida’s Abortion Ban in New Hampshire
At a stop on his first trip to New Hampshire as a presidential candidate, Gov. Ron DeSantis mentioned his efforts to provide tax relief for Florida fa [...]
Casey DeSantis, Florida’s First Lady, Is the Governor’s Chief Adviser, Too
During a recent appearance in South Carolina, after Ron DeSantis played up his state’s economic and education policies and bashed a litany of ideologi [...]
How do Florida’s Election Police Work?
Republican officials established one of the first state agencies in the country solely dedicated to election crimes and voter fraud, but the violation [...]
DeSantis and Crist debated in Florida’s governor race. Here’s how to follow along.
DeSantis and Crist debated in Florida’s governor race. Here’s how to follow along.
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Four Takeaways From the DeSantis-Crist Debate in Florida’s Governor Race
Charlie Crist was eager to focus on abortion rights, while Gov. Ron DeSantis often turned his attention to President Biden.
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Treasury Scrutinizes Florida’s Use of Relief Funds in Sending Away Migrants
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida used interest that the state had accrued from stimulus money to send Venezuelan migrants by plane to Martha’s Vineyard.
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4 things holding back restoration of Florida’s electric grid
Utility companies still have no estimate of how long it will take to put the lights back on for all those Floridians. Duke Energy Florida said, for e [...]
Ian inflicts staggering losses on Florida’s growth machine
“No pun intended: This is the perfect storm,” said Chris Brown, executive director of the disaster policy group SmarterSafer Coalition.
The price tag [...]
Most DeSantis-Endorsed Candidates for Florida’s School Board Won
Gov. Ron DeSantis did something that no previous Florida governor ever did: He took sides in nonpartisan school board races.
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Federal Court Clears the Way for Florida’s Restrictive Voting Law
A federal appeals court cleared the way on Friday for a restrictive new voting law in Florida to take effect, saying that a lower court order blocking [...]
Florida’s election police will investigate very rare cases of voter fraud
For decades, Florida had a reputation as the state with the nation’s most outstandingly bad voting procedures and Election Day fiascos. This was th [...]