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DeSantis placed his "political ambitions over aspirations of Florida’s students," Weingarten said, adding children's hopes are compromised.
According to reports, the governor's office issued a terse press release at 5:37 p.m., announcing that he had signed the bill.
The report indicates Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump has threatened to sue DeSantis over the advanced placement controversy.
Andrew Warren was suspended by DeSantis for reasons a federal trial judge ruled were politically motivated.
Was DeSantis about to be goaded by the entry of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley into the 2024 Republican presidential primary?
Fentanyl test strips are capable of detecting whether drugs such as cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamines have been adulterated.
GOP lawmakers want to make it more difficult to pass constitutional amendments in Florida. How would that happen?
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the mass shootings at Broward County's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Driskell said it is "a way for (DeSantis) to extend nationally to pick winners and losers and punish certain states (toward a 2024 run)."
The GOP-controlled Florida Legislature has passed legislation to allow the state to take control over Disney World's special tax district.
Chances were dashed that the state might continue to allow nonsurgical gender-affirming care for some minors under close medical oversight.
Former Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has officially entered the race to lead the Florida Democratic Party.
The Florida Senate quickly approved legislation Friday to remove many state regulations on how college-level athletes can make such money.
The GOP-controlled state House passed legislation Thursday to assume state control over Disney World's special tax district.
The Florida Senate has gone along with DeSantis's plan to fix problems in his asylum-seeker airlifts, voting along party lines.
Florida lawmakers moved closer on Wednesday to overhauling the special tax district that oversees Walt Disney World.
His proclamation occurred amid a legislative special session and committee meetings this week in Tallahassee.
The problem of a lack of affordable housing has been building for years in Florida, but it exploded into an outright crisis in 2022.
A $711 million affordable housing package designed to address Florida's affordable housing crisis was met with disapproval and ire.
"Florida lacks any legal basis for moving migrants," according to a constitutional law professor.