Category: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

DeSantis Launches Hometown Heroes Housing Program

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the Florida Hometown Heroes Housing Program which will provide approximately $100 million to help front-line workers buy their first home, starting on June 1. With more than 1,000 lenders participating, the state initiative will assist “vital” workers in 50 professions with down payments and closing costs. “We have worked…


Appeals Court Judge Blocks Parts of DeSantis’s Big Tech Censorship Law

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–A Federal Court of Appeals ruled on May 23 that it is unconstitutional for Florida to prohibit social media companies from banning politicians, handing Gov. Ron DeSantis a blow to combat online censorship. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 67-page opinion upheld an injunction blocking key parts of Florida’s social media law…


Florida Boosts Its Economy With 57,000 More Jobs in April: DeSantis

Florida added another 57,000 jobs to its workforce in April, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 20. And DeSantis said the April Florida Jobs Report showed that the state had added 30,000 people to its labor force. “The nation as a whole lost 363,000 people from the workforce.” “Our unemployment rate has been lower…


DeSantis Braces for End of Title 42, Promising New Legislation

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—In preparation for the potential influx of illegal aliens that would result from the Biden administration’s ending Title 42, Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed he would be ready and do everything in his power to protect Floridians. “When Title 42 ends, you’re going to see a major flood of people going across the southern…


DeSantis Announces $125 Million for Programs to Boost Nursing Education

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Surrounded by a group of recent nursing school graduates of Seminole State College, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced $125 million in funding to help nursing education and fight the nursing shortage in Florida. “You have opportunities in that profession to impact a lot of people in a positive way,” DeSantis said. “You really are…


DeSantis Calls Biden’s Loosening Restriction on Cuba Travel a ‘Slap in the Face’ to South Floridians

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted the Biden administration’s expanding flights to Cuba and loosening restrictions on U.S. travelers, saying it is a “slap in the face” to South Floridians who have had experience with “Marxist dictators.” “You have people that (are) so badly oppressed that they would get on a raft and go 90…


DeSantis: Florida Likely Taking Control of Reedy Creek, Not Local Governments

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis said on May 16 that the state would “most likely” take control of Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District, rather than local governments. “The path forward is Disney will not control its own government in the state of Florida. Disney will have to follow the same laws that every other…


DeSantis Names Attorney Cord Byrd Florida Secretary of State

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis has named state Representative Cord Byrd as Florida’s new secretary of state, calling him a “staunch advocate for election security, public integrity, the fight against big tech censorship, and the de-platforming of political candidates.” “Cord Byrd has been an ally of freedom and democracy in the Florida Legislature, and I am…


Florida Secretary of State Resigns

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee submitted a letter of resignation to Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 12, the governor’s office said. It is effective May 16. Lee did not specify a reason for her resignation, but thanked the governor for the confidence he placed in her and said it has been “her honor”…


DeSantis to Biden: ‘Step Up to the Plate’ and Release American Energy

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis sent the Biden administration a message on May 11 to bring meaningful relief to reduce inflation: “Step up to the plate. Expand our own energy production.” If America had maintained its energy independence, we would not be looking to be “plunged into a recession,” DeSantis said at press events in…