PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on June 17 that allows local leaders to restrict or even ban smoking on Florida’s public beaches and in public parks. Passed with near-unanimous approval by the state legislature in March, HB 105 will take effect on July 1. Designed to build on the state’s Clean Indoor Air Act (FCIAA), the…
Florida Surgeon General Says State ‘Puts Data Over Ideology’ in Opposing COVID-19 Vaccines for Young Children
June 19, 2022
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Florida is defending its decision not to preorder COVID-19 vaccines for young children or vaccinating them, after drawing criticism from the White House. “Did the COVID-19 vaccine trials for kids <5 show a reduction in severe illness? Did the trials show a benefit for those with a prior COVID-19 infection? Is there a benefit for…
Florida ‘Puts Data Over Ideology’ in Opposing COVID-19 Vaccines for Young Children: State’s Surgeon General
June 19, 2022
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Florida is defending its decision not to preorder COVID-19 vaccines for young children or vaccinating them, after drawing criticism from the White House. “Did the COVID-19 vaccine trials for kids <5 show a reduction in severe illness? Did the trials show a benefit for those with a prior COVID-19 infection? Is there a benefit for…
DeSantis Criticizes Biden’s Move to Force Gender Ideology by Cutting Off School Lunch Funding
June 7, 2022
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has criticized President Joe Biden’s move to seize school lunch program funding to further what DeSantis characterized as “woke gender ideology.” “In Florida, we are fighting against Biden’s intentionally destructive policies like denying school lunches for states that refuse to implement woke gender ideology in the schools,” DeSantis said in a…
Florida Judge Says DeSantis’s Redistricting Map Is Unconstitutional
A Florida judge on Wednesday said he will block a redistricting map drawn by Gov. Ron DeSantis and approved by legislators, ruling it unconstitutional. Leon County Circuit Court Judge Layne Smith said the map by DeSantis and his staff would have removed Florida’s 5th Congressional District, which extends from Jacksonville to Tallahassee, and which is represented by black Democrat…
Florida Mom Files Lawsuit Against School District After Child ‘Transitioned’ Without Her Consent
May 3, 2022
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Sounding an alarm to parents across the United States, a Florida mother has filed a lawsuit against Leon County School District after her “transgender child transitioned at school without her consent.” January Littlejohn—a stay-at-home mother of three and mental health professional—appeared on a television morning show on May 2 along with her attorney Vernadette Broyles and…
DeSantis Says He Would Ban Irreversible Sex Change Operations
May 3, 2022
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said that he’d be willing to ban sex change operations in a podcast interview on May 2, following a Florida health department statement that gender reassigning treatments are not recommended for children and adolescents. “You can’t get a tattoo if you’re 12 years old. When they say ‘gender-affirming care,’ what they…
DeSantis-Drawn Districts Map Begets Big GOP Boost in Congress
April 22, 2022
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Florida’s newly drawn congressional map, which has not yet been signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, has already resulted at least one lawsuit but is likely to be in place for the state’s August primaries and November general elections. The Florida Senate on Wednesday, and House on Thursday, approved DeSantis’ proposed state congressional district map after…
Florida Voter Registration: Republicans Overtake Democrats by 100,000
April 1, 2022
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As the Aug. 23 Florida primary draws near, data released by the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis shows there are 100,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats in the Sunshine State. In November 2021, DeSantis announced that Florida—where Democrats held an advantage over Republicans of well over 260,000 voters when he took office in 2019—saw a…
DeSantis on Wife’s Health: ‘We’re Not Out of the Woods’
January 7, 2022
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LAKE BUTLER, Fla.—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave a rare update on his wife’s health Jan. 7, saying, “We’re not out of the woods.” For the first time, he alluded to a prognosis. “We’re not through with it. We’re getting closer to the end. But … our view is that 2022 will be the year where…
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