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GOP Gov. DeSantis signs Florida election bill into law amid new controversy
Gov. Ron DeSantis created new controversy around Florida’s new election law Thursday, giving exclusive access to the signing ceremony to Fox News and barring other media outlets from covering the event. “In about an hour, behind this door at meeting facility at Airport Hilton in West Palm Beach, @GovRonDeSantis will sign law making it harder …
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces criticism over vaccination clinics in upscale communities
One prominent developer in two communities donated to DeSantis’ campaign — in amounts of $25,000 and $50,000 between 2018 and 2019 for a total of $125,000, according to campaign finance records. The exclusive vaccine clinics allowed about 6,000 people to jump ahead of tens of thousands of seniors on waitlists in Manatee and Charlotte counties, …
Gov. Ron DeSantis ‘Ordered Public Health Officials Not To Discuss The COVID-19 Virus With The Public’ – CBS Miami
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – In the midst of this pandemic, a SunSentinel investigation found that Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration had been misleading the public about the crisis from the beginning. According to thousands of pages of documents and over 50 interviews conducted by the SunSentinel, the governor and his team have done it through …
DeSantis loses court pick amid claims of ‘racial tokenism’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers a question during a roundtable meeting in August. | Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court blocked Renatha Francis’ appointment to the state’s high court Friday, ruling her ineligible for the job, and halting Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ pick of the second Black woman to ever serve …
DeSantis downplayed coronavirus help from New York after Florida health department praised it
Speaking to reporters last Thursday, DeSantis pointedly denied that New York was helping his state’s Covid-19 response, stating, “They’re not helping us.” “I think that someone reached out to our office about ventilators — we got 6,000 just sitting idle, so we don’t need it,” the governor added. “We are working with the federal government …
DeSantis says Florida will get tougher on businesses breaking rules
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis says the “grim reaper” is coming for Florida businesses that aren’t following the state’s guidelines to prevent coronavirus spread. By that, he means stripping business licenses “because there’s not going to be any tolerance for it.” DeSantis spoke in Orlando on Tuesday, the day after Florida passed …
DeSantis offers Election Day help as Republicans say they’ll cast ballots in person
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis | Brynn Anderson/AP Photo TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday took steps to help localities prepare for what could be high voter turnout this year, but stopped short of extending early voting or letting counties consolidate polling places in the battleground amid signs that President Donald Trump’s disparagement of …
The DeSantis road through Collier goes nowhere so far
CLOSE Hit the highway, DOT. That’s largely been the reaction at multiple online meetings being held to discuss toll roads the state Department of Transportation has been mandated to construct by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Green flagged by the Florida Chamber of Commerce and fueled by the Republican governor, the legislature drove the projects through at the end of …
As Pence stands by, DeSantis unleashes on former health official
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the press as Vice President Mike Pence looks on | Chris O’Meara/AP Photo TALLAHASSEE — As Vice President Mike Pence quietly looked on, Gov. Ron DeSantis unleashed his temper on a former state employee at the center of a debate over Florida’s coronavirus data. DeSantis, visibly annoyed and raising …
DeSantis takes heat as he goes his own way on coronavirus
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis | Getty Images TALLAHASSEE — While New York, California and other states shutter their economies to keep the coronavirus at bay, Gov. Ron DeSantis is refusing to follow the herd. His cure-can’t-be-worse-than-the-disease approach has put the Republican governor under a glaring spotlight locally and nationally as cases of the virus in …
