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News Articles: Gov. Ron DeSantis

Members of the white nationalist group National Socialist Florida use a laser projector to display white nationalist and anti-LGBTQ images on the side of the CSX building and other high-rise buildings in Jacksonville, Fla.

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In Florida, far-right groups look to seize the moment

A far-right group in Jacksonville, Fla., has been regularly projecting hate symbols onto downtown buildings. Groups like this look to capitalize on what they see as a favorable political climate.

March 10, 2023
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  • Sergio Olmos and
  • Jim Urquhart
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, is expected by many to announce his candidacy for president in the coming weeks or months. Speaking here at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas on Nov. 19, 2022.

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  • Elections

Eyeing a run for president, Ron DeSantis wants to 'Make America Florida'

Florida Gov. DeSantis' pugnacious approach to issues involving race, sexual orientation and public health has pushed him to the front of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

March 06, 2023
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  • Greg Allen
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state rejected the African American studies course because education "is about the pursuit of truth, not the imposition of ideology or the advancement of a political agenda."

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  • Education

Critics say Florida aims to rewrite history by rejecting African American studies

"One Governor should not have the power to dictate the facts of U.S. history," Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said of GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' move to ban the Advanced Placement course.

January 27, 2023
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
Under Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, pictured, the state is enacting a handful of controversial education measures that are attracting national attention.

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  • National

High schoolers threaten to sue DeSantis over ban of African American studies course

Attorney Ben Crump announced a potential lawsuit against the Florida governor after the state rejected a new Advanced Placement course, which the College Board now says it will revise.

January 25, 2023
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  • Giulia Heyward
Under Gov. Ron DeSantis' leadership, Florida has enacted a slew of education rules that limit teaching topics including race, and sexual orientation.

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  • Education

Florida says AP class teaches critical race theory. Here's what's really in the course

Florida rejected an Advancement Placement course on African American studies, saying it's "filled with" critical race theory. But scholars who helped create the course say it's not in lesson plans.

January 25, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
"People across the country should be concerned that legislators and governors across the country are going to do exactly what Florida is doing," says Florida Sen. Shevrin Jones, pictured here in March 2022.

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  • National

Florida's AP African American studies ban should raise alarm elsewhere, lawmaker says

Florida state Sen. Shevrin Jones, a Democrat, says the proposed course "wasn't indoctrination, it wasn't ideology, it was facts." He fears blocking it will harm students in Florida and beyond.

January 23, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
The Miami-Dade County Public School Board voted against making October LGBTQ History Month. The board voted in favor of observing the history month last year, but reversed its decision to align with Florida's Parental Rights in Education bill.

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  • Education

What is LGBTQ History Month and why did a Miami school board change its mind about it?

LGBTQ History Month celebrates 31 days of education and recognition of the LGBTQ civil rights movement. A school board in Miami voted against the month-long observance, after approving it last year.

September 10, 2022
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  • Dustin Jones
Florida's Sarasota County School District is not purchasing or accepting donations of new books until at least January as it hires new staff and awaits new guidance to best comply with a statewide education law.

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  • Education

A Florida district declines dictionary donations as it navigates a new book law

A local Rotary Club and nonprofit have given dictionaries to Sarasota, Fla., schools for over a decade. The district declined this year amidst amidst a book freeze while it navigates a new state law.

August 22, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, right, and Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, left, in Tampa, Fla., after DeSantis suspended Warren. Warren vowed to fight his suspension over his promise not to enforce the state's 15-week abortion ban and support for gender transition treatments for minors.

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  • National

Suspended Florida prosecutor sues Gov. Ron DeSantis to get his job back

Gov. DeSantis removed State Attorney Andrew Warren from office because Warren pledged not to prosecute people for violating abortion restrictions. Warren said he was ousted for political reasons.

August 17, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Allen
A teacher walks through an empty classroom at Hazelwood Elementary School in Louisville, Ky., on Jan. 11.

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  • Education

How social-emotional learning became a target for Ron DeSantis and conservatives

Florida officials recently rejected a slew of math textbooks, claiming they included "prohibited topics." Journalist Dana Goldstein theorizes the objections related to social-emotional learning.

April 28, 2022
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  • Terry Gross
Chaz Stevens at the Florida Capitol building in Tallahassee, Fla., in 2013.

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  • National

Florida man asks schools to ban Bible following the state's efforts to remove books

Activist Chaz Stevens says the book isn't age appropriate and contains references to rape and bestiality. It's a not-so-subtle dig at Florida's recent efforts to ban books.

April 26, 2022
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By:
  • Matthew S. Schwartz
Disney operates like its own county government in Florida — but that could change, now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a new bill lawmakers approved this week. Here, tourists walk through Disney Springs at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., last month.

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  • National

DeSantis wanted to punish Disney. Repealing its tax status may hurt taxpayers instead

Orange and Osceola counties could take on a massive debt held by Disney now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill revoking Disney World's special regulatory status.

April 22, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the state's new abortion ban into law. It bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

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  • National

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill banning abortions after 15 weeks

Florida is the latest state to pass legislation that further restricts access to abortion. The new law bans abortions after 15 weeks, but doesn't have exceptions for rape, incest or human trafficking.

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • Wynne Davis
Members of the Florida House of Representatives are seen during a legislative session at the Florida State Capitol on March 7 in Tallahassee.

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  • Politics

Florida lawmakers let DeSantis draw a congressional map after he vetoed the last one

Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential Republican presidential aspirant, has been pushing a map that's considered more advantageous to his party.

April 12, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis displays the signed Parental Rights in Education, the so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill, flanked by elementary school students during a news conference on Monday at Classical Preparatory school in Shady Hills, Fla.

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  • National

LGBTQ groups sue Florida over the so-called 'Don't Say Gay' law

The challenge against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis aims to block a new law that forbids classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.

April 01, 2022
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