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Tatyana Tandanpolie

"DeSantis just cost Florida $1 billion"

The Walt Disney Co. said on Thursday that it is canceling its plans to develop a new campus in central Florida and relocate over 2,000 staffers to work in technology, product development and finance, according to The Associated Press.

The decision comes after repeated attacks on the company from Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature over its opposition to the "Don't Say Gay" law, which bans classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation from elementary grades through to the 3rd grade in the state. 

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