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Commentators portray Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a more organized and calculating Donald Trump. In reality, DeSantis most resembles Richard Nixon — disciplined, stiff and intense. Both lack Trump’s charisma and ease before voters. Also unlike Trump — but very much like Nixon — DeSantis effectively deploys powers of the…

Campbell Keenan caught 450-pound great white shark when visiting Fort Lauderdale

Move by the Republican governor is the latest in a series of actions to stop conversations about race and gender in public schools

Education Department claims AP course ‘lacks educational value’ – but fails to explain what is supposedly wrong with it

For 25 years, Bill Maxwell wrote a column for the then-St. Petersburg Times and the Tampa Bay Times. His award-winning columns were also syndicated, appearing in more than 200 newspapers worldwide.

So the Florida Supreme Court held today.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida will not allow its public high school students to enroll in a new Advanced Placement African American studies course because the state claims its content is “contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has blocked a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies from being taught in high schools

The Florida governor thinks the NHL’s push for diversity is an example of “wokeness”