The Latest Breaking News from Ron DeSantis

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo confirmed by Florida Senate

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ pick to be the state’s surgeon general.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2022

Florida House emotionally debates race, gender, sexual orientation in school settings

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — With culture wars heating up in an election year, the Florida House on Tuesday split along bitter partisan lines as members considered two Republican-sponsored education bills that target discussions of race and sexual orientation in public schools.

Miami Herald · Feb 23, 2022

Can Democrats beat DeSantis next fall? A look at the odds, and what it would take

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The three Democratic candidates for Florida governor are talking to voters, offering optimistic sound bites to interviewers, and courting financial donors — selling themselves and the premise that they really, truly have a chance to defeat Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2022

Lawmaker sponsoring DeSantis’ immigration bill says intent is not to target children

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In recent months, Gov. Ron DeSantis has directed state regulators to crack down on shelters that house unaccompanied minors in Florida and asked the Legislature to bar state contracts with companies that transport migrants, including children, into the state on behalf of the federal government.

Miami Herald · Feb 18, 2022

Republicans who opposed racial justice protests hope truckers ‘clog up’ US cities

Lawmakers including Rand Paul and Ron DeSantis say they would back disruption of a Canadian-style trucker convoy

The Guardian - US · Feb 18, 2022

Florida Senate passes budget that wouldn't punish schools

Let the Florida budget negotiations begin

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022

Migrant minors dispute pits Florida against Catholic Church

The debate over whether to deter or accommodate unaccompanied minors arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border has pitted Florida’s Catholic governor against the state’s highest-ranking Roman Catholic

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2022

DeSantis now supports taking $200 million from schools that mandated masks

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis now supports a plan to withhold $200 million in funding from 12 school districts that mandated masks because of the pandemic, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Orlando Sentinel · Feb 16, 2022

DeSantis now supports taking $200 million from schools that mandated masks

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis now supports a plan to withhold $200 million in funding from 12 school districts that mandated masks because of the pandemic, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Orlando Sentinel · Feb 15, 2022

Poll: DeSantis leads Democratic rivals for Fla. governor, with Crist on top in primary

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis holds sizable advantages over his potential Democratic opponents in this year’s race for governor, a poll released Tuesday shows.

Orlando Sentinel · Feb 15, 2022