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DeSantis ban on ‘woke’ investments could hurt state pension fund, experts say

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — After banning CRT in the classroom and board room, Gov. Ron DeSantis has a new target in his culture war against “wokeness” with another acronym most folks have never heard of — ESG.

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Cases against 20 arrested voters in Florida on shaky legal ground. State issued them voter IDs

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Two weeks after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s top election officials stood in a Broward County courtroom and announced the arrest of 20 people for voting illegally, the state’s case is starting to fall apart.

Miami Herald

DeSantis allegation about Crist running mate called ‘a lie’

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Charlie Crist’s running mate Karla Hernandez-Mats should be disqualified from running for office, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday, after alleging the Miami teachers union chief protected a middle school teacher convicted of sexually abusing several students for years. The Crist camp called it “a lie.”

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Luke DeCock: Game that should’ve been all that’s right about college sports becomes all that’s wrong

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — In the end, the bands played on, a potential disaster averted. Florida A&M, undermanned and eventually overwhelmed, limped off the field at Kenan Stadium having put up a noble fight against North Carolina, even with a third of its roster back in Tallahassee, ineligible.

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FSU football runs past Duquesne, 47-7

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State scored on its first six possessions before cruising to a 47-7 win over Duquesne Saturday night at Doak Campbell Stadium. The Seminoles accounted for more than 600 yards of total offense for the first time since 2016.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida Gov. DeSantis’ plan to bus migrants to Delaware on standby as Texas takes ‘pressure off’

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis has talked about busing undocumented immigrants out of the state for the better part of the year, and his administration has $12 million to roll out a program that could do just that.

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How Ron DeSantis consolidated his power over Florida government

TALLAHASSEE — With Renatha Francis joining the Florida Supreme Court, Gov. Ron DeSantis will cement a majority of his own appointees in line with his legal philosophy and thus more likely to rule in his favor on lawsuits challenging the many controversial laws he has signed.

Orlando Sentinel

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Spared last year, Surfside condo owners hit with property tax bills totaling about $800,000

MIAMI — When a Surfside condominium tower collapsed last year killing 98 people, a wave of sympathy reached all the way to Tallahassee: Gov. Ron DeSantis and state legislators forgave the unit owners’ tax bills, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Miami Herald

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspends state attorney who opposed prosecuting abortion, sex reassignment crimes

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday removed Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren from office for what he said was Warren’s disregard for his duty to enforce state laws, including a pledge not to prosecute people receiving an abortion or their doctors performing them.

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DeSantis suspends state attorney who opposed prosecuting abortion, sex reassignment crimes

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren for not prosecuting certain crimes, removing him from office and naming his replacement.

Tribune News Service

After 16 Florida elections, Charlie Crist gears up for one more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The last time Charlie Crist was considering a run for Florida governor, in 2014, he shared a moment of clarity with one of his consultants.

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Nikki Fried is running for Florida governor. Is she an insider or an outsider?

TAMPA, Fla. — In spring 2003, the culture wars came to the University of Florida.

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Florida insurance firms, not homeowners, reap benefit of $2 billion taxpayer-financed fund

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Nearly five dozen Florida companies have submitted plans to tap into a $2 billion taxpayer-financed plan designed to shore up the struggling property insurance industry that would only save homeowners about 1% to 3% on their annual premiums.

Orlando Sentinel

Ghislaine Maxwell has returned to Florida — but this time in a prison uniform

Ghislaine Maxwell has returned to Florida, though under far different circumstances than her previous time as lady of the house at ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion.

Miami Herald

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Ghislaine Maxwell moved to low security Florida prison

High-profile inmate misses out on first choice for Tallahassee jail

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Infant dies after being left in parked hot car in Florida for ‘extended period’

Authorities couldn’t confirm yet if the child’s death was caused by heatstroke, according to the Tallahassee Police Department

Miami Herald

A Florida personal injury attorney who owes clients $396,000 is, essentially, disbarred

MIAMI — A Tallahassee personal injury attorney already under emergency suspension for not turning over records of his trust account as the Florida Bar investigated client grievances decided, officially, to give up.

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Florida’s 15-week abortion ban blocked, then reinstated

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s 15-week abortion ban was temporarily halted Tuesday morning, then quickly restored, after lawyers for the state appealed a Leon County circuit judge’s injunction he promised last week.

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Florida’s 15-week abortion ban temporarily blocked

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s 15-week abortion ban was temporarily halted Tuesday morning when a Leon County circuit judge issued the injunction he promised last week.

Orlando Sentinel

State judge says he’ll delay Florida's 15-week abortion law

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Declaring it unconstitutional, a state judge said Thursday he would temporarily delay Florida’s new law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks.

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Florida teachers alarmed by state’s infusing religion, downplaying race in civics training

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Several South Florida high school educators are alarmed that a new state civics initiative designed to prepare students to be “virtuous citizens” is infused with a Christian and conservative ideology after a three-day training session in Broward County last week.

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DeSantis on Roe decision: ‘The prayers of millions have been answered’

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday, saying, “The prayers of millions have been answered.”

Orlando Sentinel

Andrew Gillum, former Democratic candidate for Florida governor, indicted on conspiracy and campaign fraud charges

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Andrew Gillum, who narrowly lost to Ron DeSantis in the race for Florida governor four years ago, was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and making false statements during his time as Tallahassee mayor and campaign for governor.

Orlando Sentinel

Former Democratic candidate for Florida governor indicted

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Andrew Gillum, who narrowly lost to Ron DeSantis four years ago, was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and making false statements during his time as Tallahassee mayor and run for governor.

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Florida's former Democratic "rising star", Andrew Gillum, is indicted

The federal indictment alleges that the former Tallahassee mayor conspired to commit wire fraud, by soliciting and obtaining funds using false and fraudulent promises between 2016 and 2019.

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