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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.

Orlando Sentinel · Sep 1, 2022

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 · Aug 31, 2022

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.”

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 30, 2022

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 · Aug 8, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Aug 5, 2022

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 · Aug 4, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Aug 4, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Aug 4, 2022

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 · Aug 1, 2022

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 · Jul 25, 2022