Tag : Republicans

Florida legislators plan to hand redistricting over to Gov. Ron DeSantis | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge Photo via Ron DeSantis/Twitter Lawmakers are going to let Gov. Ron DeSantis design the state’s new congressional…

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Florida’s largest college faculty union urges professors, students to ignore ‘intellectual freedom’ surveys | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge As state leaders launched surveys Monday to measure “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” on college and university…

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republicans target Walt Disney World’s Reedy Creek government following ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill criticism | Orlando Area News | Orlando

click to enlarge Politics in Florida makes strange bedfellows. We'd largely agree that allowing Walt Disney World to have its…

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Vote-by-mail restrictions would unnecessarily burden voters, groups suing to overturn law say | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge An elections bill recently approved by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature would impose additional burdens on voters trying…

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Vote-by-mail restrictions would unnecessarily burden voters, groups suing to overturn law say | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge An elections bill recently approved by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature would impose additional burdens on voters trying…

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis promises to veto redistricting map | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge Photo via Twitter/Ron DeSantis Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday reiterated his intention to veto a congressional redistricting…

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Florida Senate prepares to pass bill barring race-related instruction in public schools | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge The Florida Senate is poised to pass a controversial education bill that would limit the way certain…

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Florida’s first openly gay state senator cried while debating state’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill | Florida News | Orlando

"Thoughts ran through my mind after I lost my brother, because I never got a chance to tell him. So…

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Florida’s controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill passes Senate | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge NSF LGBTQ lawmakers Michele Rayner, Carlos Guillermo Smith and Shevrin Jones criticize the Legislature's passage of a…

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Florida Republicans push to make it harder for Floridians to change laws by voting | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge Photo via NSF Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby With a week to go in the 2022 legislative…

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