Ron DeSantis, Florida and California
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Gov. Ron DeSantis says Florida is suing two major textbook publishers he described as pushing “egregious” content in its instructional materials.
What he means by vote my mail, I think, just in my conversations, is the states like California and Nevada and others, where they just send all these ballots out into the ether,” DeSantis said during a news conference.
Florida law requires the publishers to give districts the lowest price they have for products in any state or other district.
Gov. Ron DeSantis says he believes his administration will be "vindicated" in appeal to federal judge's ruling in book ban lawsuit.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that he doesn’t think President Donald Trump’s desire to ban voting by mail applies to Florida.
At the same time, though, DeSantis has approved state budgets that include an increasing reliance on local property taxes. That’s been evident in school district taxes, where the total required local effort has risen $3 billion since the first budget DeSantis signed.
Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber, once counsel for Fair Districts, also said the partisan motivation of new maps would be clear in court.
Florida Governor DeSantis filed a lawsuit alleging that McGraw-Hill and Savvas Learning overcharged school districts for textbooks, with potential penalties between $37.5M and $60.5M.
Gov. DeSantis has targeted cities over property tax hikes, but he's also signed budgets that rely on higher property taxes to fund schools.
Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints state Rep. Mike Caruso as Palm Beach County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller in the once heavily Democratic county that’s trending more Republican.
DeSantis justified building the center that he dubbed "Deportation Depot," by saying the Trump administration needs the additional capacity to hold and deport more immigrants.