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Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a campaign rally for President Donald Trump on Oct. 23, 2020, in The Villages.
No more limited government ideals? DeSantis pitches GOP voters on the power of the state.
Many Republicans and scholars say it is what the party’s voters increasingly want from their leaders.
Why two Parkland parents spoke out against Florida lawmakers’ tort reform bill
Court deputies exit vans that transported jurors to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Aug. 4, 2022, to view the crime scene where the 2018 shootings took place.
House Bill 837 passed the House of Representatives on Friday.
Major voucher expansion passes in Florida House; bill still rolling through Senate
The Florida House of Representatives as seen on Thursday, March 10, 2022, in Tallahassee.
Critics called the proposed expansion of the program a “coupon for millionaires.”
Florida GOP lawmakers advance bill targeting teacher, public employee unions
State Rep. Dean Black, R-Jacksonville, tells colleagues that his bill to alter public employee union requirements (HB 1445) is good for workers. More than 100 workers who showed up to the meeting disagreed.
Police, firefighters and first responders not affected, prompting questions about fairness.

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  1. USF student government votes ‘to stand in solidarity with our transgender peers’
    2 hours ago• Education
    USF senior Jonathon Chavez, 21, seen here at a board of trustees meeting on March 7, 2023, was an author of a resolution approved by student government that was critical of Florida's actions regarding the transgender community.
  2. DeSantis slams New York DA’s Trump investigation, swipes at Trump himself
    3 hours ago• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions from the media in the Florida Cabinet following his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives on March 7, 2023, at the Capitol in Tallahassee.
  3. Will Trump supporters protest? Muted response so far raises doubts.
    4 hours ago• Politics
    Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, March 4, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. No Republican has done more to restrict abortion rights than Trump. But in the early days of the 2024 presidential contest, no Republican has worked harder to avoid the issue than the former president either. More than his GOP rivals, Trump is sidestepping the polarizing topic just nine months after he celebrated the Supreme Court's stunning decision to strip women’s constitutional right to abortion. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
  5. Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard resigns suddenly amid frustration
    5 hours ago• News
    Mayor Frank Hibbard speaks to the public during a City Council meeting at the Clearwater Main Library on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.
  6. Florida undercover agents reported no ‘lewd acts’ at drag show targeted by DeSantis
    Earlier today• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during an event on his book tour on Saturday, March 11, 2023, in Las Vegas.
  7. Prosecutor leading case against Donald Trump says rhetoric won’t intimidate office
    Yesterday• News
    Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg participates in a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Bragg is standing firm against former President Donald Trump’s increasingly hostile rhetoric, telling his staff that the office won’t be intimidated or deterred as it nears a decision on charging the former president. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
  8. Farmworkers march in Florida for better pay and working conditions
    Mar. 18• Florida
    In this photo taken with a drone, farmworkers and allies march through agricultural land on the first day of a five-day trek aimed at highlighting the Fair Food Program, which has enlisted food retailers to use their clout with growers to ensure better working conditions and wages for farmworkers. [REBECCA BLACKWELL | Associated Press]
  9. Trump says he expects to be arrested Tuesday in alleged hush money case
    Mar. 18• Nation & World
    Former President Donald Trump said in a social media post Saturday morning that he expects to be arrested Tuesday in a case stemming out of New York.
  10. DeSantis casts shade on Florida’s open-records Sunshine Law
    Mar. 18• Politics
    Among other changes to public records laws, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill last year shielding information about candidates for state college and university presidencies.
  11. Seffner man gets 4½ years prison for attacking police in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
    Mar. 17• Crime
    An image taken from a federal criminal complaint shows Mitchell Todd Gardner, circled, spraying a liquid toward U.S. Capitol police officers on Jan. 6, 2021.
  12. No more limited government ideals? DeSantis pitches GOP voters on the power of the state.
    Mar. 17• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a campaign rally for President Donald Trump on Oct. 23, 2020, in The Villages.
  13. Why two Parkland parents spoke out against Florida lawmakers’ tort reform bill
    Mar. 17• Politics
    Court deputies exit vans that transported jurors to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Aug. 4, 2022, to view the crime scene where the 2018 shootings took place.
  14. Major voucher expansion passes in Florida House; bill still rolling through Senate
    Mar. 17• Politics
    The Florida House of Representatives as seen on Thursday, March 10, 2022, in Tallahassee.
  15. New College can pay Interim President Richard Corcoran through June. Then what?
    Mar. 17• Education
    New College of Florida Interim President Richard Corcoran, center, listens during a meeting of the school's board of trustees, alongside trustee Matthew Spalding, left, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Sarasota. The board approved a $1 million pay package for Corcoran, but the school has yet to find a way to cover that amount.
  16. Should Clearwater council members make more than $27,492? Debate continues.
    Mar. 17• Clearwater
    Members of the Clearwater City Council, from left, David Allbritton, Kathleen Beckman, Frank Hibbard, Mark Bunker, and Lina Teixeira, attend a meeting on Thursday, March 2, 2023.
  17. DeSantis takes different tack on Social Security, Medicare than when he was in Congress
    Mar. 17• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during an event on his book tour on Saturday, March 11, 2023, in Las Vegas.
  18. Tampa council candidate Cruz denies flip-flop on wastewater reuse plan
    Mar. 17• Tampa
    Former state Sen. Janet Cruz (left) and incumbent Lynn Hurtak (right) face each other in the April 25 runoff for the citywide District 3 seat on the Tampa City Council.
  19. Florida GOP lawmakers advance bill targeting teacher, public employee unions
    Mar. 16• Education
    State Rep. Dean Black, R-Jacksonville, tells colleagues that his bill to alter public employee union requirements (HB 1445) is good for workers. More than 100 workers who showed up to the meeting disagreed.
  20. Biden administration opts against appealing Florida immigration case ruling
    Mar. 16• Politics
    The now-blocked parole program, called “parole + ATD,” has allowed the Department of Homeland Security to release tens of thousands of migrants into the country while they await immigration proceedings.
  21. Florida universities still may not enforce Individual Freedom act, appeals court says
    Mar. 16• Education
    Gov. Ron DeSantis reacts after signing the Individual Freedom bill, also known as the Stop Woke Act, on April 22, 2022. The law is being challenged in federal court, but two federal rulings — including one on Thursday — have prevented it from being enforced at state colleges and universities.
  22. After emotional testimony, bill banning abortion at 6 weeks of pregnancy moves forward
    Mar. 16• Politics
    Patient escort volunteer Peggy MacLeod, 76, of St. Petersburg and another volunteer use umbrellas to shield patients as they make their way into the Bread and Roses Woman's Health Center in Clearwater on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023.
  23. Did Pasco school board candidate play fair? His case could prompt new rules.
    Mar. 16• Education
    District 1 Pasco County School Board member Al Hernandez attends a board meeting on Jan. 3 in Land O' Lakes. Last year's court challenges over where he lives have given rise to new legislation.
  24. As DeSantis targets diversity in education, FAMU students fear for future
    Mar. 16• Education
    Sydney Aitcheson, 21, is the President of the FAMU chapter of the NAACP. The Times spoke with Aitcheson and other FAMU students about the tension of balancing fear of repercussions with their commitment to resistance as the legislature attacks diversity initiatives in education.
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