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Lifesaving COVID medications can be hard to come by

In a departure from usual practice, federal and state governments are handing out the scarce therapeutic drugs that treat COVID-19, deciding where they will go and in what amounts.

Tribune News Service

When talking about COVID-19, DeSantis leaves out key facts, experts say

ORLANDO, Fla. — Speaking in Panama City on Jan. 13, Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters, “clearly the vax has not stopped people from being infected with omicron. That is just clear as day.”

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis blasts Florida Senate’s attack on Everglades funding

With three short sentences, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday delivered a public rebuke to a Senate budget proposal to change the way state agencies advocate for federal Everglades policy and affect the way state dollars are released for restoration projects and accused legislators of leaving his agencies “in the dark.”

Miami Herald

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Florida Supreme Court rejects DeSantis request for redistricting opinion

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Gov. Ron DeSantis’ request for an advisory opinion involving his proposed congressional map that would eliminate a Black American district in North Florida.

Orlando Sentinel

Ron DeSantis likes to call things "woke"

“At this hit rate, Ron DeSantis will have trouble defeating wokeness. To him, it seems to be nearly everything"

Salon

Florida high court refuses DeSantis request on redistricting

The Florida Supreme Court is telling Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis it will not answer his question on whether a Black congressman’s district is unconstitutional

The Independent UK

Editorial: DeSantis defends an anti-immigrant stance rooted in cruelty

Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Miami’s American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora and defended his plan to crack down on federally funded Florida shelters for unaccompanied minors.

Miami Herald

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Editorial: Is open government still the law in Florida?

The Florida Department of Health undermined the fight against COVID-19 by halting detailed reports on the pandemic last June. That was strike one. Strike two is the department’s effort to scuttle a lawsuit that seeks to hold the state accountable for making that poor decision. It’s another reminder of where…

Tribune News Service

Florida State House leaders back $200 million punishment against schools that required masks

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida and Orlando school districts say they were trying to keep students and their families safe when they required students to wear masks on campus last year.

Tribune News Service

GOP scrutiny of Black districts may deepen after court move

Civil rights activists worry that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling could embolden Republicans to take aim at splitting majority-Black districts and ultimately reduce Black voters’ influence on Capitol Hill

The Independent UK

Editorial: Partisanship on the Supreme Court is damaging. A code of conduct could help

Supreme Court justices adamantly declare they are above the grubby machinations of partisan politics. But that narrative is contradicted by events like last week’s speech by Justice Neil Gorsuch to a closed-door gathering of the conservative Federalist Society that also included such Republican luminaries as former Vice President Mike Pence…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Fabiola Santiago: You know what’s ‘disgusting,’ Gov. DeSantis? Your heartless policy toward immigrant children

You have to be devoid of a soul to attack, in a quest for political glory, immigrant children looking for safety in this troubled world — and to do so in a city like Miami, Florida’s Ellis Island.

Miami Herald

Ron DeSantis plays down feud with Trump: ‘That’s total bunk’

Neither Mr Trump nor Mr DeSantis have formally announced their 2024 candidacies

The Independent UK

DeSantis weighs in on seniors’ voter fraud complaints in Miami-Dade

Florida won’t tolerate any “election shenanigans” and will look into recent complaints of voter fraud in Miami-Dade County, where elderly Democrats are complaining their party affiliations were changed to Republican without their knowledge, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday.

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Ottawa protesters defy growing calls to end occupation of capital

Hundreds of trucks and cars have blockaded the downtown areas as mayor declares state of emergency

Salon

DeSantis wants to "investigate" GoFundMe

Florida governor sides with Canadian truckers who've paralyzed Ottawa for a week, want all COVID rules lifted

Financial Times

Donald Trump still looms over American politics

The former president is the Republican frontrunner, but some fear his personal grievances will weaken the party in the midterms

Tribune News Service

‘Fauci can pound sand’: DeSantis’ campaign sells new flip-flops and more to keep skewering doctor

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis is taking more shots at Dr. Anthony Fauci with his latest campaign merchandise, this time adding flip-flops that read, “Fauci can pound sand.”

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Orlando Sentinel

‘Ghost’ candidates, dark money wouldn’t be focus of DeSantis’ election security office

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposed election security office would have no authority to clamp down on “ghost” candidates or the dark money groups that support them, according to a Senate proposal that outlined the responsibilities of the new office.

Miami Herald

Cubans who arrived through ‘Operation Peter Pan’ oppose DeSantis’ immigration orders

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A group of Florida business leaders and immigration advocates, including some who came to the U.S. from Cuba as unaccompanied children under “Operation Pedro Pan,” are asking Gov. Ron DeSantis to reverse a new rule that targets shelters licensed to house unaccompanied migrant children.

Miami Herald

Fabiola Santiago: Gov. DeSantis is no victim. His rhetoric enables hateful acts like Nazi rally

No, Gov. Ron DeSantis, it’s no coincidence that, only days apart, antisemitic flyers were hurled out of a passing car in Miami Beach while in Central Florida neo-Nazis staged rallies last weekend.

The Independent UK

Trump's heir? Some supporters eye DeSantis as alternative

At former President Donald Trump’s rally in Texas over the weekend, there were signs of change

Tribune News Service

DeSantis’ proposed election security office inches closer to reality

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis wants a new office to investigate elections crimes, and he just might get it.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

¿Pueden Biden y los gobernadores republicanos trabajar juntos para implementar la ley de infraestructura?

WASHINGTON— El presidente Joe Biden y los gobernadores republicanos rara vez coinciden en algo.

The Independent UK

Florida GOP election police bill clears committee

Florida Republicans have advanced a voting law package that would establish a police unit for election crimes, embracing a proposal pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis

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