Ron DeSantis’ campaign took thousands from two donors accused of soliciting prostitution
The charges stemmed from a Florida spa with alleged ties to a human trafficking ring.
By Matt Cohen - October 26, 2022The charges stemmed from a Florida spa with alleged ties to a human trafficking ring.
By Matt Cohen - October 26, 2022The National Flood Insurance Program has approved more than $48 million for claims from policyholders in Florida.
By Adrian Cole - October 21, 2022The arrests are part of a larger effort by Florida Republicans to disenfranchise Black voters, civil rights advocates say.
By Matt Cohen - October 20, 2022The veterans’ group’s leader wrote in 2016 that nonpartisanship is a ‘mandate.’
By Adrian Cole - October 06, 2022The complaint against Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and others says they ‘designed and executed a premeditated, fraudulent, and illegal scheme centered on exploiting’ vulnerable asylum-seekers for their own political, personal and financial gain.
By Adrian Cole - September 22, 2022Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis decries ‘Bidenflation’ but fails to credit the billions from Biden’s American Rescue Plan that helped create his state’s budget surplus.
By Adrian Cole - September 21, 2022Education advocates in the state say the move sets a ‘dangerous’ precedent.
By Adrian Cole - August 31, 2022Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist says the struggle for the governor’s mansion this fall will be the ‘most consequential race in the history of our state.’
By Adrian Cole - August 24, 2022‘If Florida truly believes we live in a post-racial society, then let it make its case,’ wrote U.S. District Judge Mark Walker. ‘But it cannot win the argument by muzzling its opponents.’
By Associated Press - August 21, 2022Republican luminaries such as Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Ted Cruz took to the stage in Tampa to spew slurs and insults for an appreciative audience.
By Adrian Cole - July 26, 2022‘The governor doesn’t make the law,’ said Shelly Skeen of Lambda Legal. ‘The family code in fact says that parents should be providing medically necessary care to their kids.’
By Casey Quinlan - July 07, 2022‘We’re not seeing a whole lot of common sense in his policies. He tends to toss aside serious ideas about climate change as just left-wing politics,’ said Sierra Club Florida political director Luigi Guadarrama.
By Adrian Cole - July 06, 2022Judge John Cooper noted that the Florida Constitution’s provision on the right to privacy ‘is clearly implicated in a woman’s decision of whether or not to continue her pregnancy.’
By Adrian Cole - June 30, 2022Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis denied funding for new personnel for the state’s licensing division.
By Adrian Cole - June 06, 2022Ron DeSantis’ campaign had previously said it would not take any money from Steven Alembik.
By Adrian Cole - May 13, 2022Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said, ‘I can tell you that before I am done as governor, we will have a signature on that bill.’
By Adrian Cole - May 02, 2022‘We can’t afford to deny this reality and the urgency of what is happening to our state,’ said Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried.
By Associated Press - April 24, 2022Charlie Crist demanded transparency about the Florida Department of Education’s reasons for banning of math textbooks.
By Adrian Cole - April 22, 2022Donald Trump was banned from Twitter for life for inciting violence through his account.
By Oliver Willis - February 02, 2021David Jolly voted for Democrat Andrew Gillum for Florida governor, despite serving in Congress alongside Ron DeSantis.
By Oliver Willis - October 31, 2018Ron DeSantis spewed anti-Semitism to a crowd of supporters just hours before a shooter killed 11 at a Pennsylvania synagogue.
By Oliver Willis - October 29, 2018Andrew Gillum called out his Republican rival Ron DeSantis for consorting with racists and echoing their message during his campaign for governor of Florida.
By Oliver Willis - October 25, 2018After a terrible debate performance, Ron DeSantis won’t meet with papers. His challenger, Andrew Gillum, still plans to meet the outlets.
By Oliver Willis - October 23, 2018Andrew Gillum exposed Ron DeSantis as a cheap Trump clone.
By Tommy Christopher - October 22, 2018Trump got smacked down when he tried to help Ron DeSantis’ racist campaign this weekend.
By Tommy Christopher - October 21, 2018Despite his role leading the charge to attack health care in Congress, Ron DeSantis has ignored the topic for his entire campaign.
By Oliver Willis - October 16, 2018Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum slammed Trump for his attacks on Tallahassee as the city faces down a deadly hurricane.
By Oliver Willis - October 10, 2018In addition to defending slavery, Florida Republican Ron DeSantis also railed against women’s rights and anti-discrimination laws.
By Caroline Orr - October 09, 2018Ron DeSantis has a history of palling around with racists — and he’s running for governor against Florida’s first-ever black gubernatorial nominee.
By Eric Boehlert - September 10, 2018The same day Ron DeSantis used a racist dog-whistle to attack his opponent, the Florida Republican was exposed as a moderator of a virulently racist Facebook page.
By Caroline Orr - August 30, 2018