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Education & Youth

DeSantis Threatens to Withhold Pay of School Officials If They Follow CDC Rules

More than three in five Floridians want schools to require masks for students and staff, a new poll found.
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Chris Walker,
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August 10, 2021
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Environment & Health

Travel to and From Florida Would Be Banned If State Were a Country, Expert Says

Infectious diseases expert Jonathan Reiner said that, without changes, things were “going to get much worse” in Florida.
by
Chris Walker,
Truthout
August 9, 2021
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference about the opening of a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Hard Rock Stadium on January 6, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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Environment & Health

FL Counties Impose Mask Mandates Despite Threat From DeSantis to Invalidate Them

More than 350 Floridians have died because of coronavirus in the past seven days.
by
Chris Walker,
Truthout
July 29, 2021
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Ronald DeSantis
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Environment & Health

Florida Accounts for 1 in 5 New COVID Cases as DeSantis Sells Anti-Fauci Shirts

Florida physicians have attributed the state’s COVID surge to the governor’s rush to end public health restrictions.
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Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
July 26, 2021
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Hospital staff suit up with PPE in the COVID-19 section before entering the ward to work with patients in Tampa, Florida, on August 19, 2020.
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Environment & Health

FL Newspaper Tells DeSantis to Stop “Auditioning” for Fox News as COVID Spikes

Florida’s rate of new COVID cases being reported daily has increased by more than 450 percent in the past four weeks.
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Chris Walker,
Truthout
July 20, 2021
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gestures as he speaks during a campaign rally at Pensacola International Airport in Pensacola, Florida, on October 23, 2020.
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Politics & Elections

Governor DeSantis Peddles “Don’t Fauci My Florida” Shirts as COVID Cases Spike

DeSantis’s campaign site includes other items that promote the anti-mask (and anti-science) sentiments of the governor.
by
Chris Walker,
Truthout
July 14, 2021
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his wife, Casey, visit a memorial to those missing outside the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building that partially collapsed on July 3, 2021, in Surfside, Florida.
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Politics & Elections

Could Other Condos Collapse Like Surfside? Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Care to Know.

Flawed buildings can be fixed and lives can be saved, but only if authorities choose to act.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
July 8, 2021
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives away a pen after holding a bill signing ceremony at the Florida National Guard Robert A. Ballard Armory on June 7, 2021, in Miami, Florida.
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Education & Youth

DeSantis Signs Law Requiring Florida Colleges to Survey Student Political Views

Universities might face budget cuts if the responses are not satisfactory to the state’s Republican-led legislature.
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Brett Bachman,
Salon
June 24, 2021
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at the Shul of Bal Harbour on June 14, 2021, in Surfside, Florida.
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Politics & Elections

Trump Loses to Ron DeSantis as GOP’s Top Pick for 2024, New Poll Finds

Trump has previously stated that if he does run in 2024, he’d consider Gov. Ron DeSantis for his vice president pick.
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Chris Walker,
Truthout
June 21, 2021
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The State Capitol Building in downtown Austin, Texas.
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Politics & Elections

GOP-Led Legislatures May Pass Voter Suppression Laws With Help of Trump Judges

Many of these bills will have a disproportionate impact on voters of color and are being challenged in state courts.
by
Billy Corriher,
Facing South
May 29, 2021
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