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SARASOTA, Florida —Bridget Ziegler hadn’t yet heard from Gov. Ron DeSantis after she won reelection to the Sarasota County school board race on Tuesday night, but she kept her phone close, just in case she did. Standing outside her victory party at a strip mall bar, her eyes flicked toward …

Florida politicians and local Jewish leaders are demanding Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis condemn a group of neo-Nazis who congregated outside a Tampa convention center over the weekend, passing out anti-Semitic propaganda and displaying swastikas alongside flags that read“DeSantis Country.” The gathering occurred Saturday outside the Tampa Convention Center, where the …

The trouble in Orange County Public Schools began, perhaps unsurprisingly, at a seminar called “Camp Legal.” The meeting’s stated purpose was for the district’s attorneys to walk school administrators through changes to law, a part of their annual training. But Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act, better known as the …

Florida Gov. Ron Desantis and his administration have used their authority to essentially punish organizations he deems to be insufficiently conservative. One of their latest targets is the Special Olympics. Jay O’Brien of ABC News reported on Friday that the governor threatened to levy an eight-figure fine against the Special …

“There’s something very dystopian about someone telling you that you discussing your human rights would result in a ceremony becoming unenjoyable or problematic,” Zander Moricz, the first openly gay class president at his Sarasota county, Florida high school tells Rolling Stone. Moricz says he was recently called into the principal’s …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis‘ crusade against what he has called the “woke” Disney Corporation continued on Thursday when the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill eliminating Disney World from being able to self-govern. Disney since 1967 has operated within its own special district, collecting its own taxes and providing …

At an evangelical church in Kissimmee, Florida, on Thursday, Governor Ron Desantis signed into a law a bill prohibiting abortions 15 or more weeks after conception. “This will represent the most significant protections for life that have been enacted in this state in a generation,” the Republican governor crowed. The …

Raven-Symoné and the cast of Disney Channel’s Raven’s Home walked off the show’s set on Tuesday in solidarity with other Walt Disney Company employees to protest the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. “In support of our LGBTQ+ family and all of those who will be damaged by the ‘Don’t Say Gay …

Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Chapek apologized to LGBTQ+ employees and announced that the entertainment giant would stop political donations in Florida after facing fierce criticism over its stance (or lack thereof) on Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill. “Speaking to you, reading your messages, and meeting with you have …