LOS ANGELES (NewsNation) — The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education voted on Tuesday to ban cellphone use during the school day. The new rule will take effect in January 2025, though the Los Angeles Times reports that the details still need to be “approved in a future meeting by the Board … Read more
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees on Wednesday gave final approval to an agreement that buries the hatchet between Disney and the governing district for Walt Disney World, which the Florida governor took over after the company two years ago publicly opposed a state law critics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” The five DeSantis-appointed … Read more
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday declared a state of emergency for Sarasota County and several other counties in southern Florida due to flooding. The state of emergency was declared for Sarasota, Broward, Collier, Lee, and Miami-Dade counties due to Invest 90L, which began moving across the state on Tuesday. House GOP … Read more
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s highest court on Thursday rejected an effort by a suspended state attorney to get reinstated after she was removed from office last year by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in his second suspension of a Democratic prosecutor. Supreme Court justices voted 6-1 to deny a petition from suspended State Attorney Monique … Read more
Mick Jagger teased Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the Rolling Stones’ concert in Florida this week after needling Donald Trump on a previous tour stop. “We have some great local celebrities that have come tonight,” the legendary lead singer reportedly said at Camping World Stadium on Monday. “Tiger Woods is here, for instance. Joey Fatone … Read more
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are signaling to donors that they are putting their rivalry behind them after a contentious and often personal primary fight. DeSantis convened his allies this week in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to press them to raise money to support … Read more
Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis declared a so-called Freedom Summer for the state kicking off May 27 and running through September 2. Freedom, as I understand it, means that a people can act, speak, or think as they want without the restraint of a governing body. So that must mean DeSantis is killing some long-unnecessary … Read more
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Wednesday signed a bill requiring public K-12 schools to teach what he called “the truth about the evils of communism,” claiming it’s necessary to do this before students can be misled about the topic when they enter higher education. “It’s going to give the students the truth about communism,” … Read more
