DeSantis sidelines longtime ally after UF feud to appease top donor

The decision underscores how much DeSantis needs Mori Hosseini, a GOP heavyweight and the chairman of the University of ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stands behind CDC's vaccine rollback

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he agreed with U.S. Centers for Disease Control's reduction in recommended vaccines.
WLRN

DeSantis opposes Paul Renner entering governor’s race: ‘Ill-advised decision’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. Ron DeSantis does not want former Florida House Speaker Paul Renner to succeed him as governor, he told a ...
Independent Florida Alligator

What DeSantis’ call to cut H-1B visas means for UF

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent crackdown on H-1B visas leaves the future of academics at UF hanging in the balance. An H-1B visa allows American employers to hire college-educated foreign citizens for up ...
Tallahassee Democrat

One year before he goes home, DeSantis’ agenda stays big

Gov. Ron DeSantis will soon enter his last year in office but his wish list of major items from the Legislature hasn’t diminished. For the 60-day regular legislative session that starts Jan. 13, ...
Palm Beach Post

In speech, Gov. DeSantis rips communism, is silent on deporting those who fled tyranny

Gov. Ron DeSantis observed Victims of Communism Day at Miami's Freedom Tower, speaking to high school students. DeSantis and the state's education commissioner announced an expanded anti-communism ...
Law

DeSantis Appoints Two New Judges to South Florida Courts

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been working to fill more than two dozen judicial vacancies created by state lawmakers earlier this year. Two new judges have joined benches in Palm Beach, thanks to ...
Tallahassee Democrat

DeSantis, Cabinet OK $83 million land buy from GOP donor

Florida officials approved an $83.3 million purchase for four acres of land in Destin. The seller, a major Republican donor, originally bought the land for about $8 million. The land will be used to ...
WPLG

Backfill or backfire? DeSantis’ plan to replace local tax dollars draws debate

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pitching a $117 billion state budget for the next fiscal year, about $2 billion more than the current, $114.8 billion. Speaking in Orlando on Wednesday, he ...
Military Times

DeSantis is a veteran. So are inmates he’ll send to execution chamber

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service, under the headline “Florida’s governor is a veteran.
Sun Sentinel

The DeSantis Court, and how it got that way | Editorial

Five of the seven justices on the Florida Supreme Court owe their positions to Gov. Ron DeSantis. Soon there will be a sixth. No other governor has ever appointed more than four or had so ruinous an ...