Ron DeSantis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference in South Florida on Thursday morning to talk about this year's Python Challenge.

"We have removed tens of thousands of snakes out of this environment. You can win prizes, and of course you'll be doing a public service," said DeSantis. It's just unbelievable what they will ravage," said DeSantis.

DeSantis announced the Florida Python Challenge, which he says is a competition that will take place from Aug. 5 to Aug. 14.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday held a news conference at an airboat tour company near Miami, where he announced registration had begun for the ...

“These snakes are destroying the natural food chain, and you can’t have a healthy environment without a healthy food chain, so extremely important to the environment. More than 600 people from more than 25 states participated in last year’s challenge, removing 223 pythons from the Everglades, DeSantis said. “... The reality is, they can exact serious destruction on the overall ecosystem and so for us, we view this as a challenge.”

Gov Ron DeSantis is hard at work establishing himself as a leader among both the pool of GOP governors around the nation as well as the Republican Party ...

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Gov. Ron DeSantis' “Stop Woke Act” faces its first federal court test after being celebrated by the political right for restricting race-based teaching and ...

But many think it shows what may be in store for colleges and universities in a DeSantis second term. This year, DeSantis signed new legislation that could make it more difficult for faculty to retain tenure, which has been a standard at universities since the 1940s. FIRE is asking Florida universities to narrowly interpret the new Stop Woke law, set to take effect July 1. “It’s a Pandora’s Box that you don’t want to open.” FIRE is not among the plaintiffs. That measure gained added focus because it was seen as opening more campuses to the political right. But then it was with the support of conservatives. While the measure earned its nickname when DeSantis termed it the "Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act," the Legislature settled on a simpler title, calling it the “Individual Freedom Act.” Along with violating free speech rights guaranteed under the U.S. constitution, the lawsuit claims the Stop Woke law gives the state power to “arbitrarily decide what speech is prohibited and what speech is permitted.” “The in-class instruction offered by state-employed educators is also pure government speech, not the speech of the educators themselves,” the state argues in defending the law. “For conservatives who think this is a good idea and that maybe these topics or concepts should be verboten in higher education, I’d say, consider what a Legislature in a left-leaning state might do with the authority to say which subjects are true or false, or can or can’t be discussed,” Steinbaugh said. What is 'wokeness?' How the meaning of woke evolved: What does it mean to be 'woke,' and why does Florida Governor Ron DeSantis want to stop it?

A conservative Washington, D.C., law firm has emerged as the courthouse defender of much of Gov. Ron DeSantis' culture war agenda.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday railed against providing Covid-19 vaccines to young children, saying Florida will not provide ...

The state Department of Health is headed by state Surgeon General Joe Ladapo, who is an outspoken critic of the vaccine. The approval fast tracks the vaccine for distribution and kids could start receiving shots as soon as Tuesday. “I would say we are affirmatively against the Covid vaccine for young kids,” DeSantis said.

Florida governor Ron Desantis does not recommend kids take the COVID vaccine. His state is the only holdout in the national program.

He is against mandating behavior he opposes, and he is for mandating behavior he supports. Buying up vaccine supplies and distributing them for free is not the same as mandating a vaccine. DeSantis spokesman Jeremy Redfern explains that this is not an omission.

Florida is the only state that hasn't pre-ordered COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5, and they could start to go out as soon as next week.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday defended his state's decision not to preorder Covid-19 vaccines for children under 5 years old ahead of federal ...

"Every other governor in the country - Republicans and Democrats alike - has taken measures to ensure this vaccine is available to children," Christian said in a written statement. The CDC's vaccine advisers are expected to vote Saturday. The White House has said shots could start being distributed as early as next week. "The state of Florida has had the recommendation from five and up for a while. DeSantis said Thursday that the "risks outweigh the benefits" of vaccinating young children. And now, from the 6 months to 5, the state's recommendation holds," DeSantis said. He suggested parents can get vaccines for their children through doctors or hospitals.

Florida will not dedicate any state resources to vaccinating young children against COVID-19, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Thursday. Responding to a question ...

In March, Florida became the first state to recommend against vaccinating healthy kids and teenagers ages 5 to 17. “Our Department of Health has been very clear, the risk outweighs the benefits and we recommend against it. “That’s not something that we think is appropriate, and so that’s not where we are going to be utilizing our resources.”

Governor's national ambitions prove to be windfall for high-powered DC firm.

We have also represented many other states on a wide variety of cases over the years, and we currently represent at least a half dozen states in important cases and matters,” he added. Now, the Orlando Sentinel is reporting that the continued relationship between Mr DeSantis’s administration and Cooper & Kirk has led to a windfall for the firm, which has taken home $2.8m in legal fees from Florida taxpayers in just a few short years. The governor’s team previously claimed that the administration is a target for so many lawsuits due to “activist groups that sue to accomplish their agenda by judicial fiat”. "Cooper & Kirk’s relationship with the State of Florida long predates Gov. DeSantis’ tenure, going back at least 20 years, when Governor Jeb Bush hired our firm to defend Florida’s voting laws relating to felons. He has worked with the firm since at least August of 2020, when it was reported in the Tampa Bay Times that Florida taxpayers were on the hook for a quarter million billed by Cooper & Kirk to defend a law passed by Republicans banning felons from voting until their court fees are paid off. But Mr DeSantis’s connection to the firm goes deeper than did those of its previous clients.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has bucked COVID-19 mandates and lockdowns throughout the pandemic, said Thursday the state won't help distribute or ...

Between 0% and 0.02% of all pediatric cases of coronavirus resulted in death, according to data from 25 states. That’s not something that we think is appropriate.” “And we recommend against it.” Mr. DeSantis, who is running for a second term and weighing a 2024 White House bid, said he’s not banning the vaccine. Florida Democrats said Mr. DeSantis is the only governor who did not place an order for the vaccines ahead of their FDA approval, which Democrats said will delay Florida residents from accessing the shot. A new COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months to 5 years is expected to be cleared for use by the FDA in the coming days.

Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed Florida would not be ordering COVID vaccines for children under 5. But doctors, hospitals, and community centers can still order ...

It also said that Florida's decision not to participate should come at "no surprise" given that the department doesn't recommend shots for children. He prohibited schools and workplaces from forcing workers to vaccinate as a condition of employment, and from forcing children to wear masks. Every other state but Florida has pre-ordered the vaccine for children under 5, the Miami Herald first reported. "By being the only state not-pre-ordering, pediatricians for example in Florida will not have immediate-ready access to vaccines," Jean-Pierre said during Thursday's White House briefing. "That's not something that we think is appropriate and so that's not where we are going to be utilizing our resources." But neither Florida health officials nor the White House would specify whether the delay would be a matter of days, weeks, or even months.

CNN political analyst Van Jones praised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for what he described as a “very smart” response to billionaire Elon Musk's tweet.

“But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican,” Musk said last month. “And when the richest guy in the world says something about you and then you say something funny, it keeps his name in the news cycle. The South Africa native also noted that he supported Andrew Yang during the 2020 election but “DeSantis has a better chance of winning.”

Florida is the only state that hasn't pre-ordered COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5, and they could start to go out as soon as next week.

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The Florida Governor is tipped to run for President in 2024 and the Tesla CEO wrote on Twitter that he may offer his support to DeSantis' campaign.

Musk’s privileged upbringing in a wealthy White family in apartheid South Africa is rarely what is meant when the term is used in that context. In an interview with some of Musk’s schoolmates, the New York Times outlines the anti-Black sentiment that his peers were surrounded with. Numerically, White people were a minority in the country but they wielded almost all of the nation’s political, social and economic power.