On Sept. 30, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet unanimously agreed to donate a 2.63-acre parcel of prime downtown Miami real estate to the foundation that will develop the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library. The land, used for parking by Miami Dade College, has been valued at more than $67 million, but the state asked for nothing in return for this gift.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's office is jumping in to defend Miami Dade College in what he's calling a "bogus lawsuit," after a judge temporarily blocked the school from transferring the deed for prime downtown land the state plans to give Donald Trump's presidential library foundation. Florida's chief financial officer Blaise Ingoglia has also filed a request to join the lawsuit on the college's behalf, according to court filings.
New rules for insurance company owners that are now out of state regulators' reach. An emergency relief fund to help low-income homeowners pay for insurance. A national risk pool to spread insurance costs across several states. Those are some of the ideas - some new, some brought back - that Florida's Democratic senators are pushing to ease the high costs of property insurance costs for homeowners and renters in the state.
The bad news is that Charlie Kirk is dead, but the good news is that he's now part of the curriculum. It's been my understanding from people opposed to tearing down memorials to treasonous slavers that the most effective means of teaching people is via statuary-and my alma mater, the New College of Florida, is leading the way, with the announcement that private donors will be paying to place a statue of the late right-wing influencer on campus.
"But I do believe that there is a really significant opportunity here for Democrats to take back the state of Florida - as long as we have a candidate who can relate to everyday people who keeps it focused on the most important pressing issues that affect people every single day in their lives like affordability and public education, and access to true freedoms across the state," Jenkins said.
Children in Florida will no longer be required to receive vaccines against preventable diseases including measles, mumps, chicken pox, polio and hepatitis said Joseph Ladapo, the state's surgeon general, on Wednesday in a speech during which he likened vaccine mandates to slavery. Ladapo, hand-picked for the role by Ron DeSantis, Florida's Republican governor, is a long-time skeptic of the benefit of vaccines, and has previously been accused of peddling scientific nonsense by public health advocates.
The public record completely contradicted what the nominee was telling us, Paul Renner said, highlighting skepticism towards Santa Ono's shifting views on DEI and campus safety.