Some Petition Gatherers Don't Have to be Citizens, Florida Residents, Judge Rules

Some Petition Gatherers Don't Have to be Citizens, Florida Residents, Judge Rules

Liv Caputo
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July 9, 2025
Some petitioners pushing to legalize recreational marijuana, expand Medicaid, or ensure clean water access in the state constitution don't have to be Florida residents or U.S. citizens, a federal judge ruled late Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker temporarily blocked parts of a sweeping new petition fraud law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that banned […]
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DeSantis Touts $3.14 Billion in Two Years Toward Everglades Restoration Efforts

DeSantis Touts $3.14 Billion in Two Years Toward Everglades Restoration Efforts

Liv Caputo
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April 22, 2024
WEST PALM BEACH, FL—Governor Ron DeSantis approved an additional $1.5 billion toward Everglades restoration and water quality on Earth Day, hoping to resuscitate the most threatened National Park in the United States. In his first four years in office, DeSantis allocated $3.3 billion toward restoration and water management. In January 2023, he promised that his […]
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Brian Mast takes incoming fire from Florida farmers over his water op-ed

Brian Mast takes incoming fire from Florida farmers over his water op-ed

Javier Manjarres
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May 8, 2020
Florida Rep. Brian Mast (R) has really stirred the pot with farmers in Florida after he penned a scathing op-ed directed against U.S. Sugar and it’s associated farmers. The opinion accuses farmers of wanting to “steal” water from Floridians for their own profit. 
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Republican legislators stiff-arm anti-Trump environmental lobby in Tallahassee

Republican legislators stiff-arm anti-Trump environmental lobby in Tallahassee

Javier Manjarres
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February 10, 2020
The 8th annual Everglades Action Day is underway in Tallahassee and the message the lobby group has packaged together to help press legislators on support their cause appears to be falling on deaf Republican ears.
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Why are Governor DeSantis’ “friends” attacking President Trump?

Why are Governor DeSantis’ “friends” attacking President Trump?

Javier Manjarres
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January 5, 2020
From the looks of how his first term in office has gone, it appears that Florida’s first “green” governor, Ron DeSantis, is making all the right moves, and coalescing a base of support that believes he is a consensus governor and could bridge all political divides.
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DeSantis keeps winning, secures $200 million for Everglades restoration

DeSantis keeps winning, secures $200 million for Everglades restoration

Javier Manjarres
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December 22, 2019
Florida’s “Green” Governor takes another victory lap, as President Donald Trump’s newly-signed federal budget secured the $200 million Gov. Ron DeSantis and Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott requested for  Everglades restoration earlier this year.
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DeSantis bolsters Florida's

DeSantis bolsters Florida's "eco-friendly" tourism

Javier Manjarres
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August 6, 2019
Florida has never really had an environmentally-focused governor, but the state’s newly-elected “Green Governor” is at it again. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who ran on a clean water and environment platform during the 2018 midterm elections, is giving his official tourism agency a little “eco-friendly” boost.
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