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Mike Haridopolos Calls Trump 'Amazing Negotiator' for New Greenland Deal In comments to The Floridian, Representative Mike Haridopolos (R-FL) praised President Donald Trump's recent agreement on Greenland, calling the President an "amazing negotiator." READ MORE. Attorney General James Uthmeier: "Leaf us alone." Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins: "I have been on the frontlines of immigration enforcement […]
Fishback Pushes Fake Candidate Forum Promo of Donalds and Collins There is a "Fake News" alert in Florida as the campaign of controversial gubernatorial "candidate" James Fishback is blatantly pushing a "Fake" meme on "X" claiming that both Lt. Gov. Jay Collins and Rep. Byron Donalds will in fact be attending a forum with him […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an education bill package on Friday that includes a ban on cell phone use for elementary and middle school students, as well as limitations for high schoolers during instructional time. The package is part of other provisions under HB 1105. Rep. Jennifer Kincart Johnson (R-Lakeland) sponsored the bill in the House. […]
Florida Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) seeks to support school choice programs across the nation by proposing the week of January 21 be designated as ‘National School Choice Week.’ ‘School choice’ is the name given to educational policies that generally permit for parents to decide which educational institutions will receive their tax dollars. Senator Scott joined […]
Governor and presidential nominee Ron DeSantis (R-FL) reminded Floridians about the “Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday, which began on Monday, July 24 until Sunday, August 6. This two-week event will allow families to purchase school supplies before the upcoming academic year at a discounted rate and will allow those families to save more than $160 million. […]
Florida Democrats around the state have been calling out Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) since his signage of the controversial school transparency law HB 1467 in March. The bill, which looks to make school districts be more transparent about the literature that they provide to children, has been sponsored by the DeSantis administration. Some Democrats, […]
Parental choice versus vaccine mandates in public schools has become the most critical issue in Florida politics, especially with new, strict mandates coming from the White House. However, Florida parents have secured a huge win this week, with the appellate courts upholding Gov. DeSantis' (R-FL) no-mask mandate policy in Florida Public Schools. The school year […]
The higher educations appropriations subcommittee in the Florida House convened to listen to testimony for four bills this past week. One of those bills being, HB 1279.
