Poll: Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley tie for second place in Texas
Lone Star State Republicans continue to be committed to Donald Trump as their 2024 standard-bearer, but a new survey suggests the real battle is for second place. Polling from CWS Research shows Ron...
View ArticleEthics panel tosses FDP complaint against Gov. DeSantis staff, cites...
Citing “insufficient evidence,” the Florida Commission on Ethics has dismissed a complaint accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis’ staff of improperly soliciting political support. The complaint, filed in June by...
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Diagnosis for 12.6.23: Checking the pulse of Florida health care news and policy
Welcome back to Diagnosis, a vertical that focuses on the crossroads of health care policy and politics. — The wait is over — Thursday morning, Senate President Kathleen Passidomo will unveil her “Live...
View ArticleRon DeSantis turns up the heat in fourth Republican presidential debate
Ron DeSantis faced off with three other leading Republican presidential candidates on the debate stage, and as with the previous three debates, Donald Trump was nowhere to be found. The NewsNation...
View ArticleRon DeSantis isn’t ruling out troop deployment to Israel
Gov. Ron DeSantis says he’d do whatever it takes to rescue the eight American hostages held by Hamas. That includes potentially sending U.S. troops to Israel, in the event he became President. During a...
View ArticleRon DeSantis will get the debates he wants in Iowa, New Hampshire
Ron DeSantis has been a recurrent critic of the presidential debate schedule, but in the end, two debates he’s been asking for will be on. CNN will host two events as voters in Iowa and New Hampshire...
View Article‘Live Healthy’ aims to increase access to care by bolstering workforce,...
The Senate is proposing to spend close to $1 billion on its sweeping “Live Healthy” initiative that aims to deal with a growing shortage of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals. Senate...
View ArticleTom Edwards sees long overdue comeuppance for Bridget and Christian Ziegler
For Tom Edwards, anger at Christian and Bridget Ziegler isn’t a new emotion. The only Democrat on the Sarasota County School Board, he has long been a political adversary. Shortly after Christian...
View ArticleRon DeSantis’ debate choice of favorite President is ‘one that people don’t...
Asked to choose an inspirational President at this week’s debate, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ pick is not one that has roused much talk of a Mount Rushmore annex — even if he was in office when they started...
View ArticleAudit calls for presidential search at Florida Atlantic University to start over
An audit ordered by the Board of Governors (BOG) recommends the search for a new President at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) start over. A report released by the State University System ahead of a...
View ArticleRon DeSantis downplays ‘small amount’ budgeted for potentially suing College...
Gov. Ron DeSantis talked up a potential legal challenge to the College Football Playoff selection process, contending that the $1 million he just budgeted to potentially pursue legal action challenging...
View ArticleRon DeSantis hits new low in national poll
Gov. Ron DeSantis arguably had his best performance in a national debate this week, with a widely viewed showdown with California’s Gavin Newsom the week before. But new polling suggests it might not...
View ArticleRon DeSantis says Nikki Haley would pick ‘liberal Justices’ for SCOTUS
The hits keep coming in the battle for No. 2 in the Republican presidential race, with Ron DeSantis casting aspersions on Nikki Haley’s potential Supreme Court Justice picks. During remarks in Iowa,...
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Delegation for 12.8.23: Maduro — NAS Pensacola — stuttering — no more hate?
Opposing Maduro Political contests in Venezuela increasingly have the attention of Florida’s congressional delegation. GOP lawmakers in the Sunshine State want Joe Biden’s administration to do more to...
View ArticleRon and Casey DeSantis talk Christmas decorations, teleprompters and scooter...
Florida’s First Couple is back on the campaign trail, where they’re talking about some of the positives and problems of being Governor and in politics more generally. Among the positives for Ron...
View ArticleCasey DeSantis wants out-of-state supporters to participate in Iowa caucuses
Casey DeSantis is calling on supporters of her husband’s presidential campaign to spend some time in the Hawkeye State next month. “We’re asking all of these moms and grandmoms to come from wherever it...
View ArticleRon DeSantis defends Never Back Down’s ‘smart’ Iowa strategy
Iowa reporters wonder why Ron DeSantis’ campaign operation has been so dependent on his super PAC thus far, and with barely five weeks until the caucuses, he finally addressed the question. When one...
View ArticleDonald Trump drags Ron DeSantis for ‘walking on eggs’ on ‘high heels’ during...
Former President Donald Trump is finally offering a review of Wednesday’s Republican Presidential debate. And his comments about Ron DeSantis are particularly unsparing. “I thought Ron DeSanctimonious...
View ArticleRon DeSantis, other GOP hopefuls swing through northern Iowa
Republican presidential candidates will cross paths again in Iowa just days after a fractious debate and as the countdown to the caucuses nears the one-month mark. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former...
View Article‘Armor of God’ is part of a DeSantis child’s homework
Ron DeSantis has made a habit of telling supporters to “put on the full armor of God” and fight the left in campaign appearances, particularly in front of religious crowds. Now the trope is apparently...
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