Ryan NicolJanuary 12, 2019
15min893
DeSantis named former Coral Springs Police Sgt. Gregory Tony as Israel's replacement.
Tag: Gov. Ron DeSantis
Ryan NicolJanuary 12, 2019
Staff ReportsJanuary 12, 2019
4min440
The previous Governor, multi-millionaire Rick Scott, got rid of the state jet.
Jim RosicaJanuary 11, 2019
6min2599
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried on Friday said she has now created a position of “Director of Cannabis” under the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. “We will be naming a Director of Cannabis in the coming weeks,” she said in a media availability after Friday’s Cabinet meeting. She is the only Democrat on the panel. “That […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 11, 2019
4min906
Gov. Ron DeSantis didn’t say Friday whether he thinks climate change is at least partly caused by human activity. The new Governor, a Ponte Vedra Beach Republican, held his first press conference in the Governor’s Office with the Capitol Press Corps. DeSantis came out swinging for the environment Thursday, issuing an executive order to a Chief […]
Jacob OglesJanuary 10, 2019
7min621
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday called for the resignations of every board member of the South Florida Water Management District. “We really needed to have a fresh start,” DeSantis said during a stop in Stuart. The new Governor said he sent letters to each member thanking them for their services and asking them to step […]
Joe HendersonJanuary 10, 2019
4min387
By now, Florida lawmakers surely realize continuing to fight the expansion of medical marijuana is reefer madness. Gov. Ron DeSantis apparently is in that camp. He is ready to stop the state’s legal battle to keep patients from smoking prescribed medical weed. Is that actual common sense coming out of Tallahassee? Sure sounded like it. Some […]
Staff ReportsJanuary 9, 2019
7min1576
With Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday appointing appellate judge Barbara Lagoa to fill a vacancy on the state’s Supreme Court, leaders in law, politics and business reacted: — Attorney General Ashley Moody: “As the first Cuban-American woman to serve on the 3rd District Court of Appeals and the author of more than 300 majority opinions, her […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 9, 2019
5min589
Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Barbara Lagoa, chief judge of the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Miami, to be the newest justice and first Cuban American woman on the Florida Supreme Court. DeSantis announced his selection Wednesday morning at the Freedom Tower on Miami’s Biscayne Boulevard. Her “proven commitment to upholding the rule of law, unparalleled legal […]
Joe HendersonDecember 19, 2018
5min397
The last eight years will go down as some of the worst for Florida’s environment. Between algae blooms, beach erosion, hurricanes and the continuing specter of climate change, the state’s delicate eco-balance has been under siege. Under Gov. Rick Scott, even the official mention of climate change was forbidden. Regulations to protect the environment were […]