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‘A reform board’: New Broward School Board members are sworn in

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As Broward County’s newest School Board members were sworn into office Tuesday, they wasted no time showing that major changes would be coming.

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Florida’s ‘anti-riot’ law infringes on right to protest, United Nations committee says

MIAMI — A law passed by Florida Republicans in reaction to the protests that erupted across the U.S. in the summer of 2020 restricts “the right to peaceful assembly,” according to a report released Tuesday by a United Nations committee tasked with monitoring human rights across the globe.

Miami Herald

DeSantis allegation about Crist running mate called ‘a lie’

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Charlie Crist’s running mate Karla Hernandez-Mats should be disqualified from running for office, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday, after alleging the Miami teachers union chief protected a middle school teacher convicted of sexually abusing several students for years. The Crist camp called it “a lie.”

Orlando Sentinel

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DeSantis-suspended Broward school board member, challenger fight for votes in November runoff

MIAMI — The next chapter of the contentious relationship between the state’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the school board of Broward County, the Florida county with the most registered Democratic Party voters, revolves around one central question: Could and would the governor suspend a school board member twice?

Miami Herald

Economy and Society, August 30, 2022: Texas lists 10 funds ineligible for business with state over ESG policies

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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4 new Broward School Board members are sworn in after Gov. DeSantis appointed them

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Broward’s newest School Board members wasted no time showing changes were coming, as they selected one of their own as the new chairman.

Tribune News Service

Charge Them 'An Arm And A Leg!' Florida Gov. DeSantis Takes Aim At Cannabis Stocks

The situation is looking gloomy for cannabis companies in the Sunshine State. Republican Governor Ron DeSantis thinks medical cannabis businesses should pay a lot more for the chance to legally operate in in Florida.

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DeSantis appointees replace elected school board members

Four school board members appointed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in one of Florida's most Democratic counties have been sworn in

The Independent UK

Joe Rogan tells listeners to ‘vote Republican’

‘I’m hoping that now that this is over, people are going to recognise that some serious errors were made and not repeat those,’ popular podcast host says

The Independent UK

Back to school means back to fighting far-right attacks on education

These political forces want to make schools teach a whitewashed version of our history and our current reality in the name of “patriotic” education. One of the censors’ most harmful assumptions is that students are too fragile to hear the history our people have lived.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump: DeSantis of "stealing" my style

Trump recently joked that he should sue DeSantis for "copyright infringement," according to Rolling Stone

Salon

Editorial: Allowing the extremes to prevail is a formula for disaster in America

The examples abound of America’s lurch toward greater extremism on both the right and left. It’s getting to the point where free speech is being stifled by self-righteous word police on the left and screaming, armed lunatics on the far right. Each side uses the other’s examples as justification for…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: In Florida, Crist must seize abortion issue for Democrats, without sidestepping past views

For Charlie Crist to have any chance at prying Florida from the iron grip of Ron DeSantis in the November gubernatorial election, he’ll have to hammer on the issue of abortion.

Miami Herald

Jay Ambrose: Take a good look at Newsom, DeSantis

Pundits like myself sometimes count on wisdom in telling readers who will get elected in a presidential race while forgetting there are 1,001 events that could change everything between now and the time people start voting. Therefore, be skeptical when you’re told the candidates in 2024 will be the GOP’s…

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The Independent UK

Lauren Boebert under fire for claiming student loan forgiveness funds ‘degree in lesbian dance theory’

‘I’m not going to lie, I’m a little pissed that lesbian dance theory wasn’t offered when I went to college,’ one Twitter user mocked the Colorado congresswoman

Tribune News Service

The Republican Party is having an identity crisis

WASHINGTON — The GOP is now acting like a party in search of itself with less than three months before U.S. elections that once favored Republicans to retake both chambers of Congress and set them up for 2024.

Miami Herald

Hernandez-Mats rises from middle school teacher to candidate for lieutenant governor

HIALEAH, Fla. — Standing in front of the crowd in the dimly lit Hialeah Middle Community School library, Charlie Crist, the Democratic nominee for governor, enthusiastically announced his running mate.

Tribune News Service

Who are DeSantis’ new Broward School Board appointments? 4 Republicans, 2 with insider School Board experience

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In remaking the Broward School Board on Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis turned to four Republicans — two of whom have School Board experience and the kind of insider knowledge that could help them effect change in the problem-plagued School District.

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Charlie Crist explains why he chose Karla Hernandez-Mats as his running mate at South Florida rally

HIALEAH, Fla. — Karla Hernandez-Mats stood beside Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist as his running mate for the first time on Saturday at an event at Hialeah Middle School, the same school where the Miami teachers union president taught special education for 10 years.

The Independent UK

Crist picks Miami teachers union leader as running mate

Democrat Charlie Crist has tapped Miami-Dade County teachers union president Karla Hernandez-Mats as his running mate as he challenges Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in Florida

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis ousts four elected school board members over damning report into Parkland massacre

Grand jury probe found that officials displayed ‘deceit, malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty and incompetence’ in their handling of a campus safety program

Salon

8 new crackdowns on academic freedom

The right is pushing an aggressive attack on schools — but teachers and students are pushing back

WEKU

20 were charged for voter fraud in Florida. Advocates say a broken system is to blame

Many of the individuals charged by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' new election crimes unit said they had no idea that with their felony convictions, they were unable to vote when they cast 2020 ballots.

The Independent UK

Donald Trump Jr posts bizarre image of his own father with ‘redacted’ private parts

Former Obama spokesperson mocks post as ‘classic father/son stuff’

The Independent UK

Former Trump ally Bill Barr says DeSantis would beat ex-president in 2024 presidential primary

Polls show Florida governor competitive against former president

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