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U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is resigning his seat in Congress to focus on his gubernatorial campaign against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis

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.

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.

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.”

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?

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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.

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.