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Redistricting call a stereotypical power-play by Republican governor who has often bent state lawmakers to his willWith Gavin Newsom and Greg Abbott, the respective heavyweight governors of California and Texas, trading blows over plans to gerrymander …
Ron DeSantis announced move as judge to decide whether to close ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facility in EvergladesFlorida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, said on Thursday that the state will open a second immigration jail, as a federal judge weighs wheth…
Ron DeSantis said most of the detainees were transferred to other facilities, and 100 deported from the USFlorida has begun deporting people from the notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp, the state’s governor said, and deportations are expecte…
Advocates say detained immigrants are being denied medical care and living in ‘cages flooded with feces’Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, confirmed that 14 Mexican citizens are held at the controversial “Alligator Alcatraz” jail in Florida, as loc…
Analysis of $20m spent on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ shows some contracts went to governor’s donors or alliesOfficials in Florida diverted crucial disaster preparedness and response resources to support the hasty construction of the so-called Alligator Alcat…
President says immigration jail in Florida Everglades is a ‘little controversial, but I couldn’t care less’Donald Trump on Tuesday toured Alligator Alcatraz, a controversial new migrant detention jail in the remote Florida Everglades, and celebrated th…
The Orlando Sentinel editorial board took a firm stance against what it claimed was “intimidation” and “bullying” by the DeSantis administration over its investigation into a charity connected to the governor’s wife.The board reported that it received…
Law goes against concerns of public health experts but aligns with Robert F Kennedy Jr’s viewsRon DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida, on Thursday signed a bill making it the second state after Utah to ban adding fluoride, or any other additiv…
Following Utah, Florida passes DeSantis-backed bill to block flouride use, ignoring CDC guidance on child health risksFlorida is poised to become the second state to ban fluoride in public drinking water despite concerns of dentists and public health a…
Students traumatized by Parkland and Florida university shootings urge lawmakers not to roll back restrictionsFlorida students who were traumatized by the 2018 Parkland school shooting – and last week’s deadly shooting at Florida State University – are…