Democrat Donna Deegan made history Tuesday night when she became the first-ever woman elected as Jacksonville mayor and only the second Democrat to hold the position in the past three decades.
The educator says none of her students batted an eye at the movie's content, and believes they were more traumatized by being interrogated by an investigator.
This comes just weeks after the Republican governor made it legal in Florida to carry a concealed gun without a permit, training, or background check.
The toxic phosphate waste contains radium-226, which decays to form radon, a cancer-causing, radioactive gas. Conservation groups are urging Gov. DeSantis to veto the bill.
The Republican-sponsored measure that tried to make it easier to sue media outlets never even made it out of the committee process in either chamber. But DeSantis and its sponsor are not giving up on what critics are calling the “Death to Public Discourse Bill.”
The GOP-majority legislature delivered on an aggressive agenda for the governor, who told reporters that he got 99% of what he wanted.
The measure that Democratic legislators are calling "fascist" and "dangerous" is on its way to Gov. DeSantis, who is expected to sign it.
Protections would be gone for certain rent increases, 60-day notices for terminations, discrimination based on a prospective renter’s source of income, and accepted federal housing vouchers, among other safeguards for renters.
The exemption would also keep the public in the dark about where the governor went and who attended meetings and events.
The new legislation appears calculated to discourage volunteers from registering new voters, and could disproportionally affect Black, Latino and Generation Z Floridians.
