In the old days, conservatives would have viewed unelected officials being appointed to oversee corporate decisions as a worrying intrusion of state power into private affairs. DeSantis has figured out how to get them to cheer for it.
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Florida's H.B. 999 claims to support "viewpoint diversity" and "intellectual rigor." It does just the opposite.
It’s ruff going for the state’s canines.
"The bill is an aggressive and blatantly unconstitutional attempt to rewrite defamation law in a manner that protects the powerful from criticism by journalists and the public," said one attorney.
Apparently, parents’ rights don’t extend to letting their kids listen to naughty Christmas lyrics.
The Florida governor wants to fund more migrant stunts, despite claiming that his budget will “keep more money in the pockets of Floridians.”
The College Board says these changes were already in the works. But even if that's true, they may have just opened a new front in the culture wars.
Floridians will bear the cost of DeSantis currying favor with immigration restrictionists.
The flaws in the states' position are revealed by their own governors' statements about the evils of socialism and the crisis at the border.
Why is Gov. Ron DeSantis acting just like his opposition by attempting to dictate what students are permitted to learn?
"We can't be in a situation where one person can just derail this," DeSantis told a gathering of law enforcement officials.
"In short, the controlling motivations for the suspension were the interest in bringing down a reform prosecutor," the judge wrote.
Data show Florida and New York had similar death numbers despite vastly different approaches.
Florida threatens a venue for letting minors attend a sexualized holiday cabaret performance with their parents.
Another officer claims to have been laid out just by being close to the drug. That’s not how it works.
Now the officer is trying to keep his identity secret under a state law intended to protect crime victims.
Expanding options empowers families and improves education in the country and the city alike.
Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity is suing the city of Gainesville to block its legalization of small "missing middle" apartment buildings in single-family neighborhoods.
Lawmakers are reportedly planning to undo legislation that would have revoked Disney's special tax and governance status.
On Thursday, a federal court granted a preliminary injunction against the portion of the law applying to higher education, with one judge describing the law as "positively dystopian."
The two sheriff's deputies have been disciplined, and the sheriff called the arrest "unacceptable."
Even people who use cannabis for medical purposes risk severe penalties for daring to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
Republican Governors Ron DeSantis and Brian Kemp made a name for themselves opposing COVID mandates.
Voters in Orange County, Florida, and Pasadena, California, will vote on ballot initiatives that cap rent increases at, or below, inflation.
This November, voters will have the chance to abolish it. They should.
Once again, policies billed as helping people coerced into prostitution wind up harming those that cops say they're trying to help.
As part of a new partnership, Green Thumb Industries will lease space from 10 convenience stores to build dispensaries.
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A Texas sheriff has certified that the migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard were the victims of a crime, which helps clear the way for them to apply for U visas.
He's fully licensed, but not in the right state.
The state can't really banish ideas, and it's dangerous to try.
No, a big storm does not require big government.
The best rebuke to the Biden administration's inhumane border policies is for Republican governors to welcome migrants into their states.
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Reason's Zach Weissmueller and the New York Post's Karol Markowicz talk about life under the most controversial governor in America.
Who cares if it’s legal if it generates politically advantageous outrage and attention?
Some states that do not border Mexico have sought to play a role in immigration policy.
GOP governors' ploy highlights the value of giving states the power to issue their own migration visas. It can simultaneously ease labor shortages, reduce disorder at the border, enable more migrants to escape poverty and oppression, and help restore the original meaning of the Constitution.
Critics of the Martha’s Vineyard flights are raising a bevy of questions about the finances and alleged deception behind the scheme.
A live Reason discussion about how libertarians should think about the country's most controversial governor.
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It’s a terrible ruling that misunderstands years of First Amendment precedents. And it’s increasingly likely that the Supreme Court will have to intervene.
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