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☆ DeSantis wants to eliminate in-state college tuition for undocumented students and beneficiaries of the Obama-era DACA program
  + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Sarah Al-Arshani | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Ron DeSantis wants to repeal their access to in-state tuition rates for undocumented students. At least 12,000 DACA recipients benefit from in-state tuition in Florida. Ron DeSantis's extensive immigration reform legislative package, undocumented students could lose access to in-state tuition rates. The legislation would repeal a 2014 law that gave undocumented students and beneficiaries of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects those who came as children from deportation, access to in-state tuition rates. DeSantis' proposal has garnered pushback from business groups, who say the move is not only "unfair" but could hurt the workforce.
☆ A rash of proposed Florida laws use 'genocidal rhetoric' to attack trans people, legal experts say
  + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
If passed, the bills would restrict access to gender-affirming care and classify it as child abuse. Experts told Insider the bills are posturing ahead of the 2024 presidential race. New legislation 'short circuits existing law'The proposed new bills go further to expand anti-trans legislation than others across the nation, disrupting established custody and health care precedent, legal experts told Insider. "I think that's important, just to note how brazen the language has become — it's genocidal rhetoric," Caraballo told Insider. "This is all about politics, and this is all about bolstering DeSantis is run for the presidency," Caraballo told Insider.
☆ DeSantis calls for 'crippling the ESG movement' in new book
  + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
Ron DeSantis in a new book calls for politicians to suppress the influence of "woke capital" and activist corporations, in part by "crippling" the socially conscious investing movement known as ESG. DeSantis' book tears into ESG in multiple chapters, while invoking the politically loaded and nebulous term "woke" nearly four dozen times. ESG is one way in which "woke capital exerts a pernicious influence on society," DeSantis argued in the book. DeSantis' book also details his fights with entertainment giant Disney, whose Disney World park in Orlando has long provided an important revenue stream for the state. Whether DeSantis makes ESG a campaign priority or not, the issue will continue to draw controversy on Capitol Hill.
☆ Ron DeSantis styles himself a culture warrior for God. But his push to expand the death penalty is 'deeply concerning' to the Catholic Church.
  + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
The Catholic Church is speaking out against a GOP push to expand the death penalty. Making it "easier to impose death is deeply concerning," Michael Sheedy of the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops told Insider. 'Deeply concerning'Any effort to expand the death penalty in Florida will face obstacles: the state and US constitutions. "An execution represents a judgment by fallible human beings that a person is beyond redemption – a judgment the Catholic Church rejects," they said. Tony Argiz, right, recalled how the Catholic Church helped him when he came to the US from Cuba as an unaccompanied minor.
☆ Kamala Harris swipes at DeSantis using his 'vanguard of freedom' quote, on the governor's home turf, as she announces new moves on abortion pill
  + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
said Harris, who didn't use DeSantis' name but was quoting directly from his 2022 State of the State address. The vice president, who has been at the forefront voice for the administration's on abortion rights, announced that President Joe Biden would be signing a memorandum to make abortion pills easier to access. Sunday would have marked the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that guaranteed a national right to abortion. Wilfredo Lee/AP PhotoFlorida has other ways of expanding abortion rightsAbortion rights proved to be a liability for Republicans in the November midterms. Reproductive rights groups are working to put the issue of abortion before Florida voters through a 2024 ballot measure.
☆ A Florida judge blocked Ron DeSantis's Stope WOKE Act for colleges, calling it a 'positively dystopian' violation of free speech
  + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A Florida judge on Thursday blocked part of the Stop WOKE Act that restricted race-related speech on campus. The judge said part of the law, which was backed by GOP Gov. Chief US District Judge Mark Walker's 138-page order described Florida's attempt to censor certain viewpoints related to race and gender as "positively dystopian" and said it violated free speech. "We strongly disagree with Judge Walker's preliminary injunction orders on the enforcement of the Stop W.O.K.E. Judge Walker previously suspended enforcement of another part of the law that impacted companies with 15 employees or more, also dismissing it as a violation of free speech.
☆ Watch live: Donald Trump announces launch of 2024 presidential campaign
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Christina Wilkie | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Former President Donald Trump is expected to launch his 2024 campaign for president Tuesday night in an effort to seize the momentum, and frontrunner status, in a Republican presidential primary field that is empty for now. Trump's entry into the race unofficially kicks off the 2024 Republican presidential primary, a contest that has shifted dramatically in the past week. DeSantis is reportedly assembling a presidential campaign team and preparing to challenge Trump for the GOP nomination. Should Trump win the Republican nomination, he will likely face President Joe Biden in a rematch of the 2020 presidential contest. Biden has yet to formally launch his reelection campaign, but plans for a campaign have reportedly solidified in recent weeks.
☆ Trump goes after DeSantis, saying he didn't have to 'close up' Florida, even though most conservatives praised the governor's COVID-19 response
  + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Ron DeSantis's COVID-19 response had been held up as a model by many on the right. On Thursday, Trump raged against DeSantis and said he unnecessarily chose to "close up" Florida. Florida's COVID-19 response was relatively hands-off and schools and businesses were largely open. Ron DeSantis's COVID-19 response, which was widely praised and held up as a model by many on the right. Florida's COVID-19 response was highly controversial.
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