Governor Ron DeSantis Proposes Protections for Floridians

Governor Ron DeSantis Proposes Protections for Floridians Against Federal Digital Currency and Surveillance

• Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Legislation to Protect Floridians from a Federally Controlled Central Bank Digital Currency and Surveillance State
• Florida’s Voice: DeSantis calls for ban on central bank digital currency
• The Capitolist: DeSantis launches offensive against government-issued “digital dollar” cryptocurrency
• Decrypt: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Introduces State Legislation Banning CBDCs

Governor DeSantis: 4,500 Teachers Earn Civics Seal of Excellence, Receive $3,000 Bonus

• 4,500 Teachers Earn the Civics Seal of Excellence Endorsement and Receive $3,000 Bonuses
• Florida’s Voice: DeSantis emphasizes putting American civics ‘front and center’ in schools
• The Florida Standard: Florida Teachers Earn Civics Seal of Excellence

First Lady Casey DeSantis Expands Hope Florida Initiative

• First Lady Casey DeSantis Announces an Expansion of Hope Florida to Harness the Generosity of Private Sector Entities
• The Florida Standard: First Lady Announces Expansion of Hope Florida to the Private Sector

First Lady Casey DeSantis Holds Roundtable on Mental Health Education and Resiliency

• First Lady Casey DeSantis Announces Next Steps in Florida’s First-In-The-Nation Approach to Create a Culture of Resiliency and Incentivize Parental Involvement in Schools
•  Florida’s Voice: Casey DeSantis announces ‘resiliency’ program to prepare Florida youth for life’s challenges
•  The Florida Standard: Florida’s First Lady Wants To Change the Way Schools Tackle Mental Health

Attorney General Ashley Moody Warns Spring Breakers About Dangerous Opiods

• Villages-News: A warning for Florida’s spring breakers

CFO Jimmy Patronis’ Interview on Newsmax on Biden’s Veto of Anti-ESG Legislation

• Watch beginning at timestamp 36:00

Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson Joins Lawmakers to Reform Hemp Laws

• Commissioner Wilton Simpson, Lawmakers Highlight Legislation Protecting Children from High-Potency THC Products, Reforming Hemp Laws

Senator Rick Scott Calls for Increased Accountability for Federal Reserve

• FOX News: Federal Reserve out of control: Americans shouldn’t have to pay for Wall St-Washington mistakes

2023 Legislative Session News

Bill Expanding School Choice Headed to Governor’s Desk

• The Florida Senate: Senate Passes Historic School Choice, Parental Empowerment Legislation
• Spectrum News 13: Florida’s school choice expansion bill now heads to the governor’s desk
• Tampa Bay Times: Florida Senate OKs private school voucher expansion. Bill heads to DeSantis.
• Commissioner Wilton Simpson, Lawmakers Announce Proposal to Prohibit Local Special Assessments on Agricultural Lands
• Florida’s Voice: ‘Let kids be kids’: Bill expanding Parental Rights in Education Act clears first Senate committee
• The Florida Standard: Defying Precedent, Florida Moves Towards Death Penalty for Child Rapists
• Florida Politics: House panel moves bill executing child rapists with supermajority jury vote
• Florida’s Voice: ‘Life is sacred’: Republicans advance six week abortion ban in Senate
•  Florida’s Voice: Simpson pushes anti-local special assessment tax legislation for farmland
• The Florida Standard: “It’s Not Healthcare To Cut Someone’s Body Parts Off”: Trans Bill Divides the House
• Florida’s Voice: Proposal banning sex reassignment surgeries for children clears House committee
• The Florida Standard: Bill Banning Financial Institutions from Tracking Gun Sales Passes House Committee
•  City & State: School’s (always) in? Year-round learning gets look in Florida Legislature
• The Florida Standard: Defamation Bill Rocks Senate Committee in Surprise Pass
• The Florida Standard: Architect of Controversial Defamation Bill Says First Amendment Fears are Unfounded
• The Florida Standard: New Florida Bill: Admitting Kids to Drag Shows May Land You in Prison
• Florida’s Voice: Bill advances to penalize businesses who admit kids to ‘adult live performances’

Republican Party of Florida News

• RPOF Chairman Ziegler Statement on Duval Elections
• Florida’s Voice: ‘Get out and vote!’: Ziegler encourages voters for Jacksonville election
• Florida’s Voice: Democrats face Duval losses weeks after Fried elected state party chair
• Florida’s Voice: Duval GOP turnout overcomes registration deficit

Other News

• Governor Ron DeSantis Highlights Recovery Efforts Following Hurricane Ian
• Newsweek: The Top 10 Florida Policies Other States Should Emulate | Opinion
• Washington Examiner: Biden issues first veto of his presidency to stop Congress from scrapping ESG rule
• Politico: The new Red Scare for red states: Diversity programs
•  Las Vegas Review-Journal: VICTOR JOECKS: 7 things you don’t know about Ron DeSantis
• FOX News: On this day in history, March 20, 1854, Republican Party founded to oppose expansion of slavery
• Florida’s Voice: School district cancels ‘Drag & Donuts’ event after state questions appropriateness
• The Florida Standard: Woke, Not Awake: Radical School Board Member Disrespects Parents by Dozing Off in Meeting
• Florida’s Voice: DeSantis: I have what it takes to be president, and I would’ve fired Fauci
• The Florida Standard: Outrage Over Pornographic Books at Hillsborough County Schools Board Meeting
• The Florida Standard: Can the College Board Survive the AP Course Fallout Amid Cries of “Racist” SAT Tests?
• The Capitolist: From FIU Student to State Leader: How Jeanette Nuñez’s Education Shaped Her Political Career