Can Ron DeSantis run again? What to know about the election for Florida governor

While we're still a year away from the state's gubernatorial election, many are wondering who could be our next governor. Will it be DeSantis again?

Ron DeSantis Amplifies False Claim About Math Teachers’ Halloween Costumes

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis shared a viral social media post claiming that Arizona teachers were "glorifying a murder” with Halloween costumes allegedly referencing conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death.

DeSantis says he won’t tolerate H-1B visa ‘abuse' in Florida universities

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said said he will not tolerate H-1B abuse in Florida institutions, directing the state board of governors "to end this practice."
Inside Higher Ed

DeSantis to Florida Universities: ‘Pull the Plug’ on H-1B Visa Workers

Complaining about professors from China, Europe and “supposed Palestine,” the Republican governor called for his state’s public universities to end the use of the visa program. A union leader called his comments a “xenophobic and nativist diatribe.
Hoodline

Florida Governor DeSantis Targets H-1B Visa Practices in Universities, Redirects DEI Grants

Gov. DeSantis directs scrutiny of H-1B visa use in Florida universities and repurposes grants away from DEI programs.

DeSantis announces crackdown on H-1B visas being used at state universities

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Wednesday directed the state’s board of governors to “crack down” on state universities hiring workers on H-1B visas. DeSantis called the H-1B program a
WPTV

DeSantis orders crackdown on H-1B visas in Florida universities, calls program a 'scam'

Governor Ron DeSantis is once again taking aim at immigration and higher education, this time targeting the federal H-1B visa program and what he called “abuse” of the system by Florida universities.
WLRN

DeSantis says he wants just one constitutional amendment on property taxes in 2026

Gov. Ron DeSantis continued to jab at House Republicans over property taxes on Wednesday and insisted that voters should be given just one proposed constitutional amendment to overhaul the system instead of multiple proposals.

State Democrats urge Florida Gov. DeSantis to declare state of emergency to address impending loss of SNAP benefits

All 43 Democratic state legislators in Florida asked Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a state of emergency ahead of the impending expiration of SNAP benefits.

Bianchi: DeSantis should follow Louisiana governor’s lead and bench Florida’s free-spending ADs

Running off at the typewriter. … Normally, I don’t want politicians anywhere near sports. Most of them can’t even manage a budget, much less a football program. But when it comes to the fiscal lunacy of college coaching contracts — the kind of waste that makes Congress look thrifty — then by all means,
WLRN

DeSantis tells state universities to 'pull the plug' on hiring foreign workers through H-1B

State officials accuse higher education institutions of abusing the H-1B program. They also canceled or repurposed more than $40 million in grants for having some relation to DEI.
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