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Florida Takes Bolds Step in Teacher Preparation Standards
Eight months after becoming the first state in the nation to formally adopt the Phoenix Declaration, Florida’s State Board of Education has taken its most concrete step yet toward turning that document’s seven guiding principles into classroom practice. At its July 22 meeting, the board approved sweeping revisions to the state’s teacher preparation framework—amending the… -
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Byron Donalds Unleashes MAHA Playbook to Protect Children’s School Lunches
Florida gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Byron Donalds announced on Friday a plan to remove ultra-processed food, artificial dyes, and harmful additives from Florida school meals and to guarantee every Florida child access to clean, tested water at school and at home. The plan is called Healthy Florida Healthy Families. Florida schools currently follow federal U.S. Department… -
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Gwen Graham, Possible Fl. Lt. Gov, Oversaw Transgender Bathroom, Pronouns and School Choice Policy
Gwen Graham, a former one-term congresswoman who oversaw the implementation of transgender bathroom school policies and the dismantlement of school choice initiatives under President Joe Biden, has been announced as the running mate for Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate David Jolly. Graham, who previously ran for Florida’s governor’s mansion in 2018 and served as assistant secretary… -
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Why I Named an International Airport After President Trump
America has a strange habit of waiting until its leaders are gone before deciding they are worthy of honor. We name buildings after them; place their portraits on our walls; and speak about their courage, accomplishments, and place in history; but by the time we do, the person being honored is no longer here to… -
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A Growing Problem on America’s Roads Is Finally Getting Attention
Foreign-born truckers who illegally immigrated to the United States are receiving inadequate driving instruction, taking jobs away from American workers, and endangering the lives of fellow drivers. That’s the message of a new documentary from Steve Cortes called “Collision Course: Illegal Migrant Truckers.” Cortes, a Daily Signal contributor and founder of the League of American… -
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‘MAGA Meg’ Pledges to Captivate Florida’s Legislative Stage Through Animal Cruelty Laws, Animal Therapy Education
State Rep. Meg Weinberger, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, has pledged to promote animal therapy education and laws that crack down on animal cruelty in the Sunshine State. Elected to office in 2024, Weinberger is a wife, biological mother of two, mentor of eight children, foster mother of one, and founder of animal… -
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Florida’s DOGE Has Promoted Government Efficiency Under DeSantis
Saving taxpayer dollars by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse is a priority at all levels of government. Floridians can rest easy knowing Gov. Ron DeSantis is dedicated to good governance and fiscal responsibility. Federal spending attracts substantial media attention, but the scale of state and local spending—which handles the bulk of public services—requires systematic reviews… -
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Robed Tyrants Abuse the Law to Shield Pro-Transgender Medical Charlatans From Accountability
Robed tyrants in the federal judiciary based in Illinois successfully blocked Florida’s attorney general from applying Florida laws in Florida state court to protect Florida families from deceptive practices regarding transgender medical interventions. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, a Republican, sued the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, the Endocrine Society, and the American Academy… -
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Florida Just Showed Us How to Fight Back Against Media Blacklists
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis put his signature on the state’s new budget last week and tucked inside is a provision worth celebrating. State agencies in Florida are now barred, for a second straight year, from hiring advertising firms that use “misinformation” ratings to decide which news outlets deserve ad dollars and which don’t. I’ll be… -
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The Abortion Misinformation Debate That Could Put Women at Risk
In a recent interview with Tara Palmeri, Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., was unexpectedly asked about the life-threatening ectopic pregnancy she experienced in 2024. The discussion the interview sparked between pro-life and pro-abortion advocates online uncovered the dangerous spread of misinformation surrounding abortion laws. The video interview, titled “What Happens When Pro-Life Congresswoman Cammack Needs an… -
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Florida Concealed Carry Law Violates Second Amendment, Court Rules
A Florida law disqualifying 18- to 20-year-olds from legal concealed carry violated the Second Amendment, a Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday. “Eighteen- to 20-year-olds can defend the country without restriction but can only utilize their Second Amendment right to self-defense with severe restrictions,” the three-judge panel stated in its opinion. Police arrested 18-year-old Jaylen Tyrus… -
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Florida Lawmakers Move to Block State Use of Media Rating Firms
Florida lawmakers once again approved a provision in their budget to prohibit state agencies from contracting with advertising and marketing firms that track media outlets using rating systems. Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign the budget into law this month. For the second year in a row, the Legislature opted to include the language in the state budget to combat the use of media blacklists, which often target conservative news outlets. Critics… -
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Florida Senate President in Hot Seat Over Pro-DEI College President Pick
Florida Senate President Ben Albritton is attracting controversy after he allegedly greenlighted board appointments that paved the way for a candidate with a history of supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to become the sole candidate for the University of Florida presidency. “You can thank @Sen_Albritton for green-lighting these board appointments right before a new… -
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Data Centers and the Sale of Dominion Energy
My inclination when learning about the proposed mega-utility company that would be created when NextEra Energy acquires Dominion Energy—and yes, that is what is proposed—was that this is the predictable growing distance from the consumer of companies that expand and merge and acquire in order to keep up with a federal regulating body that is… -
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Is Wokeness Coming to the University of Florida?
Many see the University of Florida as a bastion against wokeness and DEI, but that might soon change; Stuart Bell, formerly president at the University of Alabama, was recently named sole presidential finalist for the University of Florida. Bell brought DEI policies to Alabama upon his arrival in 2015 and radicalized Alabama’s flagship university within five years. Later, when… -
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Dems Use ‘Race’ as ‘Political Crutch’ Because ‘They Are Not Moral,’ Byron Donalds Says
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Jim Crow is dead, black Republican lawmakers told The Daily Signal, arguing that Democrats continue to invoke race as a “political crutch,” and that voters are increasingly rejecting a party they view as neither “moral” nor “logical.” “What was happening under the Democratic-controlled South is that they took the ability away… -
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‘MONETIZING HATE’: Alabama AG Investigates SPLC for Deceptive Practices Amid KKK Funding Scandal
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is demanding the Southern Poverty Law Center hand over donor information, fundraising solicitations, and other internal documents after a federal grand jury indicted the SPLC for allegedly funding members of the very hate groups the SPLC claims it exists to “dismantle.” Marshall’s office issued a formal subpoena to the Montgomery-based… -
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Florida Launches Rival to ‘Woke’ AP US History
The Florida Department of Education launched a new framework Monday to explicitly compete with “woke” Advanced Placement U.S. history courses, following criticism that the College Board embeds racist bias and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” into such courses. The department will launch the Florida Advanced Courses and Tests framework for U.S. history as a pilot program… -
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Florida Speaker Kills DeSantis AI Safeguards Bill
Florida Speaker of the House Daniel Perez, a Republican, announced that he will not bring Gov. Ron DeSantis’ artificial intelligence safeguard bill to a vote. “There were no bills filed on these policies prior to the start of the special session,” Perez said. “Consequently, we will not be taking up those issues.” Instead, the House… -
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Will Florida Save Republicans in Redistricting War?
Virginia Democrats dealt Republicans a major defeat in the national redistricting war with a successful redistricting ballot measure on Tuesday, but the final battle may take place in Tallahassee, Florida. On Tuesday, over 51% of voters opted to support allowing Virginia’s Democrat-controlled Legislature to redraw the 11-seat congressional map to boot up to four of…