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‘Don’t Say Gay’ Extended to 12th Grade in New Board of Education Rule, With Vague Exceptions

April 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Teachers shall not “intentionally provide” instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in fourth through 12th grades. Teachers could face suspension or revocation of their educator certificates for violations of the rule.

It Is Unconstitutional, But Florida Lawmakers Approve Death Penalty in Child Rape Cases

April 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Florida's actual death row. (Florida State Prison)

Lawmakers hope the bill (HB 1297) will ultimately lead to the U.S. Supreme Court reversing a 2008 decision that barred the death penalty for people who rape children. The state House passed the bill last week.

DeSantis Decrees that Legislature Will Void Disney’s Autonomy on Development Rights

April 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Disney is not at war with Florida. Only with its vengeful governor. (© FlaglerLive)

The feud between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Co. escalated Monday after the governor said that the state Legislature intends to void an agreement on Disney development rights for years to come.

Trans Bathroom-Ban Bills Affect Private Businesses, Schools, Public Shelters and Healthcare Facilities

April 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Looks familiar? (© FlaglerLive)

The sharply restrictive bills making their way through the Florida Legislature don’t just attempt to control bathroom use by transgender people but represent a much more “broad and vague” ban on gender-inclusive restrooms and changing facilities in private businesses, health care facilities, schools, public shelters, and jails.

Florida Lawmakers Approve Abortion Ban Past 6 Weeks, One of the Most Restrictive in U.S.

April 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka (left) and Rep. Jennifer Canady (right) discussing SB 300 on April 13, 2023. The two women were primary sponsors of the 6-week abortion ban. The House ultimately approved the legislation. Credit: Danielle J. Brown

In less than a year, Florida has moved from a 15-week abortion ban to the passage of one of the most restrictive bans in the nation — a 6-week abortion ban. The state House approved the legislation after at least six hours of questions, amendments, debate, protests and a final vote that will clear the way for Gov. Ron DeSantis to consider the bill.

Volusia GOP House Rep. Webster Barnaby Likens Trans People to ‘Mutants,’ ‘Demons and Imps’

April 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Florida House Rep. Webster Barnaby, A Volusia County Republican, calls trans people "demons" and "imps," and compares them to "mutants living among us on planet Earth." during a meeting of the House Commerce Committee, April 10, 2023.

Florida House Rep. Webster Barnaby, A Volusia County Republican, called trans people “demons” and “imps,” and compares them to “mutants living among us on planet Earth” during a House Commerce Committee meeting on a bill that would ban transgenders’ use of bathrooms of their choice.

The Closing of the Floridian Mind

April 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Michelangelo's David. Inappropriate in Florida schools. (Richard Mortel)

Ron DeSantis’ crackdown on thinking has got teachers so spooked, and so emboldened censorious Christian nationalists, that knowledge is being ripped out of public education in this state, even before his ridiculous laws are officially in place.

Anti-Trans ‘Bathroom Ban’ Is Quickly Moving Through Florida Legislature

April 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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Florida could be next in line to criminalize transgender adults who intentionally enter a restroom or changing facility opposite their sex at birth, according to two bills hastily moving through the Legislature. Similar bathroom bans are advancing through legislatures around the country.

Drivers Who Refuse Breathalizer Test Could Be Required to Have Interlock Device for a Year

April 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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Under a new proposal, a driver who refuses such a test would be required to install an ignition interlock device at his or her expense on all vehicles they own and operate for one full year – therefore removing the ability to drive with that suspended license.

After Clearing Gallery of Public, Florida Senate Passes 6-Week Abortion Limit

April 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The Florida Senate voting on SB 300 today. (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

The bill touched off heavy debate Monday that was interrupted by Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, ordering the clearing of the Senate seating gallery because of repeated outbursts from audience members opposed to the bill.

Tenure No Longer Tenure in Florida As University Board Rules for 5-Year Reviews

March 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A faculty lounge at the University of Florida. The couch is not tenured. (UF)

The state university system’s Board of Governors on Wednesday gave final approval to a regulation that would require faculty members to undergo post-tenure reviews every five years, amid heavy opposition from critics who argued it could lead to a “downward trend in morale” on campus.

DeSantis Lowers Flags in Response to Tennessee School Shooting as Lenient Gun Laws Move in Legislature

March 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Flags flying at half-staff over the Florida Capitol. (Michael Moline)

The gesture by Gov. Ron DeSantis comes as the Florida Legislature debates controversial bills that would allow any adult to carry a deadly weapon without having to register with the state or undergo firearms training.

DeSantis Signs Massive Expansion of Subsidized Private Education at Public Expense

March 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis signs massive school voucher expansion on March 27, 2023. (Gov. Ron DeSantis Facebook page)

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed an expansive voucher law to provide public money for children to attend parochial, secular and other private schools across the state, despite previous skepticism about letting millionaire and billionaire families participate in Florida’s K-12 school voucher programs.

House Republicans Attack Justice Department Memo Warning of Threats to Local School Boards

March 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The audience at an August 2021 Flagler County School Board meeting had to be cleared from the room because it got unruly, before it was allowed back in. (© FlaglerLive)

The GOP has for roughly 18 months targeted an Oct. 4, 2021 memo issued by Attorney General Merrick Garland instructing federal law enforcement across the U.S. to “open dedicated lines of communication for threat reporting, assessment, and response” on possible criminal threats to local school board members over politically charged issues that flared up during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

DeSantis Is Destroying Florida Universities’ Hard-Earned Respect in the Name of White Nationalism

March 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

A student demonstration at the University of Central Florida last September. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida’s public universities have been gaining national prominence and respect, with U.F. and FSU ranked Nos. 5 and 19 among public universities. DeSantis’s assault on academic freedom in the name of a white-nationalist, America-first curriculum is demolishing that hard-earned respect and making an embarrassment of the state.

$700 Million Affordable Housing Package Bans Rent Control Measures

March 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The bill is a boon to home builders, less to to those trying to pay rent or a mortgage. (© FlaglerLive)

The bill would create tax incentives for developers to build more affordable housing and expand a program designed to help working Floridians purchase homes, but leaves out rent-control measures as a tool to help the poor pay housing costs.

Reclusive, 15-ft Beaked Whale, Likely Sick, Strands in Flagler Beach Near Water Tower

March 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The beaked whale, striated and exhausted, in its final hours in the surf in Flagler Beach late this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

For the second time in only 10 weeks, a rarely seen whale beached on Flagler County’s sands and was put down hours later before it was to be removed from the surf and transported by truck to Orlando’s SeaWorld for a necropsy.

In less Than 24 Hours, an ‘Open Carry’ Bill Is Introduced then Re-Holstered, Disappointing Advocates

March 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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But a permitless carry bill proceeds. That bill, HB 543, would repeal the requirement that Floridians who carry a concealed weapon must get a license through the state. It would also mean Floridians would not have to take a gun safety and training course.

Proposed Law Would Keep DeSantis’s Travel Records Secret

March 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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The bill would create a public-records exemption for records held by law-enforcement agencies related to “transportation and protective services” provided to the governor, the governor’s immediate family, visiting governors and “other persons as requested by certain state officers.”

Senate Will Vote on Eliminating Need for Unanimous Juries in Death Recommendations

March 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill, is sponsoring a bill that would revamp Florida's death-penalty laws. (Colin Hackley/NSF)

The Senate Rules Committee voted 15-4 to approve a bill (SB 450) that would allow death sentences to be imposed based on the recommendations of eight of 12 jurors — a standard that bill sponsor Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill, described as being “the most aggressive of all 50 states.”

A1A Protection Plan in Flagler Will Rely on Beach Renourishment, and a Sea Wall at South End

March 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Much of the responsibility for the protection of Flagler County's beaches and State Road A1A will fall back on the county and the U.S. Army Coros of Engineers. County Engineer Faith al-Khatib, left, and the Army Corps' Jason Harrah, third from left, were at a public meeting Tuesday evening where the state Department of Transportation presented its latest plans for A1A protection. (© FlaglerLive)

The state Department of Transportation’s much-anticipated plan to protect State Road A1A will mostly rely on existing plans by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild 2.6 miles of beach and dunes south of the pier, plans by Flagler County to rebuild beaches north and south of that stretch, and a DOT secant wall along the shore straddling the Flagler-Volusia county line.

DeSantis Privately Called for Google to Be “Broken Up”

March 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the public record law. (© FlaglerLive)

In previously unreported videos from a closed-door Teneo Network conference, Florida’s Republican governor takes his anti-big tech rhetoric, including targeting Google, beyond what he has said publicly.

15-Year Justice Polston Resigns, Giving DeSantis Seventh Pick for Florida Supreme Court

March 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Supreme Court Justice Ricky Polston tendered a letter of resignation today, months after standing for retention. (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

DeSantis has tended toward members of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy when selecting judges, which has made for a staunchly right-leaning court all too willing to reverse important precedents.

Ron DeSantis’ Amazing, Awesome, Heroic Life

March 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 52 Comments

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This is the book wrote by me, Ronald Dion DeSantis, aged 44-½. I wanted to call it “My Struggle,” but Casey said that wasn’t a good idea. So, we gave it the title “The Courage to be Free.”

Any Private or Home Schooled Student Would Be Eligible for $8,000 in Massive Expansion of ‘Vouchers’ at Public Expense

March 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 63 Comments

Reasons to smile: future weekday warriors get a leg up, yet again. (Eaglebrook School)

The Republican-controlled House passed a measure that would make every Florida student –in private school, religious schools or home-schooled–eligible for $8,000 in taxpayer-backed school vouchers, as Democrats and other critics slammed the expansion as a “coupon for millionaires.”

6-week Abortion Limit, With 15-Week Rape Exception Only If Women Prove They Were Assaulted

March 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

The new bills would allow abortions up to 15 weeks of pregnancy in cases of rape or incest, but they would require women to present documentation to prove they were victims.

Lawmakers Move Closer to Scrapping Unanimous Jury Requirement for Death Penalty Recommendations

March 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Florida's actual death row. (Florida State Prison)

The House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee voted 8-6 today to approve a bill (HB 555) that would eliminate a requirement for unanimous jury recommendations before death sentences can be imposed. Under the bill, judges would sentence people to death based on recommendations of eight of 12 jurors.

Ignoring Constitutional Cautions, Florida Lawmakers Seek to Make It Easier to Sue News Organizations

March 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The presses aren't about to stop. (Bank Phrom on Unsplash)

Ignoring arguments that the bill is unconstitutional, a House panel on Tuesday approved a controversial proposal that would make it easier for people to sue news organizations for defamation. The measure seeks to limit the “actual malice” standard that for decades has protected journalists writing about powerful government officials.

Campaigning in Iowa, DeSantis Says Culture War Offensive Will Help GOP Elections

March 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

An apparently unaware Gov. Ron DeSantis, in Iowa to defend his culture war offensives, holds up what appears to be a snowflake gifted to him. A closer look reveals that the snowflake's arms are calligraphic versions of the word "Fascist." An Iowa Facebook page posted the picture with the following caption: "Little D Santis gets owned. My friend makes snowflakes to give to politicians who come to Iowa - there are special messages for odious Republicans--please look at the snowflake carefully 🤣😉"

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told Iowa Republicans Friday that standing strong in the culture wars around issues like education, criminal justice and health care in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic will help their party win elections.

Florida House Advances Proposal to Renew Medical Pot Cards by Telehealth

March 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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A Florida House panel on Thursday unanimously signed off on a proposal that would allow doctors to renew patients’ medical-marijuana approvals using telehealth.

Iowa Outdoes Florida’s ‘Parental Rights’ Abuses

March 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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GOP lawmakers pushing a “parental rights” agenda nevertheless think it’s just fine for gun owners to leave loaded weapons in cars in school parking lots, to loosen child labor laws, to cut unemployment benefits for parents with more than three children.

Vast Expansion of Public Funding of Private Education Heads for House Floor

March 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Senate measure would be a boon to parochial and other private schools. (© FlaglerLive)

A proposal that would make all Florida students eligible to receive taxpayer-backed school vouchers is headed to the full House, after getting some changes Friday. The Republican-controlled House Education Quality Subcommittee approved the proposal (HB 1) in a near party-line vote.

Lawmakers Seek to Cut Florida’s Abortion Ban to 6 Weeks, from Current 15

March 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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Much of the bills would be contingent on the Supreme Court effectively upholding the 15-week law. The current limit has drawn criticism because it does not include exemptions for victims of rape or incest.

Florida Lawmakers Fast-Tracking Bill Eliminating Unanimous Jury Requirements in Death Penalty

March 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A jury room at the Flagler County courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

The House measure would require judges to impose death sentences if recommended by at least eight jurors. That differs from the Senate bill, which would require death sentences if at least 10 jurors recommend the death penalty.

His Sights Well Past Tallahassee, DeSantis Vows to ‘Swing for the Fences’

March 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The governor eyes New Hampshire. (© FlaglerLive)

While the State of the State address is always a high-profile event in Tallahassee, DeSantis’ speech Tuesday drew national attention as he is widely expected to run for president in 2024.

‘Our Ambitious Agenda Is Well Underway,’ Renner tells Joint Legislative Session

March 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard–Cmdr. George Bender and deputies Mike Spinelli, Brian Jackson and Jeremy Chambers–presented the colors before the 10 a.m. session of the Florida House this morning. (Ava Hanner/FCSO)

House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, made remarks to the House on the opening day of the 2023 legislative session. Sheriff Rick Staly and the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard were Renner’s guests.

No Evidence Links Wind Turbines to Whale Deaths, But Ship Strikes May

March 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The killer whale that washed up and died at the north end of Flagler County's beaches in January, one of 23 whales that have washed up on the East Coast since December. (© FlaglerLive)

A string of articles from local and national outlets have linked wind development and dead whales over the past several months, but there is no evidence linking the two. On the other hand, there has been an increase in whale deaths linked to shipping strikes.

Florida Legislature Is Set to Push Sweeping Changes to Legal System, Favoring Business and Government at Individuals’ Expense

March 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Paul Renner, the Palm Coast Republican and House Speaker, is enthusiastically leading a House that has lurched further to the right than under any administration since the Jim Crow era. (© FlaglerLive)

Paul Renner, the Palm Coast Republican and House Speaker, is enthusiastically leading a House that has lurched further to the right than under any administration in generations as the Legislature seeks to revamp the state’s litigation system, favoring businesses at the expense of individual consumers.

Jacksonville Republican Files Bill Targeting Public Sector Unions, With Exceptions

March 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Sheriff Rick Staly will tell Flagler County commissioners this evening that his agency is losing deputies to neighboring agencies because the pay is not competitive enough. Staly is seeking to have a deputy's starting pay equal that of firefighters, at around $51,000 a year. (© FlaglerLive)

The bill would prevent public-employee union members from having dues deducted from their paychecks. Members would have to separately pay dues.

Florida Welcomes You. With A Growing List of Exceptions.

March 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 78 Comments

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Florida doesn’t want you if you’re a lib. That goes double if you’re from California. But if you take pleasure in lib-owning, professor-kicking, book-burning, trans-torturing, forced birth and sanitized history, Florida welcomes you.

Lawmakers File Bills that Would Outlaw Certain Treatments for Trans Youths

March 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The bills are the latest in a series of moves by lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration aimed at transgender people. Doctors who commit violations could either lose their license of face criminal charges.

Florida Bill Would Require Bloggers to ‘Register’ With State and Turn Over Financial Accounts

March 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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The bill, which has no chance of becoming law, would require bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis and other elected state officials to register with the government and provide monthly financial income reports. The National Review today called the bill’s GOP author a “moron.”

On Eve of Legislative Session, ACLU Warns of Brazen Attacks on Floridians’ Civil Liberties

March 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Wish lists have an advantage in a one-party state. (Facebook)

The ACLU offered insight into multiple pieces of legislation on voting, LGBT, free expression and minority rights and they say, without a doubt, those bills will end up on the governor’s desk before the halfway point of this year’s session.

Matanzas Assault Case: A Miscarriage of Justice Hardens Before Our Eyes

March 2, 2023 | Pierre Tristam | 121 Comments

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The public reaction to 17-year-old Brendan Depa’s assault of Joan Naydich at Matanzas High School is mostly compassionate and balanced. The more strident reaction among elected officials–the State Attorney, school board members–is not not. Elected officials are not only exploiting the situation. They’re exploiting Depa. They want blood.

Teaching Heroic Musician Graham Jackson’s Story in Florida Could Now Be Illegal

March 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Florida’s “anti-woke” legislation and the state’s recent rejection of the AP African American studies curriculum are well-known examples of a disturbing trend that attempts to criminalize exploring the stories of Black people such as Graham Jackson.

DeSantis’s New College Board Targets Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Elimination

March 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Especially if you're white. (Facebook)

The New College of Florida board, newly stocked with Gov. Ron DeSantis’s appointees, directed Interim President Richard Corcoran to eliminate the Office of Outreach and Inclusive Excellence, as members slammed DEI initiatives.

Florida Lawmaker Files Bill to Expand ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Through 8th Grade

February 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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A House Republican on Tuesday filed a proposal that would bar instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity through eighth grade, expanding a controversial 2022 law that prohibited such instruction in early grades.

Nikki Fried Will Lead Florida Democrats in Hopes of Stanching State’s Bleed to Red

February 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Former Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried — the new chair of the Florida Democratic Party. Feb. 25, 2023. Credit: Danielle J. Brown

Fried will face a momentous task: To bring more Democrats into the fold, increase the number of Democratic candidates who can win races, and bring back a Florida that is at least purple, not red in the political scene. And keep in mind that DeSantis is considering a presidential bid for 2024.

Latest Attack on Home Rule Would Enable Suspension of Local Ordinances Subject of Suits

February 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The kind of sign the Florida Legislature is taking less and less into account. (© FlaglerLive)

A bill in the Florida Senate would require local governments to suspend enforcement of ordinances while lawsuits play out. Also, plaintiffs who successfully challenge ordinances in court could receive up to $50,000 for attorney fees and costs.

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Migrant Flights After Legislative Fix

February 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Migrants seeking asylum in California. (Border Patrol)

A circuit judge dismissed a lawsuit filed after Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration sparked a controversy in September by flying about 50 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. The lawsuit became moot when the Legislature this month passed a law addressing the issue.

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