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Jeffrey Schweers

Jeffrey Schweers is the Orlando Sentinel’s Tallahassee bureau reporter. He is an award-winning journalist and proud alumnus of the University of Florida. Except for a 5-year stint covering growth and gaming in Las Vegas, he has spent his career reporting on state and local politics in Florida, including as Gannett’s Florida statehouse watchdog and investigative reporter.

Will Gov. Ron DeSantisreturn home to push confrontational culture wars again, especially with a 2028 run for the White House in play?

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With DeSantis back in Florida, will culture war battles return?

January 26, 2024 at 10:44 a.m.

Will Gov. Ron DeSantisreturn home to push confrontational culture wars again, especially with a 2028 run for the White House in play?

Gov. Ron DeSantis and state administrators have rejected at least $11 billion in federal funds in the past few years.

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DeSantis-led Florida has rejected $11 billion in federal funding in recent years

January 5, 2024 at 12:39 p.m.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and state administrators have rejected at least $11 billion in federal funds in the past few years.

Emergency management officials have authorized up to nearly $50 million in taxpayer dollars to one contractor for open-ended charter flights since Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the state to bring Floridians home from Israel two weeks ago, public records show.

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Florida doles out $50 million to contractor providing DeSantis Israel flights

October 25, 2023 at 12:10 p.m.

Emergency management officials have authorized up to nearly $50 million in taxpayer dollars to one contractor for open-ended charter flights since Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the state to bring Floridians...

The law also bans courses that “distort significant historical events,” teach “identity politics,” or are “based on theories that systemic racism, sexism, oppression, or privilege are inherent in the institutions of the United States and were created to maintain social, political, or economic inequities.”

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‘If you want to do things like gender ideology, go to Berkeley,’ says anti-DEI DeSantis

May 15, 2023 at 11:56 a.m.

The law also bans courses that “distort significant historical events,” teach “identity politics,” or are “based on theories that systemic racism, sexism, oppression, or privilege are inherent in the institutions...

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