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• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis laid out his goals for the 2020 Florida Legislative Session, calling for a boost to teacher salaries, more environmental spending and supporting a bill that would place more restrictions on minors getting an abortion.
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• Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to put electric car charging stations at every service plaza along Florida’s Turnpike.
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• In recent weeks, President Trump has again floated the idea of drilling in U.S. coastal waters in search of oil. It’s come up before. This oil lobbyists’ dream scheme was kicked around in 2017, but former Gov. Rick Scott assured us Florida’s coastline was safe, saying then-interior secretary Ryan Zinke had assured him that we would not be included in White House drilling plans. However, that assurance was never made official. Now we have a new governor, and a new interior secretary, and they’re singing the same old song. Just last week, the oil lobby sharks began circling again. But Gov. Ron DeSantis downplayed concerns Monday, saying interior Sec. David Bernhardt promised him Florida was off the hook. There’s an …
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• These include a statewide task force aimed at reducing overdose deaths.
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• Rent rates in Central Florida have continued to rise as wages have remained stagnant, inspiring statewide calls for more affordable housing.
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• Florida Democrats pushed back with their own agenda proposal after Gov. Ron DeSantis’ State of the State address. Trimmel Gomes, host of the political podcast The Rotunda, stops by Intersection to discuss the state of Florida politics under DeSantis.
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• The aim is to allow more families to send their child to their school of choice.
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