Florida Leads on Election Integrity and Transparency West Palm Beach, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 90, Florida’s new election integrity bill, strengthening voter identification, prohibiting the mass mailing of ballots, banning ballot harvesting and prohibiting private money from administering elections in our state. “Florida took action this legislative session […]
Tallahassee, Fla. – Governor Ron DeSantis continues to receive praise from across the state for his management through the pandemic. Constituents from many walks of life have shared their reactions to key policy decisions over the course of the past year and the positive impacts of those policies on Floridians. Doug Williams of Indian Rocks Beach, a restaurant manager, […]
BRADENTON, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB 76, which builds on Governor DeSantis’ commitment to insurance reform in Florida. This bill protects Florida families by restructuring litigation rules for disputed insurance claims; expressly disallows contractors, public adjusters, and companies from using prohibited advertisements that encourage Floridians to make an insurance claim for roof […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the state of Florida has provided more than 40,000 monoclonal antibody treatments to patients statewide at the 21 state treatment sites. Governor DeSantis was joined by recovered treatment recipients to discuss the life-saving benefits of the treatment. Nikki Schofield, a fourth-grade teacher who received her treatment at a […]
PENSACOLA, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis was joined by Floridians who have received monoclonal antibody treatments, and announced that Florida will open a new monoclonal antibody treatment site in Escambia County at Bayview Community Center. The Escambia County site is located at: Bayview Community Center 2001 East Lloyd Street Pensacola, Florida 32503 Hours: 7 […]
PALM COAST, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the state of Florida will open new monoclonal antibody treatment sites in both Flagler and Highlands counties. Governor DeSantis was joined by Flagler residents who have recovered from COVID because they received monoclonal therapies. Florida now has 25 state-run monoclonal antibody treatment sites. The two newest […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD, as Florida Surgeon General and Secretary of the Florida Department of Health. Dr. Ladapo was recently granted a professorship at the University of Florida (UF) College of Medicine. Prior to joining UF, he served as an associate professor […]
Kissimmee, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis was joined by State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran to announce that the Florida Department of Health (DOH) issued a new rule, empowering families to decide whether their healthy child should be taken out of school after an exposure to COVID. Emergency Rule […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Governor DeSantis was joined by Attorney General Ashley Moody to announce three significant actions Florida is taking to address the Biden Border Crisis. First, Governor DeSantis has issued Executive Order 21-223 to prohibit all Florida agencies under the purview of the Governor from facilitating illegal immigration into Florida, unless otherwise required by federal […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the selection of Virginia Covington, Barbara Nicklaus and Beverly White Yeager to the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame. Each year, the Governor selects three nominees from recommendations presented by the Florida Commission on the Status of Women. Virginia Covington Covington, of Tampa, is a Senior District Judge for […]