by Sarah Rumpf | May 7, 2019
Just a few weeks ago, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) claimed she was cutting back on social media for mental health reasons, but that didn’t stop her from tangling with Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) on Twitter yesterday. It all started when Scott tweeted about a...
by Lane Wright | Apr 8, 2019
Earlier this year, Governor Ron DeSantis issued an executive order “repealing the Common Core” standards. In practice that meant he tasked Richard Corcoran, Florida’s chief educator, with figuring out how to do that exactly. It’s not as simple as declaring Common Core...
by Sarah Rumpf | Mar 1, 2019
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is finding himself without many defenders this week after he posted a tweet directed at Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former attorney, on the eve of Cohen’s testimony before the House Oversight Committee. The tweet, which...
by Sarah Rumpf | Nov 15, 2018
The ongoing recounts in several races in Florida after the midterm elections November 6th have created a lot of drama. Races that seemed settled on Election Night were challenged, with the contests for Governor, Senator, and Agriculture Commissioner being deemed too...
by Lane Wright | Aug 24, 2018
Ron DeSantis doesn’t have much of a plan for education in Florida, but he’s made two things clear: He wants to “repeal the Common Core” and teach civic literacy in our schools. Technically, there is no Common Core in Florida, but it’s true that our current academic...
