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A law signed earlier this year by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis requires a state board overseeing the retirement system to develop a plan by Sept. 1 to divest from companies owned by China.
John Ellis " Jeb " Bush (born February 11, 1953) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. A member of the Bush political family, he was an unsuccessful candidate for president of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries . Bush, who grew up in Houston, was the second son of ...
The governor of Florida is the head of government of the U.S. state of Florida and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Florida Legislature, [3] to convene the legislature [4] and grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment.
Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest current governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest. [ 16] As of the 2022 elections, there are 12 female state governors currently serving. Of the 50 state governors, 46 are non-Hispanic white, two are Hispanic ( Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico and ...
During an event on 27 February, Governor DeSantis signed a bill that amounts to a state takeover of the new district, with a five-member board made up of his own appointees. “Today, the ...
A US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber recently used a new anti-ship weapon to sink a decommissioned warship in the Pacific and a cargo ship off the coast of Florida. The US military hails this ...
2011: 2011 military intervention in Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn, United States and coalition enforcing U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 with bombings of Libyan forces. 2011: Osama Bin Laden is killed by U.S. military forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan as part of Operation Neptune Spear. 2011: Drone strikes on al-Shabaab militants begin in ...
2018 election results map by county. On January 5, 2018, DeSantis filed to run for governor of Florida to succeed term-limited Republican incumbent Rick Scott. [ 3] President Trump had said the previous month that he would support DeSantis should he run for governor. [ 4] During the Republican primary, DeSantis emphasized his support for Trump ...