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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency as life-threatening rainfall and flooding pounded the state.. More than a foot of rain slammed several counties in Florida on Wednesday ...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expanded an executive order and placed additional counties under a state of emergency ahead of an incoming weather system expected to become a tropical storm and possibly ...
What does it mean when the governor of a state declares a state of emergency? When there's a storm like Hurricane Milton, things need to move fast. Gov. DeSantis declared state of emergency for ...
DeSantis's official portrait during his first term as governor. DeSantis became governor of Florida on January 8, 2019. [144] Inaugurated at age 40, he was the youngest person to assume the office since Park Trammell in 1913 and the youngest Republican ever to serve in the position. [145] He has generally governed as a conservative. [146]
In May 2021, DeSantis rescinded the state of emergency and all COVID-19-related public health orders, statewide. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] [ 103 ] The same day, he signed a bill into law that prohibited businesses, cruise ships, schools, and government entities from requiring proof of vaccination for use of services.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency for 12 counties in the northern part of the state affected by the storm. A statement on the Tallahassee government's website said crews were scrambling to repair 100 broken power poles while half the homes and businesses were left without electricity in ...
In January 2013, after DeSantis had just been sworn into the House of Representatives, he voted against providing federal disaster relief for Hurricane Sandy to the impacted states of New York and New Jersey. DeSantis stated his rationale as being that increasing federal "debt by another $9.7 billion with no plan to offset the spending with ...
Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Friday and called out the state National Guard as the arrival of hundreds of Cuban and Haitian migrants in South Florida overwhelmed local ...