Ron DeSantis

Rule Changes

Defending executive order labeling CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood terrorist groups

In less than a month, Texas and Florida governors branded CAIR, the country's largest Muslim civil rights group, a "foreign terrorist organization." Both states ordered cuts to contracts, jobs, and funding. CAIR calls it a smear campaign; the governors say they're targeting Hamas-linked extremists.

Updated 6 days ago

Built World

Proposed AI bill of rights to protect communities from data center impacts

Since late 2022, U.S. regulators and utilities have warned that AI-optimized data centers could reshape national power demand, ending an era of flat electricity consumption and forcing rapid buildout of generation and transmission. By early 2026, those warnings have crystallized into concrete challenges. PJM Interconnection's December 2025 capacity auction hit the $333.44/MW-day price cap and failed to meet reliability requirements for the first time in its history. Data centers accounted for $6.5 billion—or 40%—of the auction's $16.4 billion in costs.

Updated 6 days ago

Rule Changes

Signed 2024 bear lethal‑force law; appointed and reappointed pro‑hunt FWC leadership

Florida launched a state-sanctioned black bear hunt on December 6, 2025, the first since 2015. The state allowed 172 lottery-selected permit holders to kill one bear each across four hunting zones. Only 52 bears were harvested by season's end on December 28, per FWC data released December 29.

Updated 6 days ago

Rule Changes

Signed Florida's new congressional map on May 4, 2026, targeting four Democratic incumbents and potentially adding four Republican House seats

Congressional maps are normally redrawn once a decade, after the Census. In August 2025, Texas broke that convention at President Trump's urging—redrawing its map to target five Democratic-held seats. The move triggered a chain reaction. Then, on April 29, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court's 6–3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais effectively gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act—the main federal tool used to block racially discriminatory maps—removing a key legal shield that had constrained Republican legislatures for decades. Within days, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a new congressional map targeting four incumbent Democrats, Alabama's governor called a special redistricting session, Louisiana suspended its upcoming primaries to allow a full map redraw, and Tennessee's House passed a bill splitting Memphis into three Republican-leaning districts.

Updated May 7

Rule Changes

Partnered with TPUSA; created Charlie Kirk Prize

Nebraska became the sixth state to announce an official partnership with Turning Point USA to bring the conservative organization's Club America chapters to every public high school. The pattern is now clear: since founder Charlie Kirk's assassination in September 2025, Republican governors have lined up to formalize state support for the organization's high school expansion—with some threatening disciplinary action against schools that resist.

Updated Feb 10