Florida is located in the Southern region of the USA with Tallahassee as its capital.  Ron DeSantis (R) is Governor

The Florida legislature has 40 Senate members and 120 House members.

Current Position: US Senator since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Governor from 2011 – 2019
Other Positions:  Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman

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These vaccine mandates are just the latest attempt by @POTUS & the Democrats to control Americans. I got the vaccine & encourage others to as well, but that’s each person’s decision. We all must stand up against this gross overreach.

‘Enough Is Enough’: Rick Scott Blames Biden, Democrats For Inflation

Ashley Brooke Moody (born March 28, 1975) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 38th attorney general of Florida since January 2019. Moody previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney and a circuit court judge in Hillsborough County.

During her tenure as Florida attorney general, Moody has supported lawsuits to invalidate the Affordable Care Act, advocated against restoration of voting rights for former felons, and opposed the legalization of recreational marijuana. Moody was a significant supporter of then-President Donald Trump in Florida during the 2020 presidential election, and joined in the Texas v. Pennsylvania lawsuit, which sought to contest the results of the election.

In January 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis selected Moody to succeed Senator Marco Rubio pending his confirmation to become United States Secretary of State.

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Current Position: Governor since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: US Representative from 2013 – 2018

DeSantis is a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. DeSantis won the Republican nomination for the 2018 gubernatorial election and narrowly defeated the Democratic Party nominee, Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum, in the general election by 0.4%.

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Forcing kids to wear masks is bad policy. Parents are best equipped to decide whether they want their kids to wear a mask in school. Neither bureaucrats in Washington nor local authorities should be able to override the decision of the parents.

DeSantis Rails Against Fauci, CDC: ‘No To School Closures, No To Restrictions, And No Mandates’

The Florida Legislature is the legislature of the U.S. State of Florida. It is organized as a bicameral body composed of an upper chamber, the Senate, and a lower chamber, the House of Representatives. Article III, Section 1 of the Florida Constitution, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the legislature and how it is to be constituted. The legislature is composed of 160 state legislators (120 in the House and 40 in the Senate).

The primary purpose of the legislature is to enact new laws and amend or repeal existing laws. It meets in the Florida State Capitol building in Tallahassee.

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The US onAir Network will be working with volunteers from Florida universities, colleges, and nonprofit organizations to oversee the curation and moderation of posts, aircasts (online discussions), and in person events for the Florida onAir Hub …  related to federal, state, and local elections and government.

Our first outreach will be to Florida State University partly because of its proximity to the state capital. We have identified many of FSU’s civic engagement, academic, internship and research programs related to making democracy and civic responsibility a focus of higher learning on their campus … for students, faculty, staff, and local community. This post, over time, will have similar information on other collaborating organizations in the state.

Contact ben.murphy@onair.cc for more information on how to involve your organization.

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama to the northwest; Georgia to the north; the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean to the east; and the Straits of Florida and Cuba to the south. It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. With a population exceeding 21 million, it is the third-most populous state in the nation and ranks eighth in population density as of 2020.

It spans 65,758 square miles (170,310 km2), ranking 22nd in area among the 50 states. The Miami metropolitan area, anchored by the cities of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, is the state’s largest metropolitan area with a population of 6.138 million, and the state’s most-populous city is Jacksonville with a population of 949,611. Florida’s other major population centers include Tampa Bay, Orlando, Cape Coral, and the state capital of Tallahassee.