Before the board was selected in February, Disney had reached agreements with the outgoing board that limited the power of DeSantis’ appointees. The new board voted last week to nullify those ...
Board members ... In taking on Disney, DeSantis furthered his reputation as a culture warrior willing to battle perceived political enemies and wield the power of state government to accomplish ...
The law was part of DeSantis's promised "strong one-two punch" to nullify an agreement the previous board of the central Florida district entered with Disney, which undercut the power of the ...
Not to be outdone, Florida has fired its own legal salvo at Disney World in the form of both a lawsuit and a new law. On May ...
The volleys between Disney ... DeSantis' picks. In March, the district's new slate of supervisors accused Disney of crafting "11th-hour" development deals intended to thwart the board's power ...
The plan, first announced in July 2021 by former CEO Bob Chapek, had earlier met with resistance from some in the company.
Political opponents such as former President Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized DeSantis over the outcome.
Culture wars are spreading, writes Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell, but one target of them, Disney, isn’t going ...
Mr. DeSantis’s willingness to exert that power in extraordinary ways has led ... The standoff has spilled over into this year ...
The competing lawsuits raise complex questions about the First Amendment’s scope and constitutional protections of contracts, ...
DeSantis wields power more aggressively than any governor in modern memory, most notably by removing an elected prosecutor ...
A lot has changed in Florida since Ron DeSantis became governor in January 2019. If you thought you knew Florida then, you might not know it now.