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‘Those things are going to happen': Florida Republican Wilton Simpson downplays heat-related deaths
Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson told state lawmakers Tuesday morning that human error was to blame for heat-related ...
Ron DeSantis, Florida legislature square off over who holds true MAGA immigration position
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is finding himself locked in a rare but bruising power struggle with the GOP-led state legislature ...
Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson plays down heat-related deaths in farms
Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson told state lawmakers Tuesday morning that human error was to blame for heat-related ...
Agriculture commissioner could become Florida's immigration czar. Who is Wilton Simpson?
The Florida Legislature is set to vote on a bill to make state Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson the new Chief ...
The Ron DeSantis-Wilton Simpson feud, explained
As Gov. Ron DeSantis goes to war with Florida’s Legislature over dueling immigration bills, his frosty relationship with ...
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Wilton Simpson’s Agriculture Department wants crackdown on psychedelic ‘shrooms, plant milk, and fake meat
The farm bill would also ban “the mislabeling of plant-based products as ‘milk’ or ‘meat.’ This presumably would cause those ...
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Gov. DeSantis wants cuts to Agriculture Department amid feud with Wilton Simpson
DeSantis and Simpson are battling over who should be the state leader in the fight against illegal immigration.
Florida Gov. DeSantis pushes Legislature for open carry of guns amid immigration tension
Gov. Ron DeSantis once again is telling Second Amendment advocates that he would sign a bill to allow them to openly carry a firearm, adding to the ongoing tension with legislative opponents on ...
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Agriculture commissioner could become Florida's immigration czar. Who is Wilton Simpson?
If the Florida Legislature has its way — and Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn't veto it — Florida's new immigration czar will be state agriculture commissioner and former Florida Senate president ...