LOADING ERROR LOADING Rep. Matt Gaetz, who has been embroiled in a federal sex-trafficking investigation, on Wednesday joined 19 other Republicans in voting against a House bill targeting human trafficking. Gaetz took issue with the bill’s definition of “human trafficking” and its cost, spokesperson Joel Valdez told USA Today. “The government’s failure to accurately and specifically define human trafficking allows …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Saying Florida public schools are making sexually explicit books available to children, Republican Gov. “Unfortunately, we’ve seen some books in some of these libraries, I mean you’re talking about kids in middle school, some of the stuff that has ended up there is incredibly, incredibly disturbing stuff,” DeSantis said. “They want to eliminate ’Of Mice and Men,’ …
— Facing widespread opposition from education officials and others, a Republican Louisiana lawmaker Tuesday stalled his proposal to bar K-12 schools and colleges from teaching “divisive concepts” such as critical race theory. Rep. Gary Carter, a New Orleans Democrat, was more direct: “This is a bad bill.” Simply discussing the measure Tuesday provoked an acrimonious, five-hour hearing with Garofalo defending …
