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Ron DeSantis, whose “anti-woke” campaign took aim at Walt Disney Co., just won a court victory against the company. It targets the Walt Disney Company.” In his campaign autobiography, “The Courage to Be Free,” DeSantis called Disney’s position on the Don’t Say Gay law “a textbook example of when a corporation should stay out of politics.” He added, “Disney. clearly …

LOADING ERROR LOADING TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis would take control over the board of a special governing district Walt Disney World operates in Florida under a bill introduced Monday, as the Republican governor punishes the company over its opposition to the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law. Republican leaders in the statehouse, in coordination with DeSantis, have begun a …

Federal judge dismisses Florida taxpayer lawsuit over Disney World district

Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference in January, joined by members of Congress and others. A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a taxpayer lawsuit from Florida residents who sued the state and its Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, over a decision to dissolve Walt Disney Co.’s special self-governing district near Orlando. The legal battle is part of the broader fallout …

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Ron DeSantis addresses the crowd before signing a bill dissolving the special district created to foster the development of Walt Disney World in 1967. It’s the consequence of the law DeSantis signed that will dissolve the Reedy Creek Improvement District, a special district Florida created in 1967. As a result, there is considerable confusion in Florida over how much the …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. The new law is largely seen as retribution for Disney’s criticism of a new state law that critics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay,” which bars instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. The bill, which the Legislature passed on Thursday and DeSantis signed into law on Friday, would eliminate the …

Ron DeSantis won his war against Disney today as he officially stripped the company of its 55-year-old special privileges that effectively allowed it to self-govern. Earlier he gave an infrastructure speech in Portland, Oregon Walt Disney's 'Magic Kingdom': How 1967 law allowed the company to govern its vast Florida domain The Reedy Creek Improvement District, a semi-private, special-purpose government, is …

For more than half a century, Walt Disney World has effectively operated as it own municipal government in central Florida. A 1967 state law established the Reedy Creek Improvement District, giving Walt Disney Co. extraordinary powers in an area encompassing 25,000 acres near Orlando where the sprawling themed resort now sits. The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday approved a …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday asked the Legislature to repeal a law allowing Walt Disney World to operate a private government over its properties in the state, the latest volley in a feud between the governor and the entertainment giant over what critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law. DeSantis, an ascendant GOP governor and …