Expanded teaching ban on gender identity, sexual orientation heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis

Full Story: Further restrictions on teaching gender identity and sexual orientation in Florida's public schools are heading to the governor. Republicans in the state Senate pushed the bill through its final stop, Wednesday afternoon. Democrats decried it as "bigoted" censorship. The bill is among the most contentious of the 2023 legislative session. Republicans, however, had the will and the numbers to get it across the finish line despite waves of protests. Some happened outside the upper chamber and governor's office shortly after the bill's party-line vote.