DEI

A new law bans cities and counties from funding offices or grants related to diversity, equity and inclusion. Beginning Jan. 1, groups ranging from the Island SPACE Caribbean Museum to the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida won’t be eligible to receive county funds.

Florida university professors fear their students are spying on them and lament elimination of DEI from general education courses and canceled research grants.

The Village of Palmetto Bay passed an ordinance responding to a local Muslim resident who said local officials refused to mention an Islamic holiday on their social media channels.

Attorney General James Uthmeier's investigation follows a similar response from the DOJ after three San Francisco pitchers were warned for writing over the rainbow-colored logos.

Mohammed Taha, a longtime Palmetto Bay resident, was turned down when he reached out to Village officials to suggest a post for the popular Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha on their media outlets.

Key West is this week celebrating the LGBTQ+ community “with a little bit more passion” — as it hosts its last Pride festival to be aided by public funding before a DEI ban kicks in.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claims diversity, equity, and inclusion programs discriminate against white men. On Wednesday, he signed legislation banning local governments from funding or promoting DEI initiatives.

The Florida Legislature recently passed a bill that seriously limits how local governments can support LGBTQ Pride — but local institutions are pressing on anyways. Gov. Ron DeSantis is likely to sign it into law.

Uthmeier, who has used his position to challenge diversity, equity and inclusion policies before, told the NFL that its "Rooney Rule" is discriminatory and illegal in Florida, and ordered the league to stop enforcing it.

The attorney general of Florida wants one of the biggest and most popular corporations in the country, the National Football League, to stop implementing what he calls race-based hiring policies, because he says it violates Florida’s Civil Rights Act. Uthmeier contacted NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Wednesday to inform him that the “Rooney Rule,” established more than 20 years ago for the league to combat the historically low number of minorities in head coaching position, is illegal under Florida law.

Those speaking out against the bill included several pastors from around the state, as well as some local elected officials.

If enacted, officials could be removed from office for violating the bill.