Politics
DeSantis Reopens Florida With Vow of Never Turning Back
- The Republican says struggling businesses need predictability
- He also banned local governments from issuing no-mask fines
Photographer: Jayme Gershen/Bloomberg
This article is for subscribers only.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is lifting capacity restrictions on restaurants and other businesses, even as the state reports hundreds of Covid-19 deaths a week.
Speaking Friday in St. Petersburg, the Republican governor also said he would make it harder for local governments to institute their own restrictions, which have gone above and beyond the state’s rules. And he banned pandemic-related fines, hitting the ability of cities and counties to enforce mask mandates.