Governor Ron DeSantis has proposed significant pay raises for Florida law enforcement officers, including a 20% increase for new recruits and a 25% boost for veteran officers, as part of a broader effort to strengthen public safety and attract talent from other states.

OCALA, Fla. (CBS12) — More than 7,800 recruitment bonuses, worth $5,000, will be given to new Florida law enforcement officers. Governor Ron DeSantis spoke at a news conference in Ocala on Wednesday morning with the announcement awarding the new recruits with the bonus given through the Florida Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Payment Program.

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is currently feuding with Republicans in the state legislature, contending to voters that the majorities in both chambers are failing to advance a conservative agenda in numerous policy areas.

Florida’s gubernatorial election is about 19 months away, but several big names on both sides of the political aisle have already shared their interest in taking Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) torch. Elected in 2018,

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he tried to install Congressman-elect Randy Fine as president of Florida Atlantic University because members of the state Legislature, where Fine served at the

Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis announced that each of Florida’s 67 sheriffs now have a Hope Florida liaison in their office.

They are giving a lifeline to the Democratic Party,” DeSantis told members of his party this week about the GOP-controlled Florida House of Representatives.

“You’re saying there’s a chance,” DeSantis said, loosely quoting a line from the 1990s comedy “ Dumb and Dumber ,” in which Jim Carrey’s character says “so you’re telling me there’s a chance” to a woman saying there’s a “one in a million” chance they could date.