Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis posthumously honors five notable Floridians with the Governor's Medal of Freedom, including Jimmy ...

It's one of the state’s highest honors. The awardees include former state lawmakers and a singer who turned a beach bum ...

In addition to the "Maragaritaville" singer, the governor honored Govs. Buddy MacKay and Bob Graham, U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz- ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has posthumously awarded five notable Floridians with the Governor's Medal of Freedom, one of the ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis posthumously awarded five “Florida icons” with the Governor’s Medal of Freedom on Wednesday.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Aug. 20 honored five Floridians with the state’s highest civilian accolade: the Governor’s Medal of ...

DeSantis announced that he is awarding the Governor’s Medal of Freedom to former Gov. Bob Graham, former Gov. Buddy MacKay Jr ...

The awardees include the state’s last Democratic governor, Buddy MacKay, who was a citrus farmer in Ocala, a policy wonk, and ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis posthumously awarded the Governor’s Medal of Freedom, Florida’s highest civilian distinction, to former ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded the governor's medal of freedom to Benjamin Ferencz, who was an investigator of Nazi war crimes after World War II and a prosecutor during the Nuremberg trials.

As a backbench congressman during the Obama years, DeSantis was part of the so-called "tea party" movement that pushed for smaller government, less spending, and, yes, more freedom.