/tags/manny-diaz Manny Diaz en-US SA���ʴ�ı Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:30:00 GMT /state/2023-02-27/nikki-fried-aims-to-end-30-years-of-losses-as-new-leader-of-embattled-florida-democrats Nikki Fried, the last Democrat to hold a statewide office in Florida, was selected to chair the Florida Democratic Party as it looks to recover from its latest disastrous election cycle. Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:30:00 GMT /state/2023-02-27/nikki-fried-aims-to-end-30-years-of-losses-as-new-leader-of-embattled-florida-democrats Jim Turner /local-news/2023-01-10/head-of-the-florida-democratic-party-manny-diaz-resigns Two months after Democrats suffered historic losses across the state, Florida Democratic Party Chairman Manny Diaz announced in a letter that he has chosen to retire. Tue, 10 Jan 2023 11:30:00 GMT /local-news/2023-01-10/head-of-the-florida-democratic-party-manny-diaz-resigns News Service of Florida /news/2022-08-22/dems-blast-lt-gov-for-saying-migrants-even-cubans-will-be-bused-to-delaware Democrats say Florida's GOP Lt. Governor Jeanette Nuñez — a Cuban-American — indicated Gov. DeSantis will bus undocumented Cuban migrants out of the state. Mon, 22 Aug 2022 23:41:49 GMT /news/2022-08-22/dems-blast-lt-gov-for-saying-migrants-even-cubans-will-be-bused-to-delaware Tim Padgett /news/2022-08-01/a-florida-law-professor-breaks-down-the-states-battle-with-the-federal-government-over-title-ix Recently released federal guidelines would extend protections under the law to include schools’ “obligations not to discriminate based on sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation and gender identity.” Mon, 01 Aug 2022 09:00:00 GMT /news/2022-08-01/a-florida-law-professor-breaks-down-the-states-battle-with-the-federal-government-over-title-ix Cathy Carter /news/2022-07-28/diaz-tells-schools-to-ignore-new-federal-title-ix-guidelines-on-gender-identity-sexual-orientation Saying federal guidelines aimed at preventing discrimination against students based on such things as gender identity would “vastly expand the application” of Title IX, Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. told school officials Thursday to ignore the guidelines. Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:42:00 GMT /news/2022-07-28/diaz-tells-schools-to-ignore-new-federal-title-ix-guidelines-on-gender-identity-sexual-orientation Ryan Dailey | News Service of Florida /news/2022-07-26/florida-moves-froward-with-outlining-procedures-for-controversial-education-law The Florida Department of Education published a proposed rule designed to carry out part of the controversial new “Parental Rights in Education law,” which critics disparagingly dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:24:04 GMT /news/2022-07-26/florida-moves-froward-with-outlining-procedures-for-controversial-education-law News Service of Florida /local-news/2022-01-20/florida-could-shield-whites-from-discomfort-of-racist-past A bill pushed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel “discomfort” when they teach students or train employees about discrimination in the nation’s past received its first approval Tuesday. Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-01-20/florida-could-shield-whites-from-discomfort-of-racist-past Brendan Farrington | Associated Press /local-news/2021-12-08/cristobal-arrives-at-miami-says-its-time-to-go-to-work The University of Miami is letting go of its head football coach while hiring a new one. Manny Diaz was fired Monday after the team underachieved in recent years. Oregon coach and former Hurricane, Mario Cristobal has replaced him Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:14:00 GMT /local-news/2021-12-08/cristobal-arrives-at-miami-says-its-time-to-go-to-work Tim Reynolds | Associated Press /local-news/2021-03-02/diaz-calls-voucher-merger-bill-education-savings-accounts-his-top-priority State Sen. Manny Diaz, R-Hialeah Gardens, has been at the forefront of school choice issues in recent years. This time around he’s pitching a big one: a plan to consolidate the state’s five school choice programs into two. The measure also changes HOW those programs would be funded, and that’s where Democrats are drawing the line. Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:34:02 GMT /local-news/2021-03-02/diaz-calls-voucher-merger-bill-education-savings-accounts-his-top-priority Lynn Hatter /show/sundial/2019-10-04/state-rep-manny-diaz-defends-dissolving-mdx-this-is-not-a-home-rule-issue The future of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority remains unclear after a recent ruling by a Leon County Judge that the legislation ordering its… Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:06:00 GMT /show/sundial/2019-10-04/state-rep-manny-diaz-defends-dissolving-mdx-this-is-not-a-home-rule-issue Chris Remington