Editorial: The cruelty of exposing outdoor workers to extreme heat

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Editorial: The cruelty of exposing outdoor workers to extreme heat

It won’t be easy to find another Florida governor who inflicted so much cruelty on its people as quickly as Ron DeSantis did with a single signature. One of the worst single actions by the 2024 Legislature, House Bill 433, prohibits all local governments from taking any steps to protect outdoor workers from heat or from requiring their contractors to pay employees more than the Florida minimum wage of $12 an hour. People are already dying from e…