With jury selection scheduled to begin next week in the state’s lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, distributors and retailers, Attorney General Ashley Moody reached settlements totaling more than $870 million with nearly all of the defendants in the case. Moody on Wednesday announced that the state…
Read More Florida Reaches Opioid Settlements Topping $870 Million
It’s been almost two months since backers of an effort to bring Las Vegas-style casino gambling to North Florida failed to submit enough signatures in time to make it onto the November ballot, but legal jousting over the proposal hasn’t abated. The fight over the…
Read More Florida Gambling Grudge Match Continues In Court
Continuing to take a rare stance against the National Rifle Association, the state this week tried to convince a panel of federal judges to uphold a law that bans the sales of rifles and other long guns to people under age 21. The Republican-controlled Legislature…
Read More Appeals Court Weighs Challenge To Florida Gun Law
An attorney for Gov. Ron DeSantis drew skepticism Thursday from a federal appeals court during arguments in a challenge to a controversial law that enhanced penalties and created new crimes in protests that turn violent. DeSantis championed the measure after nationwide protests focused on racial…
Read More Appeals Court Questions Florida Over Protest Law
Democrat Daniel Uhlfelder, a Northwest Florida lawyer who drew national attention for dressing as the Grim Reaper as he criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis’ handling of the coronavirus pandemic, announced Tuesday he is running to try to unseat Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody. A two-minute video…
Read More ‘Grim Reaper’ Enters Race For Florida Attorney General
TALLAHASSEE, FL. – The Florida Senate on Monday passed a measure that would more broadly cloak information about people and businesses involved with state executions and the drugs used for lethal injection, positioning the proposal for action by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Current law includes a…
Read More Florida Senate Backs Expanding Secrecy Around Executions
TALLAHASSEE – With a week to go in the 2022 legislative session, Florida lawmakers are considering a series of measures to propel Republican leaders’ years-long battle to make it harder for groups to change the state Constitution. Floridians have relied on the ballot-initiative process in…
Read More Florida Lawmakers Chipping Away At Ballot Initiative Process
The Florida Senate late Thursday approved a measure aimed at boosting immigration enforcement that critics maintain could have far-reaching implications for migrants in the state, such as people seeking asylum from Communist regimes and children awaiting reunification with their families. The proposal, among the 2022…
Read More Florida Senate Passes Controversial Immigration Plan
TALLAHASSEE, FL. – State health officials are asking an administrative law judge to permanently ban a Tallahassee physician from ordering medical marijuana for patients, suspend his medical license for five years and impose a $10,000 fine, after an investigation that included undercover agents posing as…
Read More State Seeks To Throw Book At Pot Doctor
TALLAHASSEE, FL. – A year after passing a sweeping law aimed at protests, state legislators are moving forward with a proposal that could criminalize demonstrations in front of or around people’s homes – including the governor’s mansion. House and Senate panels on Tuesday approved similar…
Read More Florida Lawmakers Target Protests Outside Homes