After an appeals court rejected a $28.6 million judgment, the Florida Supreme Court on Monday said it will take up a case involving catastrophic injuries suffered by an 18-year-old woman after two Tallahassee bars served underage drinkers. Justices agreed to a request by the guardian…
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After a federal judge rejected an earlier attempt, students, parents, and teachers have filed a revised lawsuit seeking to block a new Florida law that restricts classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation. The challenge, filed Thursday in the Northern District of Florida, argues…
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Less than two weeks before Election Day, a divided appeals court has rejected an Orange County ballot measure aimed at imposing rent controls. A panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal, in a 2-1 decision Thursday, sided with the industry group Florida Realtors and…
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A Leon County circuit judge has ruled that key state lawmakers and a top aide to Gov. Ron DeSantis can be questioned about a controversial congressional redistricting plan that passed in April. Judge J. Lee Marsh, in two rulings dated Thursday, cleared the way for…
Read More Lawmakers, DeSantis Aide Can Face Redistricting Questions
A federal judge has rejected a request by the Florida Democratic Party to block part of a new state elections law involving county canvassing boards. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams on Tuesday refused to issue a preliminary injunction, saying the Democratic Party and two individual…
Read More Federal Judge In Florida Sides With State In Elections Law Dispute
A Leon County circuit judge Tuesday ruled that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration did not comply with the state’s public-records law after an open-government group sought records about a controversial decision to fly migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. Judge J. Lee Marsh gave…
Read More Judge Rules Against Florida Gov. DeSantis On Migrant Records
Slightly more than 14.5 million voters are registered to cast ballots in the Nov. 8 election, according to a newly posted “book closing” report on the state Division of Elections website. Here are five takeaways from the numbers: THE BIG PICTURE: Florida has 14,503,978 registered…
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Pointing to a “compendium of First Amendment problems,” industry groups on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on major social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter. Attorneys for the industry groups NetChoice and the Computer…
Read More Tech Industry Takes Aim At Florida Law
A Leon County circuit judge has rejected subpoenas that sought to force two top aides to Gov. Ron DeSantis to testify in a public-records lawsuit stemming from controversial flights of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. Judge J. Lee Marsh issued a two-page decision Sunday…
Read More Judge Blocks Subpoenas In Florida Migrant Records Fight
Former President Donald Trump has filed a brief at the U.S. Supreme Court backing Florida in a battle about a 2021 state law that placed restrictions on social-media giants such as Facebook and Twitter. The brief, posted on the Supreme Court website Friday, urges justices…
Read More Trump Backs Florida In Tech Law Fight