A federal judge has refused to block school districts from carrying out a new state law that restricts instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms, rejecting arguments by parents, students and a non-profit organization. The ruling Thursday by U.S. District Judge Wendy Berger…
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A Leon County circuit judge Thursday heard arguments in disputes about whether state lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration should be shielded from providing testimony and information to groups challenging a congressional redistricting plan. Judge J. Lee Marsh did not immediately rule after asking numerous…
Read More Judge Weighs Shielding Lawmakers, DeSantis Admin On Florida Congressional Redistricting
A federal judge will hear arguments next week in a challenge by the Florida Democratic Party to part of a new elections law dealing with canvassing boards. The Democratic Party and two Miami-Dade County attorneys filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block a change that…
Read More Florida Democrats Seek To Block Part Of Elections Law
With its combination of punishing wind and widespread flooding, Hurricane Ian caused up to $1.56 billion in estimated losses for the state’s agriculture industry, according to a University of Florida preliminary assessment. The assessment, by the University of Florida-Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, estimated…
Read More Hurricane Ian Agriculture Losses In Florida Could Hit $1.56B
In March 2013, 17 months after her husband died, Kathleen Steele gave birth to a child conceived through in vitro fertilization. Steele used a sperm sample that her husband, Phillip, had provided to a fertility clinic before his death. But nearly a decade later, top…
Read More Courts Ponder Benefits In Florida Social Security In Vitro Fertilization Case
Entering the final weeks of the 2022 campaign, Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a massive financial advantage over Democratic challenger Charlie Crist. Newly filed reports show DeSantis had about $102 million in available cash in his political committee and campaign account as of Oct. 7, almost…
Read More Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Dominates In Campaign Cash
Concluding that the animals are “not in danger of extinction,” federal wildlife officials Tuesday rejected listing gopher tortoises in Florida as endangered or threatened species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a 113-page decision that said gopher tortoises would continue to be considered a…
Read More Feds Deny Increased Gopher Tortoise Protections In Florida
In what it described as a “legal quagmire,” the state agency that issues concealed-weapons licenses has sued the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to try to obtain information about why a woman was flagged as ineligible for a license. The lawsuit, filed Friday in Leon…
Read More Agencies Tangle In Florida Concealed Weapons ‘Quagmire’
An open-government group Monday filed a lawsuit seeking to force Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to release additional records about a controversial decision last month to fly migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. The Florida Center for Government Accountability filed the lawsuit in Leon…
Read More Group Sues Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Over Migrant Flight Records
With Hurricane Ian bringing massive storm surge and inland flooding, Floridians could have more than $10 billion in uninsured flood losses, according to an analysis by CoreLogic, a property-information and analytics firm. CoreLogic released a projection Thursday of $10 billion to $16 billion in uninsured…
Read More Hurricane Ian Uninsured Flood Losses In Florida Could Top $10B