A federal judge Wednesday rejected a request by the Biden administration to toss out a lawsuit filed by Florida over the release of undocumented immigrants. Pensacola-based U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell denied a motion by U.S. Department of Justice attorneys to dismiss the case,…
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Former Republican Congressman David Rivera has gone to a federal appeals court after being hit with a $456,000 fine in a case involving allegations he secretly funneled money to try to undermine a Democratic rival. Rivera, of Miami, filed a notice last week that is…
Read More Former Florida Rep. Rivera Appeals In Campaign Finance Fight
With a candidate-qualifying period looming in June, Pinellas County is seeking a temporary injunction to block part of a new state law that would make changes in the election of Pinellas County commissioners. Pinellas attorneys filed a motion for an injunction Monday, three days after…
Read More Pinellas County Seeks Injunction Against Election Changes
State regulators Tuesday approved creation of an additional area code in Northeast Florida, as cell phones and other devices continue to gobble up existing numbers. The Florida Public Service Commission backed a plan designed to provide relief to the 904 area code, which is projected…
Read More New Area Code Coming To Florida As Numbers Are Running Out
With district lines redrawn after the once-a-decade reapportionment process, Republican and Democratic legislative leaders are setting priorities for this year’s elections. Some of the most hotly contested — and expensive — races will be for seats in the state Senate, where Republicans hold a 24-16…
Read More Five Florida Senate Races To Watch
Alleging that the map is “intentionally racially discriminatory,” voting-rights groups late Friday requested approval to revamp a federal lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of Florida’s new congressional redistricting plan. In documents filed in federal court in Tallahassee, the groups and five individual plaintiffs alleged that…
Read More Revamped Lawsuit Targets Florida Redistricting Plan
In a win for the rooftop-solar industry and environmental groups, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday vetoed a controversial bill that would have made major changes in rules for rooftop-solar energy. The bill (HB 741) dealt with a somewhat-wonky issue known as “net metering.” But it…
Read More DeSantis Vetoes Controversial Florida Rooftop Solar Bill
With a federal appeals court poised to hear arguments Thursday in a battle about Florida’s attempt to crack down on large social-media companies, the state says newly passed legislation involving Walt Disney Co. short-circuited one of the issues in the case. The legal fight centers…
Read More Florida Points To Disney Measure In Big Tech Battle
Focusing on a North Florida district that has become a legal and political battleground, voting-rights groups and other plaintiffs are seeking a temporary injunction to block a congressional redistricting plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Attorneys for the plaintiffs filed a motion late Tuesday requesting…
Read More Injunction Sought Against Florida Redistricting Plan
As a new round of legal battling begins about congressional redistricting, the state is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that has urged judges to draw new district lines. Attorneys for Secretary of State Laurel Lee filed a motion Friday that said the…
Read More State Seeks To End Lawsuit After Florida Redistricting Plan Passes