Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody signaled her support for Florida State University’s appeal of a North Carolina judge’s decision to allow a lawsuit filed against the school by the Atlantic Coast Conference to proceed — and is asking her counterparts in six states to join…
Read More Florida AG Ashley Moody Jumps Into FSU-ACC Dispute
A Leon County circuit judge on Monday put a hold on Florida State University’s lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference, saying the school needed to amend its legal challenge before the high-profile case can move forward. Legal issues in the battle between the conference and…
Read More Florida State University Challenge To ACC Hits Snag
Amid a high-profile legal battle about his suspension by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Democrat Andrew Warren on Tuesday announced he will run again this year for Hillsborough County state attorney. Warren was elected state attorney twice before being suspended in August 2022 by DeSantis, who accused…
Read More Former Prosecutor Andrew Warren, Suspended By Florida Gov. DeSantis, Launches Campaign
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Florida education officials from enforcing a law requiring a transgender teacher to use pronouns that align with her sex assigned at birth, saying the law violated her First Amendment rights. The 2023 law restricts educators’ use of personal pronouns…
Read More Federal Judge Blocks Teacher Pronoun Restrictions In Florida
The Florida Supreme Court last week issued explosive decisions that rolled back decades of legal precedents and set in motion a dramatic restriction on abortion while paving the way for an electoral clash over abortion rights in November. In a 6-1 decision Monday, justices ruled…
Read More Abortion Becomes ‘Front And Center’ In Florida
John Passidomo, the husband of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, died Wednesday after falling and suffering massive head trauma and other injuries, according to a memo distributed by the Florida Senate. “The president has lost the love of her life, and is absolutely devastated by this…
Read More Florida Senate President’s Husband Dies After Fall
Following a pair of blockbuster decisions by the Florida Supreme Court, Democrats are galvanizing around abortion as a “front and center” issue that they say could affect races up and down the ballot in November. Focus on the abortion issue exploded Monday shortly after the…
Read More Florida Democrats Look To Abortion Issue For Election Boost
A trial kicked off Monday in challenges to a 2023 Florida law that imposed new restrictions on “third-party” voter registration groups, with plaintiffs arguing the changes are unconstitutional and the state saying the law is aimed at enhancing election security. The law (SB 7050) is…
Read More Trial Starts On Florida Voter Registration Law
A federal judge on Friday heard arguments in a court battle over a law restricting educators’ use of personal pronouns and titles in schools, in one of a series of challenges to Florida policies targeting LGBTQ people. Plaintiffs Katie Wood, a transgender Hillsborough County teacher,…
Read More Federal Judge To Decide On Teacher Pronoun Law In Florida
Opening a new front in issues about protecting victims’ rights, the ailing mother of a recently released Florida inmate who was convicted of viciously attacking her over a decade ago has asked a federal judge to lift an order forbidding her son from contacting her.…
Read More Mother’s Lawsuit In Florida Adds Twist to Victims’ Rights