The Biden administration is urging an appeals court to reinstate a deal that gave the Seminole Tribe control of sports betting throughout Florida, nearly nine months after a Washington, D.C.-based judge ruled that the 30-year agreement violated federal law. A U.S. Department of the Interior…
Read More Feds Argue Florida Gambling Deal Should Get Go-Ahead
On a muggy afternoon about an hour’s drive from the state Capitol, roughly three-dozen supporters fought off the heat and insects as Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist made his pitch this week before Tuesday’s primary election. Crist, a St. Petersburg congressman, squeezed in the visit…
Read More Crist Pitches His Chances Of Beating Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
Arguing that the country has a long tradition of viewing intoxication and firearms as a “dangerous” mix, the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried challenging federal prohibitions on medical-marijuana patients…
Read More DOJ Asks Federal Judge To Dismiss Florida Ag Commissioner Lawsuit On Guns And Pot
Trulieve, the state’s largest medical-marijuana operator, and country-music legends The Bellamy Brothers are backing a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana by people 21 or older. The proposed amendment was filed Monday at the state Division of Elections, with Tallahassee-based Trulieve…
Read More Florida Recreational Marijuana Initiative Launched
Two years after justices thwarted his first attempt to place Renatha Francis on the Florida Supreme Court, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday tapped the Palm Beach County circuit judge to serve on a high court dominated by conservative jurists. With four of the seven-member court’s…
Read More DeSantis Taps Renatha Francis For Florida Supreme Court
A textbook company is pushing back against a subpoena issued by Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office in an investigation into pricing of school instructional materials, saying the state’s request for documents involves scrutinizing millions of emails and would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Moody’s…
Read More Florida Spars With Textbook Company In Pricing Probe
With both claiming to be Florida Democrats’ best bet to defeat Gov. Ron DeSantis in November, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist and Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried traded barbs Thursday in their only debate before next month’s primary election. The verbal sparring came amid an increasingly acrimonious…
Read More Florida Democrats Duke It Out In Debate
National medical and legal researchers have issued a report condemning Florida health officials’ plan to block Medicaid coverage for gender-dysphoria treatments, saying the move lacks “any persuasive scientific or medical justification.” The state Agency for Health Care Administration in June rolled out a proposed rule…
Read More Report Targets State Over Florida Transgender Treatment Plan
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is relying on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to support arguments in a challenge to federal regulations that make it illegal for medical-marijuana patients to buy guns. Fried, a Democrat who is running for governor, has long championed medical…
Read More Florida AG Commissioner Fried Takes Aim At Law On Guns, Medical Marijuana
As the number of patients approved to use medical marijuana in Florida continues to climb, some providers are growing increasingly frustrated by what they allege are bad actors in the state’s highly competitive cannabis industry. One of the issues involves online companies seeking to make…
Read More Fee Sharing, Telehealth Raise Florida Medical Marijuana Questions