Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana have passed a preliminary hurdle to get on the 2024 ballot, submitting more than enough petition signatures to trigger a Florida Supreme Court review of the measure. The “Smart & Safe Florida”…
Read More Florida Recreational Pot Proposal Clears Initial Hurdle
While finding that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ suspension of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren violated the law, a federal judge on Friday grudgingly ruled that he lacked the power to reinstate the twice-elected Democrat. Warren filed a lawsuit after DeSantis issued the suspension in an…
Read More Judge Blasts Florida Gov. DeSantis But Dismisses Warren Lawsuit
Plaintiffs challenging a state law restricting how race-related concepts can be taught in higher education accused Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration Wednesday of violating a federal judge’s order that blocked parts of the law from being enforced. Chris Spencer, one of DeSantis’ chief lieutenants, late last…
Read More State Of Florida Accused Of Violating Order In Education Case
State health regulators on Monday set in motion a process to issue up to 22 more medical marijuana licenses, in a highly anticipated move that could double the size of Florida’s medical cannabis industry. The state Department of Health also published an emergency rule that…
Read More State Sets Stage For More Marijuana Licenses In Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A state medical board has cleared a doctor who ordered medical marijuana for two undercover investigators posing as patients, finding the Florida Department of Health failed to prove wrongdoing. The Department of Health sought to strip physician Joseph Dorn of his medical…
Read More Tallahassee Doctor Cleared In Medical Pot Probe
In a case that could upend public access to information about policing, the Florida Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about whether the identities of law-enforcement officers are shielded by a 2018 constitutional amendment designed to bolster crime victims’ rights. An appeals court in April sided…
Read More Florida Justices Weigh Police ‘Marsy’s Law’ Case
Legal challenges to six candidates seeking to be appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to two appellate courts took another twist Friday, after plaintiffs filed requests to disqualify Florida Supreme Court Justice Renatha Francis from the cases. The challenges, originally filed Nov. 17 at the Supreme…
Read More Justice Francis Targeted In Challenges To Florida Appeals Court Candidates
Accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis of an “attempt to legalize state-sponsored harassment,” immigrant-advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit challenging an “unauthorized alien” relocation program approved by state lawmakers earlier this year. The lawsuit makes a series of allegations, including violations of constitutional due process and equal-protection…
Read More Florida Migrant Relocation Program Draws Another Legal Challenge
Florida gambling regulators on Thursday refused to sign off on the sale of Magic City Casino, one of the state’s oldest pari-mutuels, to the Poarch Creek Indians, bowing to objections that the public needs to know more about the transaction before final action is taken.…
Read More Decision Delayed On Florida Casino Deal
Andrew Warren, a twice-elected Hillsborough County state attorney suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis in August, took the stand Tuesday as he testified in a federal lawsuit aimed at getting his job back. Warren’s testimony came on the first day of a trial before U.S. District…
Read More State Attorney Suspended By Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Testifies In Bid To Get Job Back