House and Senate leaders plan to use “rainy day reserve” money to keep afloat about 200 jobs after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed more than $56 million from part of the state budget that pays for “legislative support services.” The vetoes wiped out funding for joint…
Read More Florida House, Senate Leaders To Tap ‘Rainy Day’ Money To Save 200 Jobs After DeSantis Veto
In a major win for the Seminole Tribe, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to upend a 30-year, multibillion-dollar deal giving the tribe control of sports betting throughout Florida. The Supreme Court declined to take up a challenge filed by two pari-mutuel companies. The…
Read More US Supreme Court Turns Down Florida Sports Betting Challenge In Win For Seminole Tribe
State election officials on Friday listened to suggestions about how to update the process for convicted felons to seek what are known as advisory opinions about their eligibility to vote, with advocates calling for a procedure that provides “certainty” for people who have completed their…
Read More Changes Sought In Florida Felon Voting Process
Sidestepping what could have been a major ruling about the state’s public-records laws, an appeals court on Wednesday upheld a judge’s decision that shielded Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration from releasing records. The appeal stemmed from a public-records request, filed by a person identified in court…
Read More Florida Appeals Court Sidesteps ‘Executive Privilege’ Issue
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who’s come out swinging against a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational marijuana — on Friday delivered a victory to potential pot competitors by vetoing a measure that would have severely restricted the sales and production of euphoria-inducing hemp-based…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Vetoes Bill Targeting Hemp Industry
Attorneys for the state squared off this week with lawyers for immigrants and an advocacy group after an unusual twist in a challenge to a Florida law aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration. The lawsuit, filed in July by The Farmworker Association of Florida,…
Read More Sides Spar Over Florida Immigration Law Injunction
Three parents on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit challenging a controversial 2023 Florida law that increased scrutiny of school-library books and instructional materials, alleging the process for removing books unconstitutionally discriminates against parents who disagree with “the state’s favored viewpoint.” The law (SB 1069), in…
Read More 3 Parents Challenge Florida Book Objection Law
A 2023 law that lowered the number of jurors needed to recommend execution has resulted in a “quintessential game of chance” for inmates being resentenced because of changes in the state’s death-penalty process and unconstitutionally “silences Black voices,” groups are arguing in what could be…
Read More Florida Death Penalty ‘Game of Chance’ Targeted
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a key part of a 2023 law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that aimed to crack down on illegal immigration, finding the law “intrudes upon territory” under the responsibility of the federal government. The lawsuit, filed in July by…
Read More Federal Judge Blocks Part Of Florida Immigration Law
Saying his experience is “emblematic of the abuses running rampant in the world of big-time college football,” a former high-school star quarterback on Tuesday filed a lawsuit accusing University of Florida football coach Billy Napier, a top Gators booster and others of wrongdoing related to…
Read More Georgia QB, Former University Of Florida Recruit Jaden Rashada Sues In $13.85M ‘NIL’ Dispute