Arguing that the outcome of the case could represent a “blueprint for expanding gaming outside of Indian lands,” owners of two Florida pari-mutuels plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether a multibillion-dollar deal giving the Seminole Tribe control of sports…
Read More Florida Sports Betting Fight Heading To Supreme Court
Pointing to a recent appellate-court ruling in an Alabama case, a federal judge on Monday issued an order refusing to block a new Florida law making it more difficult for transgender adults to access hormone therapy and surgeries. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle issued the…
Read More Federal Judge Refuses To Block Florida Trans Treatment Law
Dealing another victory to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, a federal appeals court has denied a request from pari-mutuel owners for a rehearing after a ruling that upheld a multibillion-dollar deal giving the tribe control over sports betting throughout the state. A three-judge panel of…
Read More Seminoles In Florida Get Win In Sports Betting Case
In a case that could have a dramatic impact on women’s reproductive rights, the Florida Supreme Court on Friday heard arguments in a constitutional challenge to a 2022 state law that prevented abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The court’s ruling in the case, which…
Read More Florida Supreme Court Justices Hear High-Stakes Abortion Case
A federal judge on Friday refused to block a new Florida law making it more difficult for transgender adults to access hormone therapy and surgeries. But U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle said he could issue a narrowly tailored injunction to ensure care for individual plaintiffs…
Read More Federal Judge Won’t Block Florida Trans Treatment Law
A new Florida state law lowering the number of jurors required to recommend death sentences has spurred a rash of litigation, triggered conflicting judicial rulings and infused an additional level of uncertainty in capital cases. The changes have caused what numerous attorneys called “chaos” in…
Read More Courts Grapple With Florida Death Penalty Change
School district leaders across the state are taking a patchwork of approaches to a college-credit psychology course, as many high-school students head back to class this week amid a dustup between Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration and the College Board. Confusion over the College Board’s Advanced…
Read More Florida School Districts Grapple With AP Course Confusion
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office late Wednesday pumped up arguments against a proposed constitutional amendment that would authorize recreational use of marijuana, saying the measure “misleads” voters in a way to benefit the state’s largest medical-marijuana operator, Trulieve. Tallahassee-based Trulieve has contributed all but…
Read More Florida AG Ashley Moody Targets Company In Marijuana Ballot Fight
Nearly a month into a stifling heat wave, corrections officials are attempting to alleviate sweltering conditions in Florida’s unairconditioned prisons, but advocates for inmates say the efforts fall short and aren’t being carried out the same way at all facilities. Throughout July, inmates’ supporters pressed…
Read More Inmates, Florida Prisons Grapple With ‘Oppressive’ Heat
Citing a “crisis of availability” of care, transgender people are asking a federal judge to block a new state law making it more difficult for trans adults to access hormone-replacement therapy and surgery. The law, passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature this spring and championed by…
Read More Trans Adults Seek To Block New Florida Law