Lawyers for state education officials on Thursday filed a notice that they will appeal a court ruling that blocked enforcement of a 2023 law requiring a transgender teacher to use pronouns that align with her sex assigned at birth. The 2023 law restricts educators’ use…
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Bob Graham, a two-term Florida governor who went on to serve in the U.S. Senate, will lie in state at the Historic Capitol Museum on Friday, April 26. A public viewing for Graham, who was 87 when he died Tuesday, will take place from 11…
Read More Former Florida Governor Bob Graham To Lie In State At Old Capitol
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services blocked the sale of more than 186,000 packages of hemp-extract products that were uncovered at a Hollywood business, the agency announced Wednesday. Department inspectors issued stop-sale orders for 186,377 packages of hemp products and 644 packages, allegedly…
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A federal judge has scheduled a trial on May 13 in a lawsuit over people being dropped from Florida’s Medicaid program after the end of a federal public health emergency that was declared in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a court docket,…
Read More Federal Judge Schedules Florida Medicaid Eligibility Trial
Stretching from St. Augustine south through Flagler County, state House District 19 is solidly Republican. And as House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, prepares to leave the Legislature in November, his exit from the Northeast Florida seat is leading to a big-money battle among Republican…
Read More Campaign Cash Flows To Open Florida House Seats
Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson issued an emergency rule Friday that prevents importing some cattle because of the evolving spread of a type of avian influenza in dairy herds outside of Florida. Known in livestock as Bovine Associated Influenza A Syndrome, the strain has been found…
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Florida State Rep. Spencer Roach, R-North Fort Myers, announced Friday he will not seek re-election to a fourth term in the Florida House. “I have learned to listen to my gut when I experience restlessness or a sense (that it’s) time for a change,” Roach…
Read More Fort Myers Republican, State Rep. Spencer Roach, Won’t Seek Another House Term
In a case closely watched by business and environmental groups, a U.S. district judge Friday finalized his rejection of a 2020 move by the federal government to shift permitting authority to Florida for projects that affect wetlands. Judge Randolph Moss issued a 27-page opinion that,…
Read More Judge Nails Down Decision In Florida Wetlands Case
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Democrat Ashley Brundage opened a campaign account this week to run for a Hillsborough County seat in the state House and to try to become the first transgender member of the Legislature. According to the state Division of Elections website, Brundage…
Read More Transgender Candidate Seeks Florida House Seat In Hillsborough County District 65
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed measures on Friday that will prevent investigations of local law enforcement officers by civilian review boards and prohibit “harassment” of first responders who are on duty. DeSantis said the review board measure (HB 601) will put the “kibosh” on certain…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Bill Targeting Police Boards