With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expected to decide this fall whether Florida can import prescription drugs from Canada, the state this week lashed out after federal officials raised issues such as a requirement for a secured warehouse in Michigan. The issues are detailed…
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Hurricane Idalia made landfall about 7:45 a.m. near Taylor County’s Keaton Beach as an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 storm, the National Hurricane Center said. “This thing’s powerful,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a 6:30 a.m. news conference at the state Emergency Operations Center. “If you’re…
Read More Hurricane Idalia Makes Landfall In Florida As Cat 3
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday evening it was “crunch time” as Hurricane Idalia prepared to wallop North Florida’s Big Bend region with damaging winds and massive storm surge. “You really got to go back to the late 1800s to find a storm of this…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Says It’s ‘Crunch Time’ For Hurricane Idalia
A First Amendment fight about access in school libraries to the children’s book “And Tango Makes Three” has expanded to include the Escambia County school system. Attorneys for the book’s authors and a third-grade student filed a revised federal lawsuit Friday that, in part, seeks…
Read More Fight Over Children’s Book In Florida Widens
Adding to a series of similar rulings across the state, an appeals court Friday rejected two lawsuits alleging the University of Central Florida should be required to refund money to students because of a campus shutdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic. A panel of the…
Read More Court Rejects University Of Central Florida COVID Shutdown Lawsuits
A Leon County circuit judge Thursday heard arguments in a battle about a congressional redistricting plan that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature last year, amid clashing positions about the Florida Constitution and the U.S. Constitution. Voting-rights groups argue that DeSantis and the…
Read More Judge Weighs Florida Redistricting Arguments
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla – The Escambia County School Board on Monday urged a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit filed by authors, a publishing company, parents and a non-profit organization challenging the removal or restriction of books in school libraries. The lawsuit, filed in…
Read More Escambia County School Board Seeks To End Book Lawsuit
A battle about a new Florida law that restricts people from China from owning property in the state is headed to a federal appeals court. Attorneys for four Chinese people and a real-estate brokerage that serves Chinese clients filed a notice Monday that is a…
Read More New Florida Chinese Land Ownership Law Appealed
Regulators have ordered the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to revamp — and trim — proposed rate increases. Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky signed an order Friday that took issue with parts of a Citizens rate proposal that included increasing rates by 12 percent for…
Read More Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Faces Regulatory Scrutiny Over Proposed Rate Hikes
A federal appeals court this week will hear arguments in a fight about a 2022 Florida law that placed restrictions on how race-related issues can be addressed in workplace training — part of what Gov. Ron DeSantis dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act.” Attorneys for the…
Read More Court To Hear Arguments In Florida ‘Stop WOKE’ Business Fight