After a Leon County circuit judge issued a written ruling Monday blocking her from running for a Panhandle congressional seat, Democrat Rebekah Jones has taken the dispute to an appeals court. Jones’ attorney, Benedict Kuehne, filed a notice of appeal at the Tallahassee-based appeals court,…
Read More Rebekah Jones Ballot Case Heads To Florida Appeals Court
A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld the conviction and 28-month prison sentence of a Northwest Florida woman who was part of a scheme to defraud a federal drought-relief program for farmers. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments by…
Read More Conviction Upheld In Florida Farm Aid Scheme
As pari-mutuel facilities returned to more-normal operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, state tax collections from slot machines topped expectations. A report released Monday said slot-machine tax collections totaled $241 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30, beating an earlier forecast of $231.2 million.…
Read More Florida Slot Machine Revenues Beat Expectations
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political committee raised nearly $2.88 million during the final full week of July, including receiving $2 million from the Republican Governors Association, according to a finance report filed Friday. The Friends of Ron DeSantis committee had about $125 million in cash on…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis’ Committee Rakes In $2.88 Million
Saying the law will “stigmatize and harm LGBTQ youth,” attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia are seeking to aid challengers to a new Florida law that restricts instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in Florida public schools. The states and…
Read More Attorneys General From D.C., 15 States Oppose Florida Education Law
Florida has deployed three emergency teams to support efforts to combat deadly flash flooding in Kentucky, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration announced Thursday. Florida’s “All-Hazards Incident Management Teams” include law enforcement officers, rescue workers, public health workers and other “public safety partners with standardized training and…
Read More Florida Sends Emergency Teams To Flood-Ravaged Kentucky
A trial that could determine whether former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is convicted of federal wire fraud and conspiracy charges has been delayed until April, according to an order issued by a federal judge on Thursday. Pushing the trial back to April 17 from its…
Read More Former Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Andrew Gillum’s Trial Moved To April
A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking a Florida pharmacist from filling prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday. Pharmacist Nathaniel Esalomi was accused of filling prescriptions he knew were not valid at Apexx Pharmacy…
Read More Florida Pharmacist Blocked From Filling Opioid Prescriptions
The competition begins Friday to eliminate large invasive snakes that threaten native wildlife in Florida’s Everglades. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s 10-day 2022 Florida Python Challenge is designed to help eradicate the thousands of Burmese pythons that have become well-established in South Florida…
Read More Florida Python Hunt Kicks Off Friday
Almost 600,000 Floridians had cast vote-by-mail ballots as of Wednesday morning for the Aug. 23 primary elections, with Democratic voters outnumbering Republicans, according to data posted on the state Division of Elections website. The data showed that 598,761 vote-by-mail ballots had been cast, including 260,718…
Read More Democrats Outnumber Republicans In Florida Mail-In Primary Ballots