Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida

After Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a major elections bill, legal battles immediately began about new restrictions on voter-registration groups.

Florida lawmakers approved a tax package that might not give Gov. Ron DeSantis exactly what he requested, but it will provide plenty for him to tout to shoppers and businesses.

An appeals court rejected a class-action lawsuit that Florida Atlantic University students filed because of a campus shutdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Union members repeatedly came to the Capitol to fight the bill (SB 256) that would prevent dues from being deducted from workers’ paychecks.

The Republican-controlled House Commerce Committee voted 13-5 to approve the plan, as lawmakers entered the next-to-last week of the annual legislative session.

The new law took effect immediately and represents a major change in Florida’s death-penalty system. Lawmakers moved forward with the issue after the Parkland shooter was sentenced to life in prison last year.

Florida Supreme Court justices back a Sarasota County Property Appraiser who said a a homeowner should not have received a homestead property-tax exemption for part of his house that he rented out.

The Republican-controlled Senate voted 26-13 to approve the bill (SB 300), which will go to the House, where it is expected to pass. It comes after the U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.

As lawmakers consider barring abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject more than three decades of legal precedents that have protected abortion rights in the state.

As state lawmakers and education officials look to expand the restrictions of the 2022 'Parental Rights in Education' bill, attorneys for students, parents and teachers filed a notice of appeal at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal. It came after U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor last month dismissed a lawsuit arguing the law is unconstitutional.

An appeals court said Wednesday that Florida Power & Light can face a class-action lawsuit stemming from power outages in Hurricane Irma, which barreled up the state in 2017.

After lawmakers passed a 15-week limit last year, the Florida House on Thursday started moving forward with a proposal that would prevent abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.