Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida
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The suit filed May 6 claims Gov. Ron DeSantis' measure, which prevents people from a "foreign country of concern" from owning property, is xenophobic.
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With a law now in effect preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Florida health-care regulators Thursday released emergency rules related to treating medical conditions that pose dangers to the lives of pregnant women or unborn children.
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Florida has quickly launched an appeal after a U.S. district judge rejected a 2020 decision by the federal government to shift permitting authority to the state for projects that affect wetlands.
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Three Florida Supreme Court justices contend if voters approve a November ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution, it likely would not end legal battles about the issue.
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A battle about a 2021 settlement that increased base electric rates for Florida Power & Light has returned to the state Supreme Court.
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Attorney General Ashley Moody's office is urging state and federal judges to toss out challenges to the constitutionality of a 2023 law that requires mayors and other municipal elected officials to disclose detailed information about their personal finances.
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A Hillsborough County teacher is among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which contends the restrictions violate a federal civil-rights law and the First Amendment.
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Amid battles in two courts about a 2020 decision by the federal government to shift wetlands-permitting authority to the state, a judge Monday put on hold a lawsuit filed by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
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Pointing to permits in “regulatory limbo,” the Florida Department of Environmental Protection asked a judge for a partial stay of a ruling in a legal battle about a 2020 decision that shifted permitting authority from the federal government to the state for projects that affect wetlands.
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Municipalities and dozens of local elected officials from across Florida filed state and federal lawsuits challenging a new law that requires the officials to disclose detailed info about their personal finances.
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Pride flags, Black Lives Matter flags and others could soon be barred from public schools, universities, and government buildings.
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Pointing to increased home values and difficulties finding property insurance, a Florida Senate committee Tuesday approved a bill that would allow residents with homes valued at more than $700,000 to get coverage from the state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp.