Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida
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Plaintiffs argue that the overhaul of North Florida’s Congressional District 5 violated part of the constitutional amendment that barred drawing districts that would “diminish” the ability of minorities to “elect representatives of their choice.”
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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court in a fight about a ruling that blocked statewide a new law aimed at preventing children from attending drag shows.
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A key senator said he does not expect lawmakers to make major property-insurance changes during the 2024 legislative session, as they continue to watch the results of an overhaul passed last year.
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The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will take up a First Amendment fight about a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on major social-media companies.
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Current and former Democratic lawmakers and former Florida Supreme Court justices have signed onto legal briefs backing suspended Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell’s bid to get her job back.
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With top Florida lawmakers signaling that health-care issues could be a priority during next year’s legislative session, a report released Thursday showed that Florida saw improvement in 2022 in people having health insurance — but still trailed most of the country.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet next week could approve spending more than $141 million to conserve 42,000 acres of land from the Panhandle to the Devil's Garden area southwest of Lake Okeechobee.
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The Escambia County School Board, covering the Pensacola area, 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.
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A federal judge Thursday refused to block a new Florida law that restricts people from China from owning property in the state, saying plaintiffs are unlikely to be able to show the measure was motivated by discrimination or lacks a “rational basis.”
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The Florida Supreme Court will take up a dispute about whether the University of Florida should return fees to students because of a campus shutdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The state Agency for Health Care Administration has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit that is expected to lead to the Medicaid program providing incontinence supplies to adults with disabilities, according to court documents.
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An NRA challenge to the 2018 Florida law that bars sales of rifles and other long guns to people under 21 — approved after the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — had been rejected, as was its appeal earlier this year. The group sought a full rehearing and now the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has announced, with no explanation, that it will take it up.