Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida
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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.
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State and national media organizations and open-government advocacy groups this week urged an appeals court to reject arguments that “executive privilege” shields Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration from releasing records.
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U.S. District Judge Mark Walker sided with groups such as the NAACP, the League of Women Voters of Florida and Hispanic Federation that argued the changes are unconstitutional.
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In the friend-of-the-court brief, the civil-rights and legal groups likened Florida's new law to efforts dating back more than a century to restrict Asians from owning land.
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After Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a major elections bill, legal battles immediately began about new restrictions on voter-registration groups.
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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.
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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.
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Union members repeatedly came to the Capitol to fight the bill (SB 256) that would prevent dues from being deducted from workers’ paychecks.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.