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A federal judge Friday permanently blocked restrictions that Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers placed on addressing race-related issues in workplace training — part of a controversial 2022 law that DeSantis dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act.”
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A political committee leading efforts to pass a constitutional amendment on abortion rights has asked the Florida Supreme Court to invalidate a revised "financial impact statement" that would appear on the November ballot with the initiative.
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Financial impact statements provide estimated effects of proposed constitutional amendments on government revenues and the state budget. But the disputes about the abortion impact statement come amid a fierce — and growing — political battle which seeks to enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution.
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Online ads touted free money for groceries to help lure people to call centers where some were enrolled in health insurance or unknowingly switched from their plans, a new lawsuit alleges.
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An appeals court Wednesday rejected a request by abortion-rights supporters to allow a circuit judge to rule on the legality of a revised “financial impact statement” that would appear on the November ballot with a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion.
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Nearly two years after Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials drew widespread attention by announcing voter-fraud charges against convicted felons, two South Florida appeals courts Wednesday overturned rulings that dismissed charges against a pair of defendants.
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Judge Aileen Cannon, who was raised in Miami and presides over federal court in Fort Pierce, has a history of unorthodox decisions. Her rulings in the documents case had fueled questions about favoritism and legal acumen even before she threw out the charges that Donald Trump had mishandled classified documents.
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Miami-Dade police say Colombia’s soccer federation president and his son were among 27 people arrested during the crowd control issues that broke out at the Copa America final. Ramón Jesurún and his son Ramon Jamil Jesurun were detained after the event at Hard Rock Stadium and charged.
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A federal judge this week refused to toss out a lawsuit challenging a controversial Florida law requiring teachers to use pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth.
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About half the cities using red light cameras in the state are located in South Florida. WLRN analyzed data for those cities and found one tiny town making $1,45 million per year, while another city pulls in $2,000 per resident. “Cities should not be financing their entire budgets off of these systems," said Republican State Rep. David Borrero.
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Local legal experts have expressed concern that a new law empowering property owners against unwanted occupants could blowback on protected transient tenants.
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Miami-Dade law enforcement is planning a strong presence on the waters off Miami this Independence Day week and weekend, motivated in part by the recent death of a teenager in a marine collision off Key Biscayne.