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Medicaid beneficiaries receiving gender-affirming care are now responsible for paying the costs. The four plantiffs, including two children, say the treatments are “medically necessary, safe and effective.”
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Gov. DeSantis said he expects to see more undocumented immigrants to be transported to out-of-state "sanctuary" communities amid backlash from President Biden and other Democrats.
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The shot across the bow came as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration continues to delay the issuance of new licenses. Florida should have at least twice as many medical marijuana operators as it has today, but health officials have not granted additional licenses as required by state law. Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried called the delay on a license for a Black farmer a “miscarriage of justice”.
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With nearly 800,000 approved medical marijuana patients among a population of more than 22 million residents, investors are eagerly awaiting the chance to plant stakes in the state.
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Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has long championed medical marijuana, now legal in Florida. Her office also issues concealed weapons licenses. Her lawsuit cites a federal form that must be completed by people seeking to purchase guns.
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A dozen applicants are vying for a potentially lucrative license earmarked for a Black farmer who participated in decades-old litigation over discrimination in lending practices by the federal government.
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The settlements left Walgreens as the sole defendant in a lawsuit that targeted businesses involved in all aspects of the opioid industry. A Pasco County judge is scheduled to begin jury selection next week.
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More than two dozen groups filed lawsuits challenging the measure, saying it's intended to make it harder for Black and Hispanic residents to vote.
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According to a presentation, many employees are leaving state government jobs because they’re overworked and underpaid.
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The professors filed the lawsuit after the university denied their requests to serve as plaintiffs’ witnesses in a challenge to a new state elections law.
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Although the compact deems sports betting to occur at the location of the tribe’s servers, the judge wrote that “this court cannot accept that fiction.”
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A UF task force is grappling with questions as professors file a lawsuit over First Amendment rightsThe lawsuit comes despite the university reversing course and allowing the professors to testify as experts in a case challenging a new elections law.