Jim Saunders
N/A
Person Page
-
Florida Power & Light filed a motion in Miami-Dade County circuit court asking a judge to toss out a class-action lawsuit stemming from power outages in Hurricane Irma.
-
A circuit judge rejected a request from three South Florida municipal unions and three union members for a temporary injunction against a new state law preventing government employees from having union dues deducted from their paychecks.
-
Florida lawmakers have approved revamping a 2021 law aimed at shielding police departments from budget cuts as a group of cities question the legislation's constitutionality.
-
Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that includes issues such as barring businesses and government agencies from requiring people to take COVID-19 tests or wear masks to enter their facilities.
-
In what would be Florida’s fourth execution in less than four months, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for a man convicted of committing two murders in Palm Beach County nearly 40 years ago.
-
A bill, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in Miami, would place more restrictions on public-employee union, including preventing dues from being deducted from workers’ paychecks.
-
A federal judge heard opening arguments in a challenge to a state decision to prevent Medicaid coverage for treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for trans people in Florida.
-
A coalition of groups formally began a drive to try to pass a constitutional amendment in 2024 to ensure abortion rights in Florida.
-
Nearing the end of a legislative session filled with debates about transgender issues, Florida lawmakers passed a bill aimed at requiring people to use bathrooms that line up with their sex assigned at birth.
-
-
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a ruling by a South Florida district judge that blocked parts of a controversial law that banned so-called sanctuary cities in Florida.
-
Louis Gaskin became the 101st person executed in Florida since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976. He had been sentenced to death for the murder of a north Florida couple in 1989.