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For the third election cycle in a row, no Palm Beach County circuit judge will face voters at the ballot box this year.

Bucking Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida lawmakers won’t strike vaccine mandates for kids or create new guardrails on artificial intelligence, House Speaker Daniel Perez declared Tuesday morning.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office submitted a new congressional map to the Legislature on Monday that would drastically alter several U.S. House districts in Central and South Florida.

The subpoena, served to the Environmental Law Institute and its Climate Judiciary Project, demands the group disclose its funding sources, communications with Florida judges, and role in climate-related litigation.

The five-year legal battle pitting Palm Beach County against one of its biggest cities, Palm Beach Gardens, is back on again. After a mediator announced in February that a settlement appeared close, Palm Beach County commissioners met in closed session March 10 to go over the terms.

Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody. A third is charged with taking bribes. A review by The Associated Press found at least two dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees and contractors have been charged with crimes since 2020.

The governor says he wants the Florida Supreme Court and not the American Bar Association to be the accreditor for law schools in Florida.

In a three-page letter posted to social media, Uthmeier demanded the American Bar Association not “horsewhip” St. Thomas University, a Catholic law school in Miami that the ABA in August declared to be out-of-compliance with the association’s anti-discrimination and equal opportunity standards.

A U.S. District judge ruled that the law likely violated the First Amendment and issued a preliminary injunction to block it. The state, saying it is targeting addictive platforms that can harm children's mental health, quickly appealed to the Atlanta-based appeals court.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives released a major report that details how stolen guns and emerging technology like "ghost guns" play a factor in gun violence in the U.S.

Ben Crump’s career intertwines with some of the most hotly contested episodes in recent U.S. history.

In a party-line vote, a Senate committee approved a proposal that would broaden the statewide prosecutor’s power to investigate alleged election crimes.