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‘Nothing short of extortion’: Dems rip Florida GOP for Disney World drama
Senate President Wilton Simpson blamed Disney for the legislation “by bringing attention onto themselves.”
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Move against Disney shows Florida Gov. DeSantis’ grip on Republican Party
“To govern by revenge, to govern for punishment is not governing. It’s authoritarianism. It’s fascism.”
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‘He’s testing the courts’: Florida Black Dems blast DeSantis’ new ‘racist’ redistricting plan
“We see what it is. We see it clearly and it needs to stop.”
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Florida reaches $870 million opioid settlement with CVS, Teva, and others
The companies denied wrongdoing in the agreements.
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Federal judge: Florida’s 2021 voting law intentionally discriminates against Black people
“The result is that Floridians have been forced to live under a law that violates their rights on multiple fronts for over a year.”
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Florida’s vote-by-mail restrictions would unnecessarily burden voters, groups suing to overturn law say
“The combination of SB 524 and SB 90 would increase burdens on all voters, particularly voters of color and voters with disabilities.”
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Appeals court questions Desantis’ attorney over ‘ambiguities’ in Florida’s anti-protest law
The case focuses in large part on a section of the law that creates a new definition of “riot.”
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Judge sides with Florida doctor in undercover medical marijuana probe
Health officials accused Dorn of failing to “appropriately vet his patients.”
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Florida is on the verge of hiding identities of people involved with state executions
Department of Corrections officials contend the additional secrecy is needed so they can continue executing Death Row inmates by lethal injection.
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Florida Senate passes DeSantis-backed immigration bill
The issue has become a wedge among Hispanics and faith groups, many of which operate shelters.
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Florida House passes controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee is expected to take up the House bill on Monday.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis can’t shut down immigrant child shelters, feds say
Currently, 17 shelters provide housing and other services, such as medical care and education, to children who arrive in the country without parents.
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Florida officials are trying to throw the book at a pot doctor for failing to ‘appropriately vet his patients’
The state also accused Dorn of failing to conduct a “physical examination” of the agents before deciding they were eligible for treatment.
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After consistently losing, Florida Democrats vow to spend $2.5 million on voter registration
“The pitch is very simple. We’re going back to basics,” Ulvert told reporters.
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In new lawsuit, Florida activist groups argue lawmakers knew voting law would adversely impact people of color
“I can’t honestly say that, 40 years later, that it is easier to register to vote because African Americans and Latinos are constantly fighting these barriers.”
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Florida school districts sue firm that allegedly helped ‘turbocharge’ opioid epidemic
“By ‘turbocharging’ opioid sales, McKinsey increased NOWS births, saddling many public schools with large, increased, unfunded costs.”
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Judge clears way for lawsuit against Florida’s ‘unconstitutional’ election law
The upcoming faceoff over the law follows a long line of legal wrangling between voting-rights groups and Republican lawmakers in Florida.
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Judge orders Walgreens to turn over opioid sales records in lawsuit filed by state of Florida
Walgreens argued that the state’s motion for sanctions “is both mistaken and unnecessary.”
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Federal judge will hear arguments in University of Florida faculty dispute
For weeks, the state’s flagship university has been under scrutiny after media reports about its handling of professors’ expert testimony and a conflicts-of-interest policy initiated last year.