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Florida Gov. DeSantis vetoes vacation rental bill, calling it ‘bureaucratic red tape’
Oversight of vacation rentals for years has been a thorny issue for the Legislature.
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U.S. Supreme Court will rule on trans treatment bans, a decision that could impact Florida law
Justices will hear the case in the fall, with a decision likely coming in June or July 2025.
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US Supreme Court refuses to hear Florida sports betting case
“It will accelerate Florida’s path to online casino gaming, using the same compact language and potentially as early as next year or 2026.”
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State appeals after Florida judge rules that its ‘statement’ on abortion ballot measure is ‘inaccurate’ and ‘misleading’
That statement included caveats about litigation surrounding state abortion laws.
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State, Farmworker Association of Florida, clash over immigration law injunction
Siding with the plaintiffs on May 22, U.S. District Judge Roy Altman issued an injunction prohibiting enforcement of that part of the law statewide.
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Florida parents file federal lawsuit over state’s new book banning policy
Plaintiffs in Thursday’s lawsuit are two parents from St. Johns County and one from Orange County.
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Florida proposes new rules on how to decide when a voter’s ballot isn’t properly filled out
“Sounds to me like the canvassing board is not going to have the ability to think and reason.”
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Florida’s new 8-4 death penalty law creates a ‘game of chance,’ groups say
As of Tuesday afternoon, the Supreme Court had not accepted either of the briefs.
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Federal judge blocks key part of Florida’s new immigration law
Altman’s preliminary-injunction ruling Wednesday prohibited state and local officials from enforcing a section of the law dealing with transportation of people.
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Florida Supreme Court hears arguments over secret phone recordings between arcade game legends
Race, who also holds records in Pac-Man and other arcade games, has accused Mitchell of cheating, and chatter about scoring issues has circulated for years on social media.
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Florida governor enjoys ‘executive privilege’ from releasing public records, says DeSantis lawyer
“The concept of executive privilege has no application whatsoever in the field of public records. It never has.”
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Decades-old cases dusted off in Andrew Warren’s legal fight with Gov. DeSantis
Warren’s lawyers warned that embracing DeSantis’ arguments about the 1924 opinion “would invalidate many federal statutes and overrule innumerable” court decisions.
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‘This is a fight for freedom’: At Florida stop, Vice President Harris warns of potential Trump abortion ban
“As of this morning, 4 million women in this state woke up with fewer reproductive freedoms than they had last night.”
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‘It’s been pretty chaotic’: Florida health officials brace for new stricter abortion laws
Planned Parenthood clinics “have been packed” in the days leading up to the six-week limit, Quesada said.
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Former Florida Gov. Graham remembered as ‘a friend and a consummate public servant’
“As a governor, senator, and legislator, he spent decades fighting for the people of Florida.”
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Florida can’t enforce pronoun law against Tampa-area teacher, federal judge rules
The challenge alleged the law violates the teachers’ First Amendment rights and runs afoul of a federal civil-rights law.
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‘President Biden’s opening in Florida’: Democrats say abortion could affect races up and down November ballot
Political insiders had largely written off Florida for Democrats in this year’s elections.
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Federal judge will decide on Florida law restricting teacher pronoun use
Walker did not rule on the motions Friday but said he would “do my best to get out an order as quickly as possible.”
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Vacation rental companies and realtors clash over Florida bill restricting local rules
The bill, finalized in the waning days of the 2024 legislative session, has drawn intense opposition from vacation-rental management companies, coastal community leaders and Florida Realtors.
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Florida online sports betting challenge denied by state’s highest court
The state court ruling is the latest setback for the pari-mutuel companies in their challenges to the gambling deal.