News Service of Florida

“It’s almost sad and unfortunate that we have to be talking about this.”

It was not clear Friday morning how quickly the appeals court will decide whether to reinstate the stay or when it will consider the underlying issues in the lawsuit.

The definition of riot “through its ambiguity, chills speech and eviscerates that essential breathing space,” Walker wrote Thursday.

The proposed digitization “is intended to prevent drugs, illegal substances and other contraband coming into institutions from routine mail,” the lawyers wrote.

A Leon County circuit judge on Wednesday again blocked Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order that seeks to bar school mask mandates.

Speculation has swirled recently about the possibility of Trump making a political comeback in 2024 and what that might mean for DeSantis and other potential Republican candidates.

Republican Donald Trump won Florida and its 29 electoral votes in 2016 and 2020.

It would require that the trust funds receive at least 25 percent of the revenue from documentary-stamp taxes.

As is common, the notice of appeal did not outline arguments that the DeSantis administration will make at the Tallahassee-based appeals court.

The two programs that will expire Monday offer up to $275 a week to people ineligible for state unemployment compensation.

“We see as we open the school year, it was truly what I call the perfect storm.”

The closures in Baker and Bradford counties are attributed to staffing shortages, an issue that has plagued the state’s prison system for years.

Florida now has had more than 3.25 million cases of COVID-19 among residents since the pandemic started in early 2020.

The lawsuit alleges that the state violated public-records laws at a time when the delta variant of the coronavirus has caused cases, hospitalizations and deaths to surge.

The move was a penalty for the school boards requiring students to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, with exceptions only for students whose parents submit doctors’ notes.

The lawsuit argues children with disabilities are more susceptible to serious illness or death from COVID-19.

The Buccaneers tag ranks 10th in sales among specialty plates, with 47,621 registrations as of July 1.

Florida has been a hotbed for COVID-19 in recent weeks as the highly transmissible delta variant of the coronavirus has spread.

Cooper’s ruling hinged largely on a new state law dubbed the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” which deals with parents’ right to control education and health decisions for their children.

Also, 95 percent of the state’s 6,888 intensive-care unit beds were occupied.