New College of Florida students, faculty challenge state law that restricts topics about history and race

The 2023 law built on a controversial law 2022 statute that restricted the way race-related concepts can be taught in higher education

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida October 24, 2023October 17, 2024

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Group files federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s controversial new bathroom law

Friday’s challenge centers on a law, passed this spring, that applies to the use of restrooms and changing facilities at schools and ‘public buildings’

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida September 29, 2023June 12, 2025

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Florida’s sports betting fight heads to state Supreme Court with new challenge

The lawsuit accused DeSantis and the Legislature of exceeding their power by allowing sports betting off tribal lands

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida September 27, 2023June 6, 2025

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Florida targets fantasy sports firms over possible illegal betting games

The three companies offer ‘parlay-prop-style’ games that could be more similar to sports-betting games that are off-limits in Florida

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida September 25, 2023July 2, 2025

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Florida’s sports betting fight may be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court

Allowing the compact to go into effect ‘will upset the status quo in the entirety of Florida,’ Hume wrote.

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida September 19, 2023January 30, 2024

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Florida Supreme Court hears arguments in challenge to 15-week abortion ban

An attorney for the plaintiffs argued that the 2022 law violates ‘fundamental rights’

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida September 8, 2023April 11, 2024

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Federal judge refuses to block Florida’s new transgender treatment law

The law makes it more difficult for transgender adults to access hormone therapy and surgeries

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida September 5, 2023January 1, 2024

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Florida school districts grapple with uncertainty surrounding AP Psych course

The issue poses a potential minefield for teachers trying to prepare students for college, follow course curriculums and obey state laws

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida August 9, 2023March 21, 2025

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Ashley Moody says Trulieve wants a ‘monopolistic stranglehold’ on Florida’s recreational marijuana market

Trulieve has contributed all but a fraction of the nearly $40 million raised by the Smart & Safe Florida political committee

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida August 3, 2023July 2, 2025

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Florida inmates grapple with ‘oppressive’ heat in un-air-conditioned prisons

Temperatures over 100 degrees last month put the thermometer above 115 inside some Florida prisons

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida August 2, 2023June 9, 2025

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Transgender adults ask judge to block new Florida law restricting access to gender-affirming care

The law has erected ‘unnecessary barriers’ to care and ‘impose medically unsupported requirements’ on trans people, plaintiffs argued

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida July 26, 2023May 20, 2024

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Two Black farmers get licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana in Florida

State health officials accepted applications for the Black farmer license in March 2022, after years of delay

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida July 24, 2023July 4, 2025

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‘National embarrassment’: Felon voter group sues Florida over voting eligibility

The lawsuit, filed by the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition and individual plaintiffs, described a ‘bureaucratic morass’ encountered by felons trying to find out if they are eligible to vote

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida July 21, 2023February 12, 2025

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Recreational marijuana supporters urge Florida Supreme Court to approve proposed amendment for 2024 ballot

Smart & Safe Florida, a political committee sponsoring the initiative, assailed arguments by Attorney General Ashley Moody aimed at keeping the proposal off the ballot

by Dara Kam, News Service of Florida July 20, 2023January 5, 2024