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Florida Supreme Court refuses to suspend online sports betting amid legal fight
With the case pending, the tribe on Nov. 7 relaunched a sports-betting app
Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida
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U.S. Supreme Court won’t allow Florida to enforce new law targeting drag shows
A divided U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from DeSantis’ administration that would have allowed enforcement of the law
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University of Florida ordered to pay $372K in legal fees in professors’ free speech lawsuit
Judge Mark Walker issued a 35-page ruling that rejected arguments by the university that it should not have to cover the fees
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Abortion-rights backers urge Florida Supreme Court to OK amendment wording
Attorney General Ashley Moody previously argued that the measure should be blocked from the 2024 ballot
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Federal judge upholds Florida ban on transgender athletes playing on female teams
Altman ruled that the controversial law did not violate constitutional equal-protection and due-process rights and Title IX
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Gov. DeSantis, elections officials push back on Florida’s felon voting lawsuit
Attorneys for the state and county officials across Florida filed a motion Monday arguing the lawsuit should be dismissed
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody says proposed abortion amendment would ‘hoodwink’ voters
Floridians Protecting Freedom has until Nov. 10 to file a brief. The Supreme Court has not scheduled arguments in the case.
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Florida lawmakers shielded from turning over documents in ‘Stop WOKE Act’ legal battle
The subpoena fight has played out in a lawsuit filed by instructors and a student from six universities
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DeSantis fires back on a challenge to his suspension of State Attorney Monique Worrell
Worrell filed the petition at the Supreme Court in an attempt to get her job back
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DeSantis administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to allow anti-drag ruling
The judge issued the injunction in a lawsuit filed by the Orlando restaurant Hamburger Mary’s — but also applied the injunction to venues statewide
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DeSantis administration denies defying federal judge in Florida gender-affirming care case
The attorneys contended the state has continued to enforce the rule in ‘complete defiance of the judgment’
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Florida bank accused of ‘redlining’ Black, Hispanic residents reaches $9 million settlement
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says redlining is ‘not just a relic of the past’
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Judge sides with bottling company in fight to pump water from Florida spring
Seven Springs’ permit previously allowed average water withdrawals of 1.152 million gallons a day
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Duke Energy files proposal to pass along Hurricane Idalia costs to customers
Duke Energy Florida on Monday estimated storm-related costs totaling $91.9 million
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GOP attorneys general want to sway appeals court in Florida’s clash over trans healthcare restrictions
Republican attorneys general from 18 states signed on to a friend-of-the-court brief Friday urging the appeals court to overturn Hinkle’s ruling in the Medicaid case
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Florida sports betting deal between state and Seminole Tribe of Florida put on hold
The deal said bets ‘using a mobile app or other electronic device, shall be deemed to be exclusively conducted by the tribe’
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Wildlife officials will consider listing manatees as endangered species again
Florida had a record 1,100 manatee deaths in 2021, followed by 800 deaths in 2022
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Federal appeals court refuses to halt Florida drag show law in Hamburger Mary’s lawsuit
The ruling does not resolve the state’s underlying appeal of Presnell’s decision — it only dealt with the request for a stay while the appeal moves forward
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Florida Republicans say they likely won’t focus on property insurance crisis during upcoming session
Boyd said he doesn’t see ‘any additional big-deal things that we can do’ during the 2024 session
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Lawsuit says DeSantis administration violated rights in Medicaid terminations
The potential class-action lawsuit alleges the state has not provided adequate information to Medicaid beneficiaries before dropping them from the program