The First District Court of Appeal agreed to hear a case brought by parents against the state’s school mask mandate ban on an expedited basis Thursday.
After hours of public comment, the Tallahassee City Commission voted 3-2 in favor of a resolution supporting access to reproductive healthcare, including abortion.
Jones, a former employee with the Florida Department of Health, was fired for insubordination in 2020 in her own scandal over the state's covid case numbers.
During Wednesday’s City Commission meeting, Commissioners got status reports on affordable and workforce housing and the Community Resilience Plan. They also voted to name part of Cascades Park after a local historian.
The Jefferson County Clerk Of Courts and Comptroller Kirk Reams are facing scrutiny after it was discovered that Reams wrote a $5,000 check from his office to the Jefferson County Republican Party.
The Seminole Tribe has been pushing back in the courts against lawsuits challenging the tribe’s new compact with the state and now it’s using the air waves to fight against citizen initiatives seeking to expand gaming beyond tribal lands.
In a letter Friday afternoon, Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran told Leon County Schools it is still not in compliance with state law, despite the addition of a parental opt-out option on masks.
“It impacts me so deeply, because I know the effects of gun violence,” Council Chairman Rudolph Ferguson said. “I’ve had to bury friends due to gun violence. I’ve had to eulogize friends, children who have been gunned down.”
Members of the Leon County Schools district board are losing thousands of dollars after a vote by the state board of education to sanction LCS for not complying with the law.
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER and COLLEEN LONG
The report released Thursday offers new insight about how the Republican incumbent tried to undo the vote and exert his will on the department, asking leaders to declare the election “corrupt” and disparaging its top official for not doing anything to overturn the results.
As a part of the ‘Day of Action’ planned for Saturday, October 2nd, multiple organizations gathered for a march and rally at the State Capitol to make their case on stopping abortion bans.
Federal prosecutors argued in court documents filed Thursday that a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals correctly ruled last month that the government had proven its case against Dylann Roof, despite his protestations on several points.
The Tallahassee City Commission will vote Wednesday evening to approve 2 million dollars of city funding for a revitalization plan of the Griffin Heights neighborhood.
Florida has a new Surgeon General. Governor Ron DeSantis today named Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, Ph.D. to be the states top health officer. The new Surgeon General is calling vaccines just one tool to fight the virus.
Governor Ron DeSantis announced at a press conference on Tuesday that the state will completely eliminate standardized testing, starting in the 2022 school year.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and former Florida Governor and U.S. Representative Charlie Crist, candidates for governor, both agree they want Governor Ron DeSantis out.
Former Florida Department of Health data analyst Rebekah Jones has launched a campaign website saying she’s running for Florida’s First Congressional District seat.
The law seeks to prevent large social-media companies from barring political candidates from their platforms and would require companies to publish — and apply consistently — standards about issues such as blocking users.
The investigation is yet another liability for the embattled attorney general, who is facing a years-old criminal case, a separate, newer FBI investigation, and a Republican primary opponent who is seeking to make electoral hay of the various controversies.
NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association filed a motion Thursday seeking a preliminary injunction and requested “expedited consideration.”
Laurel Lee last week filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed in May by the Florida State Conference of the NAACP, Disability Rights Florida and Common Cause.
State Sen. Randolph Bracy, D-Ocoee, and former Central Florida State Attorney Aramis Ayala announced they will run in what is now Congressional District 10.
The lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. district court in Tallahassee is at least the third challenge to the law, which was passed last month by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis during an appearance on Fox News.
A lawsuit filed in federal court in Tallahassee on behalf of groups such as the Dream Defenders and the Florida State Conference of the NAACP contends that the law (HB 1) will have a “chilling” effect on protected speech and violates equal protection and due-process rights.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that qualifying for a special election in Southeast Florida’s Congressional District 20 will be held in September, with a primary election on Nov. 2 and a general election on Jan. 11.
