In what could be a first-of-its-kind ruling in Florida, an appeals court Tuesday said a drug-sniffing dog’s alert did not justify police searching a car because the dog could not differentiate between medical marijuana and illegal pot. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal in a Lake County case…
Two years after Republican lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a controversial measure restricting the use of personal pronouns in schools, legislative debate about the gender-related issue could shift to cities and counties. John Labriola, a lobbyist for Christian Family Coalition Florida, told Marion County lawmakers last week that his organization would like to see…
Georgia and Alabama have reached a settlement aimed at ending a long-running water war, but environmental groups plan to continue a legal fight because of concerns about Northwest Florida’s Apalachicola River. A federal appeals court on Monday, Dec. 11 put on hold a case pitting Alabama and Georgia to allow time for the U.S. Army…
TALLAHASSEE — Saying that notices sent by the state “border on incomprehensible,” attorneys for Medicaid beneficiaries fired back this week in a potential class-action lawsuit alleging Florida has not provided adequate information before dropping people from the health-care program. The plaintiffs’ attorneys are asking U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard to issue a preliminary injunction…
TALLAHASSEE — A Leon County circuit judge Thursday heard arguments in a battle about a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature last year, amid clashing positions about the Florida Constitution and the U.S. Constitution. Voting-rights groups argue that DeSantis and the Republican-dominated Legislature violated the state Constitution in overhauling a…
In the latest round of battles about the Apalachicola River, environmental groups are asking a federal appeals court to hear arguments in a challenge to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decisions that affect water flowing into the Northwest Florida river. The National Wildlife Federation, the Florida Wildlife Federation and the Apalachicola Bay and River Keeper…
In the latest round of battles about the Apalachicola River, environmental groups are asking a federal appeals court to hear arguments in a challenge to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decisions that affect water flowing into the Northwest Florida river. The National Wildlife Federation, the Florida Wildlife Federation and the Apalachicola Bay and River Keeper…
TALLAHASSEE The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday approved Gov. Ron DeSantis request to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate immigration-related issues such as the smuggling
Heading into a special session next week to address the states troubled property-insurance market, legislative leaders said late Friday they will focus on issues such as roof-damage claims,
TALLAHASSEE A federal judge considering a constitutional challenge to a 2021 state elections law ordered attorneys Monday to quickly file briefs about the potential effects of a bill that the
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