State

Decades-old cases dusted off in Warren fight

News Staff
Friday, May 10, 2024
As suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren runs in November to try to regain his job, a legal battle with Gov. Ron DeSantis continues playing out at a federal appeals court. A panel of the 11th U.S.
Carson Peña of The Nature Conservancy releases an eastern indigo snake into a gopher tortoise burrow at the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve north of Bristol. Photo by Jim Turner/News Service of Florida

Carson Peña of The Nature Conservancy releases an eastern indigo snake into a gopher tortoise burrow at the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve north of Bristol. Photo by Jim Turner/News Service of Florida

Snake release looks to restore ecosystem

News Staff
Thursday, May 2, 2024
In a quiet preserve along the eastern bank of the Apalachicola River, 41 eastern indigo snakes were released Tuesday into gopher tortoise burrows.
Agency for Health Care Administration published two rules that apply to hospitals and abortion clinics. The rules came a day after the six-week law took effect, significantly restricting abortion access in the state. Submitted

Agency for Health Care Administration published two rules that apply to hospitals and abortion clinics. The rules came a day after the six-week law took effect, significantly restricting abortion access in the state. Submitted

State of Florida issues abortion rules

News Staff
Thursday, May 2, 2024
With a law now in effect preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Florida health-care regulators Thursday released emergency rules related to treating medical conditions that pose dangers to the lives of pregnant women or unborn children.
Gov. Ron DeSantis. File photo

Gov. Ron DeSantis. File photo

Home-hardening funding sent to DeSantis

News Staff
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Gov. Ron DeSantis has received a proposal that would pump another $200 million into a home-hardening grant program designed to help reduce property-insurance costs. The measure (SB 7028), was passed during the 2024 legislative session that ended last month.
Florida State University’s football team plays at Doak Campbell Stadium. File photo

Florida State University’s football team plays at Doak Campbell Stadium. File photo

Judge refuses to halt FSU-ACC case

News Staff
Friday, April 12, 2024
A Leon County circuit judge Tuesday refused to put on hold a lawsuit filed by Florida State University against the Atlantic Coast Conference, as a big-money battle between the university and its longtime conference continues to play out in two states.
Gov. Ron DeSantis. File photo

Gov. Ron DeSantis. File photo

Revised abortion ’statement’ sought, theft law OK’d

News Staff
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Lawsuit seeks revised abortion ‘statement’ After two Florida Supreme Court rulings last week, backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to ensure abortion rights have filed a lawsuit over a “financial impact statement” that would be presented to voters.
Hurricane Michael caused massive damage in Northwest Florida in 2018. File photo

Hurricane Michael caused massive damage in Northwest Florida in 2018. File photo

‘Very, very busy’ hurricane season eyed

News Staff
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Floridians received a second reminder Thursday to brace for a busy 2024 hurricane season, as Colorado State University researchers issued a forecast pointing to warm Atlantic Ocean water that fuels storms.
Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed plan through the Legislature in 2022, saying opponents did not prove lawmakers acted with “racially discriminatory purpose.” File photo

Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed plan through the Legislature in 2022, saying opponents did not prove lawmakers acted with “racially discriminatory purpose.” File photo

Federal judges uphold redistricting plan

News Staff
Thursday, March 28, 2024
A three-judge federal panel Wednesday rejected a constitutional challenge to a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature in 2022, saying opponents did not prove lawmakers acted with “racially discriminatory purpose.
House Speaker Paul Renner expressed confidence that a new social-media law will withstand a First Amendment challenge. Colin Hackley/File

House Speaker Paul Renner expressed confidence that a new social-media law will withstand a First Amendment challenge. Colin Hackley/File

Social media bill signed as legal fight looms

News Staff
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
With the state preparing for a legal challenge from the tech industry, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a high-profile bill aimed at keeping children off social-media platforms.