Tallahassee – A battle about a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on social-media platforms will get a more-detailed look from a federal district judge.
After a decade in the custody of Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Brandon Aydelott, 28, is heading to a “step down” facility per a judge’s order. He has been in the State Hospital following his killing of Sharon Aydelott, his mother, on Christmas Eve 2013.
On Thursday, Aug. 15, Aydelott appeared in court for the first time since March 26. The court proceeding was part of the reopening of Aydelott’s case, a process which began in 2022. The case was reopened to see about moving Aydelott from the State Hospital to a restrictive mental health treatment facility known as the Apalachee Center, located in Quincy.
Tallahassee – Florida this week revamped a lawsuit that challenges a new federal rule requiring more gun sellers to be licensed and run background checks on buyers, in part pointing to lower attendance at gun shows.
In 2028, the United States will host the Olympic games in Los Angeles. The last time the U.S. hosted the Summer Olympic Games was 1996, when it was held in Atlanta.
Tallahassee – After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month, Florida and tech-industry groups could be poised to resume a legal battle about a 2021 state law aimed at placing restrictions on social-media platforms.
Tallahassee – A Death Row inmate who spent time at the notorious Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys and is the first prisoner scheduled to be executed this year in Florida is asking a judge to vacate his death sentence, arguing the state is “complicit in the horrific and tragic” abuse at the reform school that “contributed to his life choices.”
Tallahassee – The state has warned Port Canaveral leaders that they are putting at risk current and future infrastructure money if they don’t reverse dock plans that appear to favor cruise ships over the space industry.
Tallahassee – Florida regulators this week approved proposals that would allow private insurers to take more than 400,000 policies from the state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. in late October as the hurricane season starts to wind down.
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