School districts, state continue clash over masks
October 6, 2021
Some school districts that have imposed student mask requirements aren’t backing down, despite state threats of financial penalties and a revamped Department of Health rule aimed at bolstering parent…
COVID-19 hospitalizations dip below 4,600
October 5, 2021
Florida hospitals Tuesday continued to see decreases in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, including patients in intensive-care units.
Justices weigh red-light camera fees
October 5, 2021
Florida Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Tuesday of a potential class-action lawsuit challenging credit-card fees that a company collects from motorists who get caught on camera running red…
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients below 5,500
October 1, 2021
Florida hospitals reported Friday that 5,414 inpatients had COVID-19, with 1,425 in intensive-care unit beds, according to data posted online by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Deal makes Florida company largest marijuana retailer
October 1, 2021
Trulieve, the state’s largest medical marijuana operator, is now the nation’s biggest cannabis retailer, after closing on a $2.1 billion deal to acquire former competitor Harvest Health & Recreat…
Decrease in COVID-19 hospitalizations continues
September 30, 2021
The number of inpatients in Florida hospitals with COVID-19 has dropped below 6,000, according to data posted Thursday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Supreme Court urged to weigh termination of parental rights
September 29, 2021
In a case stemming from a woman who put a newborn infant in a trash bag, an appeals court Wednesday asked the Florida Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of a 2014 change in state law dea…
State ratchets up immigration fight
September 28, 2021
Pointing to what they called a “crisis,” Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody launched another legal challenge Tuesday to immigration decisions by the Biden administration, while Gov. Ron DeSantis t…
Florida faces challenges on sex offender registry
September 28, 2021
Florida is facing two constitutional challenges from men who live in other states and contend they have been improperly kept on public sex-offender registry lists in Florida.
DeSantis targets Facebook over ‘whitelisting’
September 28, 2021
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday directed Secretary of State Laurel Lee to conduct an investigation into alleged election interference by Facebook after a Wall Street Journal report about the social-media…