Transgender athlete ban challenged
June 30, 2021
A 13-year-old Broward County soccer player and her parents are challenging a a new state law that bans transgender female athletes from participating on girls’ and women’s sports teams, arguing that…
Colleges get shield from COVID-19 lawsuits
June 30, 2021
Marking a victory for colleges and universities that shut down campuses last year during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday shielding the schools from lawsuits seeking re…
‘Freedom Week’ to offer sales tax breaks
June 29, 2021
Florida is about to find out how much a week of sales-tax “freedom” translates into capitalism.
Starting Thursday, in what lawmakers dubbed “Freedom Week,” people will receive sales-tax breaks wh…
Judge upholds ban on gun sales to people under 21
June 29, 2021
While saying the case “falls squarely in the middle of a constitutional no man’s land,” a federal judge has upheld a 2018 Florida law that prevents people under age 21 from buying guns.
California bans travel to Florida, four other states
June 29, 2021
California added five more states, including Florida, to the list of places where state-funded travel is banned because of laws that discriminate against members of the LGBTQ community, the state at…
Telehealth could suffer as order expires
June 28, 2021
Florida health-care providers are going back in time.
The growing emergence of telehealth, or telemedicine, as a way to deliver health care has been a silver lining during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Surfside condo collapse could lead to legislation
June 28, 2021
State and federal legislation could be proposed to address construction or engineering issues after the deadly condominium-building collapse in Surfside, where crews continued to search the rubble M…
Budget, bevy of laws ready to take effect
June 28, 2021
More than 100 new laws passed during the 2021 legislative session will hit the books this week, ranging from a record $100 billion state budget to a ban on COVID-19 vaccine “passports” and an expans…
Biden approves federal aid after condo collapse
June 25, 2021
President Joe Biden early Friday approved federal assistance as crews continued working at the scene of a collapsed condominium building in Miami-Dade County and as dozens of people remained missing.
By the numbers: Jobless claims by state
June 25, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday released a report estimating that 6,792 unemployment claims were filed in Florida during the week that ended June 19. Here are numbers of claims filed in oth…