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A divided 11th Circuit panel said Monday that board members acted as administrators, not lawmakers, when they pulled specific library books, so legislative privilege does not shield them from depositions.
The federal suit challenges an HB 991 rule, effective Jan. 1, 2027, that drops student IDs from Florida's accepted voter IDs; the state's governor has said such IDs do not prove residency.
The Yes on 3 committee has raised $21.5 million, nearly all from Florida Realtors; new polls put the homestead exemption measure at 50% to 53%, with sheriffs, firefighters and TaxWatch opposed.
FLHSMV says a criminal group used a local police employee's stored login to reach driver license and vehicle records in September; affected license holders will get letters and a year of Sontiq monitoring.
Attorney General James Uthmeier's suit, filed Thursday in Glades County, seeks penalties and an order requiring real age checks; Discord says the complaint does not reflect the safety work it has done.
The civil subpoena seeks records from the distributor's Orlando and Miami centers on four bromated bakery flours, who bought them and what buyers were told, with records due Nov. 6.
A Government in the Sunshine Manual has come out every year since at least 1994, but the 2025 edition is still the latest; records clerks are asking when the next one is coming, the First Amendment Foundation says.
An 11th Circuit panel on Wednesday reversed a 2025 order blocking HB 3, the 2024 law that bars accounts for children under 14 on some platforms; tech groups that sued say they are weighing their options.
A state law barring Florida cities and counties from funding DEI takes effect in January; Come Out With Pride organizers say it is already shaping this year's Orlando festival, while sponsors say it restores merit.
A federal rule taking effect Oct. 22 ends a mail exemption that let personal prescriptions from Canada cross without a broker or bond; advocates say it could cut off cheaper drugs as Florida's own import plan sits idle.
A Florida appellate court has expunged a grand jury presentment concerning $10 million in Medicaid settlement funds directed to Hope Florida, finding the panel lacked authority to issue findings without returning criminal indictments.
State legal authorities have asked a circuit judge to bar children under 14 from Instagram and Facebook and disable algorithmic features fostering compulsive usage among older minors.
State officials deployed search teams, restoration crews, and emergency personnel after Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin as a Category 2 storm, leaving more than 439,000 utility customers without power.
State healthcare regulators have terminated over 220 providers and curbed billing for hundreds more under an initiative that cut projected therapy spending by nearly $1 billion.
Forecasters expect Isaias to become a hurricane by Thursday and near the coast Friday; Gov. DeSantis has declared an emergency in 25 North Florida and Panhandle counties, while Central Florida keeps its own soggy pattern.
PEN America counted more than 3,200 Florida school book bans in 2025-26; the state's own list of final removals shows none that year in Seminole County Public Schools.
PepsiCo is recalling 122,021 cases of 28-ounce lemon-lime and orange Gatorade sent to 37 states, including Florida, because the labels did not list yellow food dyes.
Eligible Florida residents have until 11:59 p.m. Monday to register to vote or update registration records before mandatory 29-day cutoff for the November 3 general election.
The Florida Highway Patrol is deploying body-worn cameras to state troopers across Florida, upgrading patrol vehicle camera systems as part of a statewide modernization rollout.
Florida health authorities have confirmed more than 250 locally transmitted dengue infections this year, marking the continental nation's highest annual total in several decades.
Gias Foods has widened its Listeria recall to every lot of the frozen bettergoods Authentic Italian Lemon Alfredo Fettuccine sold at Walmart, after sampling by Florida and Washington state agriculture officials.
