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A 2018 constitutional amendment to bolster victims’ rights “does not explicitly” shield the identities of police officers from disclosure.

The Supreme Court said in September that it will take up the case and a challenge to a similar Texas law.

Christian Ziegler, Florida’s GOP chairman and husband of Sarasota County School Board member and Moms of Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, is under criminal investigation after a woman filed a complaint with the Sarasota Police Department...

Transgender student rights Students walked out of a Broward County high school to support trans rights. A transgender student played on the girls’ volleyball team, leading to school staff being investigated.   Global temps foreshadow...

The Florida Supreme Court recommended adding a circuit judge in Southwest Florida and county judges in Orange and Hillsborough counties.

Florida regulators and a Miami hotel have settled a dispute about minors attending an event last year titled “A Drag Show Christmas.”

A Florida bill would allow people to kill bears on their property without permits when they feel threatened or for protection.

A judge ruled in support of Florida's $1.33 million license-renewal fee for medical marijuana companies to do business in the state.

School staff are being investigated after a transgender student played on the girls’ volleyball team at a Broward County high school.

An appeals court sided with the Florida Department of Corrections and blocked the Hillsborough County public defender’s office from representing an inmate in a dispute about the state collecting restitution.

Florida would give state recognition to three Native American tribes in the Panhandle, under a bill filed by a Pensacola Republican.

Felons’ voting rights Attorneys for the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition and four individual plaintiffs last week filed a court document that challenges the way a 2018 constitutional amendment aimed at restoring felons’ voting rights has...