Appeals Fly on Ballot Initiatives Law

Appeals Fly on Ballot Initiatives Law

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Backers of proposed constitutional amendments and voting-rights groups are appealing after a federal district judge last month refused to block parts of a new Florida law that placed additional restrictions on the state’s ballot-initiative process. The League of Women Voters of Florida, the League of […]

Insurer Could Top Profit Limit

Insurer Could Top Profit Limit

By The News Service of Florida While saying it has reduced Florida auto-insurance rates twice, Progressive insurance reported Monday that it could top a state limit on profits. In a quarterly financial report, Progressive said its business has been bolstered in Florida by legislation that helped reduce lawsuits against insurers. “Since Florida insurance reform was […]

DeSantis Pushes Back on ICE Recruitment

DeSantis Pushes Back on ICE Recruitment

By The News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday encouraged sheriffs and police chiefs to fight to keep staff members as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeks to recruit Florida officers who recently completed immigration-enforcement training. DeSantis said he had not seen an ICE recruitment letter that offers a $50,000 signing bonus to […]

State to Send ‘DOGE’ Team to Jacksonville

State to Send ‘DOGE’ Team to Jacksonville

By The News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration and state Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia have signaled they will send auditors to Jacksonville on Aug. 7 and Aug. 8 as part of their “DOGE” scrutiny of local spending. Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan on Thursday released a request from the state, which was dated […]

Judge Allows Tribe to Join Lawsuit

Judge Allows Tribe to Join Lawsuit

By The News Services of Florida A federal judge on Wednesday allowed the Miccosukee Tribe to join a lawsuit filed by environmental groups challenging an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” The lawsuit, filed by Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity, alleges that state and federal officials did not […]

DeSantis Signs Death Warrant in 1992 Murders

DeSantis Signs Death Warrant in 1992 Murders

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Continuing to quickly order executions, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a death warrant for a man convicted of killing three people in 1992 in Orange County. Curtis Windom, 59, is scheduled to be executed Aug. 28 at Florida State Prison, according to the death […]

Group Eyes Redistricting ‘Domino Effect’

Group Eyes Redistricting ‘Domino Effect’

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — As Gov. Ron DeSantis raises the possibility of holding an unusual mid-decade redistricting process in Florida, the group Common Cause said Tuesday there is a risk of a “domino effect” across the country as Texas Republicans seek to redraw congressional lines. Common Cause, which has […]

Judge Seeks ‘Clarity’ on Detention Center

Judge Seeks ‘Clarity’ on Detention Center

By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A U.S. district judge on Monday pushed state and federal officials to provide a copy of an intergovernmental agreement showing “who’s running the show” at an Everglades immigrant-detention center, calling the situation “urgent” as at least 100 detainees have been deported amid legal wrangling over […]

State Sued Over Haiti Evacuation Payments

State Sued Over Haiti Evacuation Payments

By The News Service of Florida A Texas-based company filed a federal lawsuit this week against the Florida Division of Emergency Management, alleging it is owed more than $7.5 million after the firm helped evacuate people from war-torn Haiti in 2024. TAD Recovery Services, LLC, filed the lawsuit Wednesday in the federal Northern District of […]

Detainees Being Deported from ‘Alcatraz’

Detainees Being Deported from ‘Alcatraz’

By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — About 100 undocumented immigrants have been deported from an airstrip adjoining the detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” and “the cadence” of outgoing flights is increasing, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday. Speaking to reporters outside the detention complex in the Everglades, DeSantis and other state officials […]

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