By The News Service of Florida Pointing to issues such as traffic safety, the Florida Sheriffs Association and the Florida Police Chiefs Association on Tuesday announced opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow use of recreational marijuana. The sheriffs association said its members approved a resolution opposing the initiative during a meeting last […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a death warrant for an inmate convicted in the 1994 murder of a Florida State University student who went to the Ocala National Forest to camp with his sister. Loran Cole, 57, is scheduled to be executed Aug. 29 at Florida […]
By The News Service of Florida The medical-cannabis company Trulieve has contributed another $5 million to a campaign to allow recreational marijuana in Florida, according to a newly filed finance report. The company made the contribution July 15 to the Smart & Safe Florida political committee, which is leading efforts to pass a recreational-marijuana initiative […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida High school athletes in Florida, just like their college counterparts, will be able to make money off the field through endorsements and other kinds of deals. While saying additional protections are needed, the State Board of Education on Wednesday ratified a plan approved last month by the […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Facing potential First Amendment challenges, Florida has proposed details about how it will carry out a new law aimed at keeping children off social-media platforms and blocking minors from accessing online pornography. Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office on Tuesday published three proposed rules that include […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — An appeals court Monday declined to take up a fight stemming from a “financial impact statement” that will appear on the November ballot with a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion rights, saying the case is moot because the statement was revised last week. A three-judge […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Members of Florida’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention threw their support Monday to Vice President Kamala Harris, a day after President Joe Biden dropped his re-election campaign. As part of a rapidly moving effort to coalesce support behind the vice president, a group of […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s unemployment rate held steady in June for a third consecutive month, as baby-boomer retirements affect the size of the labor force and the hospitality industry has shed some jobs. The Florida Department of Commerce on Friday released a report that said the state’s June […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Less than two years into the job, University of Florida President Ben Sasse on Thursday announced he will step down July 31 because of his wife’s health. “My wife Melissa’s recent epilepsy diagnosis and a new batch of memory issues have been hard, but we’re […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — An appeals court Wednesday rejected a request by abortion-rights supporters to allow a circuit judge to rule on the legality of a revised “financial impact statement” that would appear on the November ballot with a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion. The 1st District Court of […]