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Jacquelyn Martin/APAttorneys for abortion clinics and a doctor asked the Florida Supreme Court on Friday to put on hold a new law preventing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. -
Florida’s unemployment rate dipped to 2.7% in July, matching the level before the COVID-19 pandemic slammed into the economy in early 2020.
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The lawsuit filed Wednesday says DeSantis violated Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren's First Amendment rights and retaliated against him for his views on several issues. -
DeSantis Tuesday teased legislation aimed at recruiting to teaching jobs retired law-enforcement officers, emergency-medical technicians, paramedics and firefighters who have bachelor’s degrees.
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Health officials say a change in how monkeypox vaccines are administered should free up more doses. And though anyone can get sick with the virus, they stress infection in kids in rare.
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The amounts of funds raised in the local election cycle are unprecedented -- almost two million dollars for the Tallahassee City Commission and Leon County Commission races alone. Accusations of dark money are flying.
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Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. on Wednesday gave his staff the go-ahead to "pull" LGBTQ support documents at all school districts, after a State Board of Education member asserted that some could violate a controversial new law.
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Although isolated tornadoes and small hail could develop from the most intense cells, damaging straight-line winds will be the primary hazard.
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An appeals court Monday upheld a decision by a Northwest Florida circuit judge to block a teen from having an abortion without notification and consent of a parent or guardian.
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Under the rule, the Medicaid program would not cover puberty-blocking medication, hormones and hormone “antagonists,” gender affirmation surgeries and any “other procedures that alter primary or secondary sexual characteristics.” It goes into effect Aug. 21.
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The passage of the Stop Woke Act and Parental Rights in Education laws are causing some educators to "err on the side of caution," says Andrew Spar, president of the Florida Education Association.
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The jury will be absent this week as the sides argue before Judge Scherer, who will decide whether brain scans, tests and other evidence of the confessed Parkland school shooter the defense wants to present starting Aug. 22 is scientifically valid or junk, as the prosecution contends.
