TALLAHASSEE — Trulieve, the state’s largest medical-marijuana operator, and country-music legends The Bellamy Brothers are backing a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana by people 21 or older. The proposed amendment was filed Monday at the state Division of Elections, with Tallahassee-based Trulieve contributing $5 million …
Read More »Florida’s population is projected to grow a little more slowly over the next five years
Still, a state report shows Florida growing at a rate equivalent to adding a city the size of Orlando each year.
Read More »An appeals court will take up the case of UF charging fees during the coronavirus campus shutdown
A panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal is scheduled to hear arguments July 20 after an Alachua County circuit judge last year refused to dismiss the potential class-action lawsuit. At least two other state appellate courts have taken up similar cases from other schools — and reached different conclusions.
Read More »Average gas price hits $5 per gallon in areas of Florida
The average price of regular unleaded gasoline is now over five dollars per gallon in parts of Florida.
Read More »Expect no immediate improvements on Florida insurance market, even after special session changes, Citizens president says
As the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. continues to balloon, officials this week praised steps that lawmakers took during a special legislative session to address the troubled property-insurance market.
Read More »Will high gas prices affect Floridians wanting to evacuate ahead of hurricanes? AAA survey suggests maybe
As the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially begins, record fuel prices could make many Floridians less willing to evacuate if they are threatened by hurricanes.
Read More »Federal appeals court wades into Ocala prayer vigil fight
TALLAHASSEE — A federal appeals court Thursday will take up a long-running constitutional dispute about a prayer vigil that was backed by the Ocala police chief amid a spate of shootings in the community. A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in an appeal …
Read More »Florida targets treatments for trans youth
The Florida Department of Health guidance said, in part, that people under age 18 “should not be prescribed puberty blockers or hormone therapy” and that gender “reassignment surgery should not be a treatment option for children or adolescents.” It also said that “social gender transition should not be a treatment option for children or adolescents.”
Read More »Bradford County Development Authority could be among the special districts dissolved after Florida legislature’s special session
The legislation would dissolve special districts that were created before November 1968 and have not been reapproved in state law. A state Constitution was ratified in November 1968.
Read More »Florida’s Board of Governors is at odds with the state universities’ accreditor over ‘undue influence’
With Gov. Ron DeSantis expected to sign a bill that would lead to periodic changes in accrediting agencies, members of the state university system’s Board of Governors are criticizing the current accreditor of Florida colleges and universities.
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