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The law requires that any nursery that was the top scorer in a region must receive a license

As the number of reported cases in the Sunshine State rises, politicians are growing more concerned.

Workers-compensation insurance rates could go up an overall 17.1 percent, which should take effect August 1, according a proposal submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance.

The existing statute protects five medical marijuana nurseries.

Medical marijuana licenses given to two Northeast Florida nurseries by state health officials cannot be challenged by a grower who lost out in the application process, an administrative law judge ruled Monday. But Judge R. Bruce McKibben left open the possibility for Loop's Nursery and Greenhouses to get a third license in the region.

Arguing that state law requires it, a who's who of prominent attorneys --- including former presidents of the American Bar Association --- are advising the Florida Supreme Court to reduce the death sentences of all inmates awaiting execution to life in prison.

U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle's order Friday came several months after Attorney General Pam Bondi first balked at having the state pay more than $500,000 in fees for lawyers representing same-sex couples.

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday vetoed a controversial bill that would overhaul the state's alimony laws. In his veto, Scott focused on part of the bill that dealt with child time-sharing arrangements in divorces.

After a new abortion law was signed by Gov. Rick Scott Friday, the state Agency for Health Care Administration has dismissed cases alleging Planned Parenthood clinics performed second-trimester abortions without proper licenses. The clinics, however, said they had not performed any illegal procedures and the agency used a shifting definition of what constitutes the first trimester of pregnancy to bring the allegations.

Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday signed nine bills, including a high-profile measure requiring local law-enforcement agencies to submit "rape kits" to be tested. Until Wednesday, Florida had not required law-enforcement agencies to submit rape kits for testing