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In the aftermath of fatal attacks on police in Dallas and Baton Rouge, La., black leaders say Florida — which has a long and ugly history of racism — has reached a race-relations crossroads. Meanwhile, one sheriff says the African-American community needs to "mature" as law enforcement officials seek to keep a lid on the violence that has erupted in other states.

A U.S. Supreme Court decision might short-circuit a battle about the constitutionality of a Florida law that leads to criminal charges for some drunken-driving suspects who refuse to take breath tests. The Florida Supreme Court is scheduled Sept. 1 to hear arguments in a Volusia County case challenging the law. But Attorney General Pam Bondi's office filed a motion Monday contending that the arguments should be called off because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month in a Minnesota case.

On June 27, the school board will hold at 6 p.m. a special meeting to discuss the superintendent's contract.

Florida Carry, a gun rights group, wants a different judge to preside over their lawsuit against FSU. The group said that the judge had donated significant mounts of money to the school in the past, and was partial to the university.

The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case focused on whether the state's new death penalty law is constitutional.

An appeals court heard arguments Tuesday about whether Michael Dunn was acting in self-defense when he fatally shot teenager Jordan Davis in 2012 in the parking lot of a Jacksonville convenience store. Dunn's attorney has raised a series of issues in trying to overturn Dunn's first-degree murder conviction, most of which are focused on whether Dunn acted justifiably in self-defense.

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.