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Lawyers for Jacksonville-based Loop's Nursery tried to convince judge that it should have one of five highly sought-after licenses.

Panhandle developer Jay Odom is bankrolling a Northeast Florida operation licensed by health officials to grow, process and distribute non-euphoric marijuana products, a lawyer for Chestnut Hill Tree Farm confirmed Wednesday. Odom was sentenced to six months in prison three years ago after pleading guilty in a 2007 scheme to funnel $23,000 in campaign contributions through employees or their family members to a presidential candidate.

Lawyers for the Florida Department of Health have given a Jacksonville nursery until Monday to take action on an attempt to keep secret a list of investors affiliated with a bid to become one of a handful of medical marijuana operations in the state. The move came after wrangling between …

Lawyers for Jacksonville-based Loop's Nursery and the state of Florida spent much of Wednesday wrangling over issues with the state's nascent medical marijuana industry and which nurseries are allowed to take part.

Florida Democrats had little trouble rounding up enough members to call for a vote on whether to hold a special session dealing with gun control as a reaction to last month’s mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. However, it may be nearly impossible over the next week to …

THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE— Sporting an orange hat that proclaimed “Let Irv Serve,” state Rep. Irv Slosberg pointed his smart phone’s video camera at a sign in the Division of Elections office that proclaimed “Qualifying is closed.” “Slosberg is qualified,” the Boca Raton Democrat repeated, until it was pointed out that the …

THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE — In another chapter in a long-running battle, a major Jacksonville hospital is challenging a decision by the Florida Department of Health to allow a rival hospital in Orange Park to open a trauma center. The challenge, filed by UF Health Jacksonville, was sent Wednesday to the …

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.

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.

Rep. Gwen Graham announced April 21 she will not be seeking re-election for Congress. She said she is considering a bid for Governor in 2018 instead.