WUFT News

Florida Elections Chief Resigns When Blackface Photos Emerge

January 24, 2019 Statewide

Florida's top elections official has abruptly resigned after a newspaper obtained pictures of him in blackface posing as a Hurricane Katrina victim.

DeSantis Appoints Muniz To Supreme Court

January 22, 2019 Government and politics, Statewide

In the final step in reshaping the Florida Supreme Court, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday named Carlos Muniz to the high court.

Gov. Ron DeSantis Wants Patients In Florida To Be Allowed To Smoke Medical Marijuana

January 17, 2019 Statewide

Ron DeSantis wants a new law by mid-March that will end a ban on smokable medical marijuana and loosen limits on treatment center licenses, saying voters spoke clearly when they approved medical marijuana in 2016.

DeSantis Poised To Make Marijuana Changes

January 15, 2019 Government and politics, Health and Science

With one of his chief advisers tweeting the hashtag “NoSmokeIsAJoke,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday he will “very soon” announce changes in how the state is carrying out a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana.

Five Questions For Nikki Fried

January 14, 2019 Government and politics

Fried is an attorney from Fort Lauderdale who was a student-body president at the University of Florida and a lobbyist on medical-marijuana issues. The News Service caught up with Fried on Friday.

DeSantis Picks Second Miami Appeals Judge For Supreme Court

January 14, 2019 Government and politics

DeSantis announced Monday that Robert Luck is his latest choice for Florida's Supreme Court. Luck, 39, a former Miami federal prosecutor and circuit court judge, most recently served on the 3rd District Court of Appeal.

Florida Pardons ‘Groveland Four,’ The 4 Black Men Accused Of A 1949 Rape

January 11, 2019 Statewide

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the independently elected Cabinet granted a pardon to four African-American men accused of raping a white woman nearly 70 years ago.

DeSantis Names Lagoa To Supreme Court

January 9, 2019 Government and politics

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday appointed appellate Judge Barbara Lagoa to the Florida Supreme Court as he began replacing three longtime justices who were required to retire Tuesday.