Dara Kam - News Service of Florida
Dara Kam is the Senior Reporter of The News Service Of Florida.
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Citing a “crisis of availability” of care, adult transgender patients are asking a federal judge to block a new law making it more difficult to access hormone replacement therapy and surgery.
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Two Black farmers have received licenses to grow, process and sell medical marijuana, after a new state law helped clear the way for the long-awaited licenses.
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Migrant workers and advocates on Monday filed a federal lawsuit challenging part of a new Florida law that makes it a felony to transport into the state people who enter the country illegally, arguing the law is vague and will lead to “unlawful arrest, prosecution and harassment.”
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In a move that could remake Florida's gambling landscape, a federal appeals court on Friday overturned a ruling that blocked a deal giving the Seminole Tribe control over sports betting throughout the state.
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It will also set up a process for ex-spouses who make alimony payments to seek modifications to alimony agreements when they want to retire.
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Attorney General Ashley Moody is urging the Florida Supreme Court to reject a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana for people 21 and older.
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A Hamburger Mary’s restaurant filed a legal challenge over the law, which was sponsored by Republican Sen. Clay Yarborough of Jacksonville.
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A federal judge has struck down Florida’s prohibition against Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care, calling the policy "invidious discrimination."
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Florida directed two flights of migrants from Texas to Sacramento in the last week. Gov. Ron DeSantis says it was to help Texas combat a border crisis.
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A federal judge blocked Florida’s ban on the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy to treat three children diagnosed with gender dysphoria, calling the prohibition “an exercise in politics, not good medicine.”