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A trial is set in the legal fight over Florida’s 2021 law restricting social media platforms

The law prevents platforms from banning political candidates and requires social media companies to have standards about banning users.
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Ashley Brundage wins primary for House; hopes to become first transgender woman in Florida Legislature

Ashley Brundage will face Rep. Karen Gonzalez Pittman, R-Tampa, in the general election.
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Getting Dozier School victims their compensation is “time sensitive”

Nearly two dozen men, most of them elderly, inspected draft copies of the proposed applications for Dozier School reparations.
social media

A legal fight over Florida’s social media law is on again

A judge in 2021 issued a preliminary injunction to block the law on First Amendment grounds. An appeals court upheld most of that decision.
Ethics

Florida Commission on Ethics will update the state’s ethics rules based on a controversial new law

The new Florida ethics law was controversial, in part, because it added more stringent requirements for people who file complaints.
Florida redistricting

A court will weigh ‘legislative privilege’ and whether Florida legislators should testify in a redistricting case

An appeals court will hear arguments next month in a dispute about whether Florida lawmakers should be shielded from testifying in lawsuits.
meat

Florida’s ban on ‘cultivated’ meat is challenged

A producer of lab-grown poultry filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Florida ban on selling or manufacturing “cultivated” meat.
social media

Florida says its social media restrictions law needs a closer look

Florida says a fight about its law restricting social media should go back to a federal district judge for a closer look.
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Races to watch: State House primaries in Florida include challenges to incumbents

More than a quarter of the 120 Florida House seats have primary elections Aug. 20, 2024. The primaries will largely decide winners in many areas.
abortion law

Abortion numbers in Florida are down since the 6-week ban

More than 40,000 abortions had been reported this year in Florida as of Aug. 1, down after a law banning abortions after six weeks.
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Voting rights groups say Florida should pay $3 million in legal fees and other costs

Groups say Florida should pay $3.2 million after the groups’ partially successful challenge to a 2021 elections law.
Florida redistricting

The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments about Florida’s congressional districts in September

The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments about the redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature in 2022.
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