Author: Leslie Bolden
![Lawsuit Filed To Spur Special Election After Appointment By Florida Gov. DeSantis Lawsuit Filed To Spur Special Election After Appointment By Florida Gov. DeSantis](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Florida-Governor-Ron-DeSantis-1.jpeg)
Lawsuit Filed To Spur Special Election After Appointment By Florida Gov. DeSantis
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
More than a month after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed a state House member to serve as Miami-Dade County clerk [...]
![Judge Rules Against State Of Florida On Kids In Nursing Homes Judge Rules Against State Of Florida On Kids In Nursing Homes](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Court-2.jpeg)
Judge Rules Against State Of Florida On Kids In Nursing Homes
TFP File Photo
After a decade-long legal fight, a federal judge Friday ordered Florida to make changes to keep children with “complex” medical con [...]
![Full Appeals Court To Take Up Florida Gun Law Full Appeals Court To Take Up Florida Gun Law](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Fast-And-Furious-Guns.jpeg)
Full Appeals Court To Take Up Florida Gun Law
Handgun (Source: Unsplash)
A full federal appeals court said Friday it will take up a legal battle over a 2018 Florida law that bars sales of rifl [...]
![State, National Groups Take Aim At Florida Gov. DeSantis “Executive Privilege” State, National Groups Take Aim At Florida Gov. DeSantis “Executive Privilege”](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Florida-Gov.-Ron-DeSantis-4.jpeg)
State, National Groups Take Aim At Florida Gov. DeSantis “Executive Privilege”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Source: Governor's Office)
State and national media organizations and open-government advocacy groups this week urged a [...]
![Antitrust Arguments Rejected In Florida U.S. Sugar Deal Antitrust Arguments Rejected In Florida U.S. Sugar Deal](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/US-Sugar.jpeg)
Antitrust Arguments Rejected In Florida U.S. Sugar Deal
US Sugar Logo
An appeals court Thursday rejected an attempt by federal antitrust officials to block U.S. Sugar Corp. from buying another player in [...]
![Florida Death Row Inmate Who Raped And Murdered Woman Won’t Fight Execution Florida Death Row Inmate Who Raped And Murdered Woman Won’t Fight Execution](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/James-Phillip-Barnes.jpeg)
Florida Death Row Inmate Who Raped And Murdered Woman Won’t Fight Execution
James Phillip Barnes (FDLE)
A Florida Death Row inmate convicted of raping and murdering a woman in 1988 in Brevard County will not try to halt hi [...]
![Farmers Insurance Exiting Florida, Ending Auto And Homeowners Policies Farmers Insurance Exiting Florida, Ending Auto And Homeowners Policies](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Farmers-Insurance.jpeg)
Farmers Insurance Exiting Florida, Ending Auto And Homeowners Policies
Farmers Insurance Logo
The Florida insurance market took a hit Tuesday, as Farmers Insurance said it will end residential, auto, and umbrella poli [...]
![Key Florida Insurance Piece Improves, At A Price Key Florida Insurance Piece Improves, At A Price](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Collier-County-Flooding.jpeg)
Key Florida Insurance Piece Improves, At A Price
Hurricane Ian Flooding In Florida (TFP File)
The market for reinsurance — a critical piece of Florida’s property insurance system — is improving. [...]
![Judge Rejects Florida Voter Registration Lawsuit Judge Rejects Florida Voter Registration Lawsuit](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Vote-Early-Hillsborough-County.jpeg)
Judge Rejects Florida Voter Registration Lawsuit
Source: TFP File Photo
A U.S. district judge Monday rejected a lawsuit alleging that a Florida voter-registration form violates federal law becaus [...]
![Florida Circuit Court Consolidation Eyed Florida Circuit Court Consolidation Eyed](https://staging.tampafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Class-Action-Lawsuit-Court.jpeg)
Florida Circuit Court Consolidation Eyed
TFP File Photo, Unsplash
After Florida lawmakers in 2022 reorganized the state’s appeals courts, House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, is pushi [...]