state preemption

A bill that could invalidate local minimum wage and heat ordinances impacting contractors has passed the Florida House.

“Local officials should not be held accountable financially, personally, for anything that they do in the course of their everyday business,” says Gil Ziffer, a former Tallahassee City Commissioner who was sued with other city leaders in 2014.

The Florida Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a 2011 state law surrounding guns. Leon County government is part of the case.

With mass shootings refueling a national debate about gun laws, the Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in a dispute about a 2011 state law that threatens stiff penalties if city and county officials pass gun-related regulations.

Florida lawmakers are pressing pause on a bill that would pave the way for an elected sheriff in Miami-Dade County. The plan is forcing legislators to…