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Backers of a proposed recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment filed a lawsuit Monday challenging directives by state elections officials that invalidated about 71,000 petition signatures.

Regulations to pet insurance and providing a database about animal cruelty are among a handful of changes in state laws that take effect at the start of 2026.

The proposal (SB 482) includes such things as steps to keep “harmful” content from minors and is being dubbed the “Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights.”

Proposed legislation would set guidelines for local government rules involving the materials used for drinking straws and stirrers.

Republican attorneys general from 21 states are trying to help sway a federal appeals court to uphold a 2023 Florida law that led to books being removed from school libraries.

Tribe officials say they are moving forward with their legal battle against the immigrant detention facility in the Everglades.

Artificial Intelligence has piqued the interest of Florida policy makers and politicians ahead of the upcoming 2026 Legislative session. But the state may be on a collision course with the federal government.

The proposed constitutional amendment has been submitted to the Florida Supreme Court for a judicial review. Justices will hear oral arguments in early February.

An administrative law judge has dismissed a challenge to an emergency rule banning the sale and manufacture of the concentrated byproduct of kratom.

A federal judge refused to dismiss most of a lawsuit filed by a former FWC biologist who was fired because of a social-media post about Charlie Kirk's murder.