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.

The two-week campaign covered a huge swath of North Florida.

In central Florida, licensed therapists use everyday instruments to treat a wide range of patients.

Florida law allows capital punishment with a jury recommendation of at least 8-4 in favor of execution, the lowest standard in the nation.

A law was passed two year ago to give Florida kids more access to healthcare, but medically fragile kids are still waiting.