Florida Supreme Court sides with DeSantis in dispute over state ...
Oct 10, 2024 · The Florida Supreme Court denied a petition Thursday morning from a South Florida attorney who alleged that Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials interfered with the campaign for the state’s proposed abortion-rights amendment. The justices unanimously sided with the DeSantis administration in one of the legal challenges that emerged after a …
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FL Board of Medicine to craft new licensure path for foreign …
Jun 6, 2024 · Florida lawmakers passed a measure this year allowing physicians trained in other countries to be licensed in Florida without completing a residency, and the Florida Board of Medicine is starting to grapple with the change. Under the “Live Healthy” initiative Senate President Kathleen Passidomo spearheaded during this year’s legislative session, foreign-trained physicians with active ...
Report card: The highest and lowest performing school districts in ...
Jul 24, 2024 · Grading by county shows Lafayette, St. Johns, Nassau, Walton, and Sarasota rounding out the highest scoring counties, with Lafayette scoring 73% in the aforementioned categories.. Twenty-two counties received "A" grades, including Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, Pinellas, and Broward. The grading scale changed from the previous year to incorporate learning gains on state assessments in the ...
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6 days ago · Democrat Dotie Joseph calls on Joe Biden to extend clemency before he leaves office BY: Mitch Perry - January 17, 2025 With just two days left in his presidency, Miami-Dade Democratic Rep. Dotie Joseph is calling on Joe Biden to extend clemency and pardons to a handful of individuals and groups who she says represent critical cases of …
U.S. judge blocks DeSantis admin's threats to broadcasters over ...
Oct 17, 2024 · Update: A federal judge temporarily barred the DeSantis administration from intimidating and coercing television stations that air ads in support of the proposed Amendment 4, which would bar government interference in abortion. The ruling stops Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo as the head of the Florida Department of Health from acting against broadcasters the department has […]
13 Florida candidates file to run for U.S. Senate nomination
Apr 26, 2024 · There are 13 Floridians vying to win the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Republican incumbent Rick Scott. That’s after the qualifying period for all federal candidates, which ended Friday at noon. Leading the pack is Scott, who narrowly won the seat six years ago against then 18-year Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson. He will face […]
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Biden approves Florida emergency declaration ahead of Helene’s …
Sep 24, 2024 · Two days before what is now Tropical Storm Helene is due to make landfall in Florida, President Joe Biden has declared an emergency in the state and ordered federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local response efforts. He cited the emergency conditions resulting from the coming storm. Biden’s action authorizes the Federal Emergency Management […]
Florida Supreme Court Justice, Statewide (2024 Voter Guide) – …
Renatha Francis. Justice Francis earned her law degree from the now-shuttered Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville in 2010. Gov. Ron DeSantis initially moved to appoint her to the Florida Supreme Court in 2020, but she was ineligible because she had not been a member of the Florida Bar for 10 years.