The groups claim the law violates the First Amendment and posits that parents should be the ones to decide what platforms or websites their children access and use.

Local governments can no longer allow people to sleep in streets, public buildings or public rights of way

A second law that took effect Oct. 1 allows drivers to indicate their diagnosis for a disability or disorder like Alzheimer's on their license.

The law expands disclosures on a property’s flood risk, and experts say it’s a step toward more transparency in the market.

A new Florida law starting Oct. 1 mandates counties and cities to provide shelter for unsheltered people, but plans are lacking.

Nearly three dozen new state laws will take effect in October, including one that limits where homeless people can sleep, one that creates a license plate for Parrot Heads, and one that passed requirements about flood disclosures for home buyers.

The law, which took effect July 1, includes second-degree felony charges for people who employ or allow dancers under 21 to perform nude in the establishments.

The law, which will take effect Jan. 1, seeks to prevent children under age 16 from opening social media accounts on at least some platforms — though it would allow parents to give consent for 14- and 15-year-olds to have accounts.

Environmentalists remain perplexed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent veto of a wildly popular bipartisan bill to safeguard the state’s coastlines and protect the health of beachgoers because he believed it gave the Florida Department of Health too much power.

After the issue was tucked into a wide-ranging energy bill approved by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature, state regulators in the coming months will study the feasibility of adding more nuclear power.

Filmmaker Arix Zalace said the Panhandle of Florida is "incredibly important" in terms of biodiversity.

Among the new laws that went into effect July 1, includes a bill that will make changes to Citizens Property Insurance, also known as Florida’s insurer of last resort.