Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida

In a class-action lawsuit, the judge barred the state from terminating benefits of people for financial-eligibility reasons unless it provides "adequate notice."

The Florida Supreme Court will make a decision on whether the proposed recreational constitutional amendment meets legal tests to go on the November ballot.

The circuit judge wrote that the laws allow access to facilities such as state prisons and county jails — but not to the immigrant-detention center run by the state.

In the latest battle over marijuana legalization, Smart & Safe Florida alleges in a lawsuit that Secretary of State Cord Byrd improperly directed county election supervisors to invalidate about 71,000 petitions.

The decision said a 1993 state law about sperm donors relinquishing rights was designed to address situations involving the use of assisted reproductive technology, like in vitro fertilization.

The House measure would prevent physicians from refusing to treat patients because of vaccination status and add disclosure requirements for when children get vaccinated.

"Alligator Alcatraz." Guns. Social media. Legal battles about those and myriad other issues remain unresolved heading into 2026. Here are 10 big legal issues to watch for.

Last week’s brief contended the board removed the book “because it disapproved of the book’s inclusive message about families with same-sex, adoptive parents.”

Attorneys general from 21 states filed a friend-of-the-court brief filed at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as Florida challenges a district judge’s ruling that said the law is “overbroad and unconstitutional.”

A federal judge refused to dismiss most of a First Amendment lawsuit filed by a former Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist who was fired because of a social-media post after the murder of conservative leader Charlie Kirk.