Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida

The owners of Red White & Booze challenged a city ordinance that included limits on the types of musical instruments and amplification that could be offered outdoors. A judge issued an injunction in their favor.

A U.S. District judge ruled that the law likely violated the First Amendment and issued a preliminary injunction to block it. The state, saying it is targeting addictive platforms that can harm children’s mental health, quickly appealed to the Atlanta-based appeals court.

The EPA approved the pilot project. Attorneys for the agency and Mosaic say the EPA had discretion to sign off on it.

The option was offered by the Office of Public Counsel and allied consumer groups, which are fighting a proposed settlement that FPL reached last month with numerous businesses and groups.

Samuel Smithers, 72, was convicted of killing Denise Roach and Christy Cowan at a secluded property where he worked as a caretaker.

The Florida law requires teachers to use pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth.

David Pittman, who was convicted of killing three members of his estranged wife’s family in Mulberry. If he is executed Sept. 17, he would be a record 12th inmate put to death this year in Florida.

Florida has allowed people to carry concealed weapons for decades but has barred openly carrying firearms. DeSantis on Monday said he would renew a push for lawmakers to end the open-carry prohibition.

The lawsuit, filed last year in federal court in Miami, is one of a series of legal battles stemming from the 2022 redistricting process.

Data centers are one of the biggest issues in the utility industry nationally, as power companies look for ways to meet the demands of data centers that play a key role in such things as artificial intelligence and cloud computing.