News Service of Florida

The Legislature approved a fund that includes funds for nursing programs at state colleges and nursing education at career and technical centers.

A joint committee of Florida's Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine will discuss a draft rule that could restrict doctors from providing transgender treatments to people younger than 18.

Plaintiff attorneys filed a brief arguing that the Supreme Court should review a decision by the 1st District Court of Appeal that tossed out a temporary injunction against the law.

Luna was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.

The attorneys for the clinics and a doctor filed documents contending that a ruling last month by the 1st District Court of Appeal allowing 15-week ban to be in effect has caused “irreparable harm.”

The Board of Directors made the decision to borrow $150 Million after five property insurers have gone insolvent in Florida since February.

Republican voters in Congressional District 14 are deciding between three candidates: Jerry Torres, James Judge and Samar “Sam” Nashagh.

The lawyers for abortion clinics and a doctor filed a notice that said they will ask the state Supreme Court to take up a challenge to a July 21 ruling by a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal.

A group known as Surgeons for Safety and seven doctors challenged the emergency rule at the 3rd District Court of Appeal, arguing in part that the new restrictions would not boost patient safety.

A report by state economists pointed to a forecast last month that cigarette sales would decline by 2.5 percent annually over the next decade.