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Floridians Protecting Freedom filed a brief that said the 1st District Court of Appeal should reject Florida's arguments that a circuit judge did not have authority to order redrafting the statement.

The ruling was the latest twist in a legal battle about the financial impact statement, which appear with ballot initiatives to provide estimated effects on government revenues and the state budget.

Andrew Warren's fight to be reinstated continues to play out in court. With the deadline for qualifying for the August primary election approaching late next month, the prosecutor filed a motion in federal court asking for his case to be resolved quickly.

The unanimous decision by a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal did not detail the circumstances of the case, including the age of the minor, who was identified as Jane Doe.

The state appealed a federal judge's ruling about whether it was improperly institutionalizing children who often require 24/7 care and have needs such as ventilators, feeding tubes and breathing tubes.

They are trying to persuade an appeals court that state health officials were wrong to scrap his application because he died before the licensing process was complete.

A Tampa-based federal judge in April 2022 halted a mandate that people wear masks on planes, trains and buses. The appellate panel cited last month's end to the public health emergency.

A lawsuit alleges that the state’s prohibition on Medicaid coverage for gender dysphoria is unconstitutional and violates federal laws prohibiting discrimination based on sex.

The Tampa school went to the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year after a federal judge backed a decision by the FHSAA to prevent a prayer over the loudspeaker.

The new Sixth District Court of Appeal will taking over the chambers for the Second District, which has been in Lakeland since 1956. They will be moving down Interstate 4 to Tampa.

The case sought refunds of fees paid for transportation, health care and athletics services that were not provided. An online docket said the student's en banc request had been refused.

The university went to the state Supreme Court after the 2nd District Court of Appeal refused to dismiss a potential class-action lawsuit filed by ValerieMarie Moore.