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Florida law requires state lawmakers to resign if they want to run for open congressional seats, and their vacated positions must be filled through special election.

When Miramar-based Trinity Health Care Services accepted the inflated payments, its CEO was U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who has been the subject of an unrelated House ethics complaint.

A judge rejected a DOJ request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Tallahassee companies that face being prevented from federally funded projects after being affiliated with a collapsed pedestrian bridge.

The players claim FSU coach Leonard Hamilton promised them each $250,000 in name, image and likeness compensation. The plaintiffs include De'Ante Green, who transferred to USF before this season.

In a sharply worded order, a federal judge issues a temporary restraining order after a lawsuit was filed against the state by a group campaigning for the abortion-rights amendment proposal.

Trulieve has donated nearly $100 million to support Amendment 3. The state's Republican chair says the lawsuit is a result of the ads "working" and being "truthful."

County leaders are refusing to place the school district's property tax question on the November ballot even after a judge's ruling telling them to comply. The district says it will fight back.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in South Florida alleges that large call centers were used to enroll people into Affordable Care Act plans or to switch their coverage, all without their permission.

The family of Dexter Barry lists the Jacksonville sheriff as the defendant in a case that spotlighted care provided by the jail's former health care provider, which has since filed to sell its assets and debts.

The decision does not end the case, as the revised lawsuit with additional plaintiffs will continue. But it will push back consideration of an injunction and class certification.

In an interview, Maya Kowalski talks about her landmark legal victory against Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. The case had been profiled in a Netflix documentary.

A state brief says the ballot summary of a proposed constitutional amendment is part of an “overall design to lay ticking time bombs" by abortion proponents intended to "hoodwink" voters.