News Service of Florida

Glen Gilzean, administrator of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, shouldn’t continue to serve as a member of the Florida Commission on Ethics while holding a public job, the ethics panel’s general counsel concluded Thursday.

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.

The lawsuit challenges a new law that banned doctors from providing treatments such as hormone therapy and puberty blockers to children.

It's one of several seeking refunds of money that students paid for services that were not provided because of the pandemic.

The state alleges the federal agency violated the Freedom of Information Act. The revised lawsuit includes allegations that the FDA did not properly respond to a records request submitted in May.

A man shot in the neck by a Lakeland police officer more than two decades ago and a woman who was critically injured and later died after a Florida Highway Patrol officer used a stun gun on her are among the subjects of 10 newly filed “claim” bills in the state Senate.

The Fort Myers-based company’s president said in a filing that “box production” was down 51.4 percent from the 2021-2022 season — though Alico fared better than Florida’s overall citrus industry, which had its worst season in nearly a century.

The grand jury called in December for the Legislature to expand a law targeting people who smuggle undocumented immigrants into the state.

The new area code will be assigned in the same territory as the 305 and 786 area codes that cover Miami-Dade County and the Keys.

Rep. Dianne Hart, D-Tampa, released a statement Friday that accompanied a letter urging DeSantis and state Education Commissioner Manny Diaz to revise the standards.