TALLAHASSEE — As suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren runs in November to try to regain his job, a legal battle with Gov. Ron DeSantis continues playing out at a federal appeals court.A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in January sided with Warren in a constitutional challenge to DeSantis’ decision in 2022 to suspend him, but the legal dispute rolls on.In the latest twist, the Atlanta-based appeals court in April ordered...… TALLAHASSEE — As suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren runs in November to try to regain his job, a legal battle with Gov. Ron DeSantis continues playing out at a federal appeals court.A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in January sided with Warren in a constitutional challenge to DeSantis’ decision in 2022 to suspend him, but the legal dispute rolls on.In the latest twist, the Atlanta-based appeals court in April ordered...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: TALLAHASSEE – Siding with a union that represents law-enforcement officers, a state appeals court on Tuesday unanimously decided that a constitutional amendment expanding victims’ rights can shield the identities of police officers who were threatened in use-of-force incidents.The decision by a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal came in a lawsuit filed on behalf of two Tallahassee police officers who maintained that, as victims, they were entitled to privacy protections included in the 2018 constitutional...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: TALLAHASSEE – Siding with a union that represents law-enforcement officers, a state appeals court on Tuesday unanimously decided that a constitutional amendment expanding victims’ rights can shield the identities of police officers who were threatened in use-of-force incidents.The decision by a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal came in a lawsuit filed on behalf of two Tallahassee police officers who maintained that, as victims, they were entitled to privacy protections included in the 2018 constitutional...WW…

/The 1st District Court of Appeal dismissed a suit filed by attorney Daniel Uhlfelder that sought to force Gov. Ron DeSantis into closing state beaches because of the pandemic. The three-judge panel rejected it in a one-page order.TALLAHASSEE — Raising questions about whether the case was “frivolous” or filed in “bad faith,” an appeals court Friday rejected a Northwest Florida attorney’s lawsuit that sought to force Gov. Ron DeSantis to close beaches statewide to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19.Santa Rosa Beach attorney Daniel Uhlfelder, who has drawn national media attention during...…/The 1st District Court of Appeal dismissed a suit filed by attorney Daniel Uhlfelder that sought to force Gov. Ron DeSantis into closing state beaches because of the pandemic. The three-judge panel rejected it in a one-page order.TALLAHASSEE — Raising questions about whether the case was “frivolous” or filed in “bad faith,” an appeals court Friday rejected a Northwest Florida attorney’s lawsuit that sought to force Gov. Ron DeSantis to close beaches statewide to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19.Santa Rosa Beach attorney Daniel Uhlfelder, who has drawn national media attention during...WW…

AdvertisementBy News Service of FloridaAug 18, 2020 at 4:06 pmATLANTA — As Floridians went to the polls in Tuesday’s primary elections, an Atlanta-based appeals court held arguments in a showdown over voting rights that could determine whether hundreds of thousands of convicted felons will be able to cast ballots in the November presidential election.Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle, who found that a 2019 state law requiring felons to pay court-ordered “legal financial obligations” to be eligible to vote is...…AdvertisementBy News Service of FloridaAug 18, 2020 at 4:06 pmATLANTA — As Floridians went to the polls in Tuesday’s primary elections, an Atlanta-based appeals court held arguments in a showdown over voting rights that could determine whether hundreds of thousands of convicted felons will be able to cast ballots in the November presidential election.Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle, who found that a 2019 state law requiring felons to pay court-ordered “legal financial obligations” to be eligible to vote is...WW…

AdvertisementBy News Service of FloridaAug 13, 2020 at 12:02 pmTALLAHASSEE — Angel Sanchez lost his right to vote before he was old enough to even cast a ballot, but after his release from prison in 2011, he did everything he could to turn his life around.Sanchez made monthly payments toward $1,698 in court-ordered fees and costs assessed when he was convicted of felony charges as a 17-year-old. He used money orders to chip away at his debt when he was homeless.AdvertisementHe ultimately graduated from the University of Central Florida and went on to earn a law degree this spring from the...…AdvertisementBy News Service of FloridaAug 13, 2020 at 12:02 pmTALLAHASSEE — Angel Sanchez lost his right to vote before he was old enough to even cast a ballot, but after his release from prison in 2011, he did everything he could to turn his life around.Sanchez made monthly payments toward $1,698 in court-ordered fees and costs assessed when he was convicted of felony charges as a 17-year-old. He used money orders to chip away at his debt when he was homeless.AdvertisementHe ultimately graduated from the University of Central Florida and went on to earn a law degree this spring from the...WW…

AdvertisementBy News Service of FloridaJul 01, 2020 at 6:00 amTALLAHASSEE — Face shields, temperature checks and disposable pens are just some of the safeguards Florida officials plan to employ to combat COVID-19, as they brace for elections in August and November.Collectively, Florida’s 67 county supervisors of elections have decades of experience responding to disasters. They’ve fought hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wildfires and even the historic Bush v. Gore meltdown in 2000.AdvertisementBut the coronavirus pandemic presents a calamity of a different kind, posing an unknown threat...…AdvertisementBy News Service of FloridaJul 01, 2020 at 6:00 amTALLAHASSEE — Face shields, temperature checks and disposable pens are just some of the safeguards Florida officials plan to employ to combat COVID-19, as they brace for elections in August and November.Collectively, Florida’s 67 county supervisors of elections have decades of experience responding to disasters. They’ve fought hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wildfires and even the historic Bush v. Gore meltdown in 2000.AdvertisementBut the coronavirus pandemic presents a calamity of a different kind, posing an unknown threat...WW…

AdvertisementBy News Service of FloridaJun 18, 2020 at 4:02 pmTALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking a federal appeals court to put on hold a ruling that would pave the way for hundreds of thousands of Floridians who have been convicted of felonies to register and vote in November, arguing the decision could “corrupt” the integrity of the state’s elections.The Republican governor Wednesday requested that the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issue a stay as his administration fights a lower-court ruling about a 2019 state law aimed at carrying out a constitutional amendment that...…AdvertisementBy News Service of FloridaJun 18, 2020 at 4:02 pmTALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking a federal appeals court to put on hold a ruling that would pave the way for hundreds of thousands of Floridians who have been convicted of felonies to register and vote in November, arguing the decision could “corrupt” the integrity of the state’s elections.The Republican governor Wednesday requested that the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issue a stay as his administration fights a lower-court ruling about a 2019 state law aimed at carrying out a constitutional amendment that...WW…