Coalition Wants Supreme Court To Hear Map Case
A coalition that challenged Florida's congressional districts is asking the state's Supreme Court to hear their case.
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A coalition that challenged Florida's congressional districts is asking the state's Supreme Court to hear their case.
Rejecting arguments by the city of Aventura, the Florida Supreme Court has refused to reconsider a June ruling which sided with drivers who challenged the local red-light camera ordinances in Aventura and Orlando.
Amid the congressional redistricting lawsuit and its possible effect on elections, there is a similar fight over the state Senate's map.
A suspended Broward judge pleaded guilty to one charge of driving under the influence under a plea deal on Thursday.
The race for governor in the state of Florida could have some interesting effects depending on who is elected.
News media organizations are asking Florida's Supreme Court to make public the documents used in Florida's redistricting trial.
The nation's No. 2 cigarette maker is vowing to fight a jury verdict of $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer.
The Florida Supreme Court began an annual summer break last week, taking a breather from its routine of issuing opinions each Thursday in complex legal disputes and the steady flow of death-penalty appeals.
The Florida Supreme Court approved a series of changes Thursday aimed at improving the death-penalty appeals process.
The Florida Supreme Court will consider whether convicted felons have the right to claim immunity under the state's controversial "stand your ground" self-defense law, even if they are barred from possessing guns in the first place.
Jorge Labarga, set to be the state's first Cuban-American Chief of Justice, will be sworn-in Monday by the Florida Supreme Court.
The conviction of a Florida death row inmate has been tossed by the state's Supreme Court after new DNA evidence raised doubt as to whether he murdered a woman nearly 30 years ago.
A highly unusual statement came out of the 1st District Court of Appeal Thursday on the drawing on new political maps.
A coalition of voting-rights groups failed to prove during a recent trial that congressional districts drawn by lawmakers in 2012 violated constitutional standards for redistricting, according to a filing by attorneys for the Legislature.
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled all red light cameras installed by cities before 2010 were illegal and cities, like Aventura, may now have to return all those fines back to drivers.
A former judge has been disbarred for her handing of a murder case while she was in a relationship with a prosecutor.
Attorneys for a suspended Broward County judge are asking the Florida Supreme Court to allow her to continue getting paid while she undergoes treatment for a drinking problem.
A Broward County judge accused of driving drunk and injuring a young man in an accident has been suspended from the bench without pay while an investigation into her actions moves forward.
Open-government advocates are backing a lawsuit filed Wednesday in the Florida Supreme Court, challenging the constitutionality of a 2013 law that allows elected officials to put financial assets in blind trusts that do not offer detailed public disclosure of the holdings.
The Florida Supreme Court will be able to grant the law licenses now that Gov. Rick Scott has signed the measure into law.
From child welfare to cleaning up water pollution, Florida legislators planned to end this year's session by approving a record state budget.
The Florida Legislature appears to have solved the riddle of juvenile sentencing on its fourth try.
Employers in Florida cannot discriminate against pregnant women under the state's civil rights act.
After struggling in the past to resolve the issue, the Florida House on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that would change juvenile-sentencing laws in cases of murders and other serious felonies.
In a case that involved a man getting hit in the head with a tomahawk, a divided Florida Supreme Court has ruled that another man involved in an altercation outside a Miami-Dade County bar could be held liable.
The overall odds of winning the game are 1-in-4.09, the Florida Lottery said.
Intense video shows a shootout between a Broward sheriff's deputy and robbery suspect in Margate on Thursday.
The man was blowing leaves when he slipped, police said.
Next week's scheduled execution of convicted Florida killer Frank Walls is expected to take place as planned.
President Trump will host members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic men's hockey team — famous for defeating the Soviet Union in the "Miracle on Ice" — at a bill-signing Friday, CBS News has learned.
The overall odds of winning the game are 1-in-4.09, the Florida Lottery said.
Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins will be the city's first Democratic mayor in nearly three decades.
Intense video shows a shootout between a Broward sheriff's deputy and robbery suspect in Margate on Thursday.
The man was blowing leaves when he slipped, police said.
Next week's scheduled execution of convicted Florida killer Frank Walls is expected to take place as planned.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
President Trump will host members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic men's hockey team — famous for defeating the Soviet Union in the "Miracle on Ice" — at a bill-signing Friday, CBS News has learned.
President Trump has signed an executive order to block states from regulating artificial intelligence.
House Democrats pushed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers on the Trump administration's immigration operations, with one lawmaker confronting her with a veteran who he said had been issued a removal order.
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and half a dozen shipping vessels accused of transporting Venezuelan oil.
For the second time in a month, prosecutors in Virginia failed to secure an indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Jim Defede goes in-depth on the second vote by the Miami Dade College Trustees to donate land for the proposed Trump Presidential Library.
Jim DeFede investigates the millions of dollars in state funding cuts for meal programs across South Florida.
Jim DeFede interviews Florida Lt. Governor Jay Collins, who is mulling a run for governor in 2026.
Jim DeFede talks with Randi Weingarten about the warning bell she rings in her new book, "Why Fascists Fear Teachers."
Jim DeFede talks with Bryan Calvo, the newly elected mayor of Hialeah.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Miami, The Ohio State University, University of Michigan and other institutions coauthored the study.
Experts say the original warnings from more than 20 years ago were based on outdated information and were "overly broad."
Kian Sadeghi, the 25-year-old founder and CEO at Nucleus Genomics, tells "CBS Mornings" that parents have every right to select the qualities and traits they desire in their child.
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a critic of government vaccine mandates, has been quietly appointed to one of the CDC's top positions.
Consumers with the imported pans should throw them away due to the severe health risks posed by lead, the agency warns.
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Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Discount store chain Target says it's joining rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Sophie Kinsella, whose real name was Madeleine Wickham, was diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer in 2022.
Paramount Skydance's $30 per share offer comes just days after Netflix agreed to buy parts of Warner Bros. in a deal valued at nearly $83 billion.
President Trump hosted the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday after presenting medals to the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees during an Oval Office ceremony Saturday.
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President Trump is hosting the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday after presenting medals to the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees during an Oval Office ceremony Saturday.