The law (HB 1205), signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May, was promptly challenged by Florida Decides Healthcare, a group looking to expand Medicaid access in Florida.

The decision blocked a prohibition in the law on non-Florida residents and non-U.S. citizens collecting and delivering petitions.

Attorneys for grassroots campaigners are again asking a judge to halt enforcement of parts of a new Florida law that restricts the state’s process to get citizens’ initiatives on the ballot.

But Burhans referred to another part of the law that freezes supervisors of elections’ validation of petitions from July 1 through Sept. 30, which he said “cuts directly against the excuse ...

Smart and Safe Florida asked a federal judge for complete relief against a state law regulating petition gathering.

A wide-ranging Florida bill (SB 700) bans the longstanding practice of local governments adding fluoride to water supplies.

A federal judge Wednesday approved a request by the Republican Party of Florida to help defend a new law that places additional restrictions on the state’s ballot-initiative process. The party ...

Backers of proposed constitutional amendments and voting-rights groups are appealing after a federal district judge last ...

TALLAHASSEE — A federal judge Wednesday approved a request by the Republican Party of Florida to help defend a new law that places additional restrictions on the state’s ballot-initiative process.

Smart & Safe Florida has submitted more than 217,000 valid petition signatures to state elections officials, just shy of the 220,000 signatures that would trigger Florida Supreme Court review of ...

A federal judge has blocked a key part of a new law that imposed additional restrictions on the state’s ballot-initiative process, saying a ban on non-Florida residents and non-U.S. citizens ...

A federal judge in Tallahassee mostly denied requests to block parts of a new Florida law revising rules for ballot initiatives.