Judge blocks Florida's new 'woke' law pushed by DeSantis, rules it unconstitutional

A Florida judge has declared the state's "Stop WOKE" Act, which has been championed by Gov. DeSantis, as unconstitutional. The law, which restricts race-based conversation in business and education, violates the First Amendment because the state is barring speech by prohibiting discussion in business training programs, the judge ruled.

DeSantis announces 20 voting fraud arrests by Florida's new election police unit

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced criminal charges against 20 convicted felons for illegally voting in 2020, the first major public move from Florida's controversial new election police unit. Those charged had been convicted of murder or a felony sexual offense, he said, which exempted them from the constitutional amendment that restores voting rights to some felons.

Florida Board of Medicine advances ban on transgender treatments for minors

Amid an outcry from the LGBTQ community and harsh criticism from a host of physicians and healthcare professionals, the Florida Board of Medicine advanced a plan that would ban doctors from performing gender-reassignment surgery or providing treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy to transgender people under age 18.

Trump vs. DeSantis: Young conservatives debate GOP's future during Tampa convention

Former President Donald Trump received a rock star’s welcome at a gathering of young conservative activists in Tampa this weekend as he continued to tease another presidential run. But Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis got his own rousing response as the invisible primary for the 2024 Republican nomination begins to spill into public view.