free speech

The federal lawsuit claims the law violates Disney's right to free speech, breaks statutory obligations and could leave taxpayers on the hook for a billion dollars or more of Reedy Creek debt.

It follows a ruling last year that the law violated the First Amendment.

It will address a law that prohibits social media companies from banning political candidates’ accounts.

Activist Chaz Stevens says the book isn't age appropriate and contains references to rape and bestiality. It's a not-so-subtle dig at Florida's recent efforts to ban books.

The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to approve the bill, with some changes. A Senate committee will consider a companion bill.

The federal judge said the university had blatantly violated the Constitution and described the university’s legal defenses as “shocking.”

He addressed the UF lawyer's claim of "newly discovered facts" that showed the professors had already begun working on the elections case before their requests to serve as witnesses were rejected.

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker held a fiery hearing Friday on the plaintiffs’ request to block the university from enforcing a policy that drew national attention after three political science professors were blocked from testifying in an elections law case.

From the coronavirus pandemic, standardized testing schools and the environment, here are some issues that the legislature will take up this year.

In the lawsuit, the professors claimed university officials told them that going against the executive branch of the government was “adverse” to the school’s interests.

They range from Florida's law cracking down on protests to whether sports betting will be allowed in the state.

The professors filed the lawsuit after the university denied their requests to serve as plaintiffs’ witnesses in a challenge to a new state elections law.