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The 2-1 decision comes as a similar case is pending at the Florida Supreme Court. The 2nd District Court of Appeal reached a different conclusion in that case, which was filed against USF.

The case has focused, at least in part, on requests by an open-government group for phone or text logs that could provide information about communications by DeSantis Chief of Staff James Uthmeier.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of two 22-year-old women, contends that the state is violating federal Medicaid law and laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act by not providing the supplies.

Florida is one of numerous states that have challenged the contractor requirement, with a federal judge in Georgia this month issuing a nationwide injunction against the requirement.

Sunday’s decision does not mean the Biden administration can move forward with the requirement because a Louisiana federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction.

Florida's attorney general's office wants an appellate court to take up its challenge to the federal mandate because a nationwide injuction issued by a Louisiana judge will likely be appealed.

In a joint motion, attorneys for the parents and the DeSantis administration said the case was moot because of a law passed during a special session this month.

The lawsuit challenges a rule issued by OSHA that will require employers with 100 or more workers to ensure their employees are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or test negative at least once a week.

State Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith is suing to get the state to release daily COVID data and wants the former surgeon general to testify.

The court's five-page document explains a decision to place a stay on a ruling by Leon County Judge John Cooper, who said the governor overstepped his authority in the July 30 executive order.

State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith and the nonprofit Florida Center for Government Accountability filed the lawsuit after the state denied public record requests seeking daily COVID data.

A lawsuit was filed on behalf of about 200 employees after city officials required them to get the shot or risk termination. Alachua Civil Circuit Judge Monica Brasington granted the injunction,