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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,

The state claims the trial judge substituted his "own health policy preferences or risk assessments for those of the governor or, more importantly, the state health officer and surgeon general.”

A Leon County circuit court judge has ruled in favor of a group of parents challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order that blocks school districts from requiring students to wear masks.

Two families from Northeast Florida claim the state's Medicaid program is illegally applying the same criteria to infants and children with medically complex needs that it applies to adults.