Government

The Florida Education Association and other plaintiffs asked an appeals court Monday to reconsider a decision that backed Gov. Ron DeSantis and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran in a battle about reopening schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Panelists at a virtual meeting Friday discussed Amendment 2, which would raise Florida’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026.

The state Department of Health on Wednesday announced that “fatality data reported to the state consistently presents confusion and warrants a more rigorous review.”

Less than two weeks before the Nov. 3 election, Republicans have surpassed Democrats by more than 41,000 early ballots as sites opened this week across the state.

DeSantis made the case for quarantining symptomatic students and staff, but avoiding closing entire campuses.

Florida has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to have control over permitting in the wetlands. Only two other states, New Jersey and Michigan, do their own permitting.

Miami’s police chief, shown the photo posted on social media, said Officer Daniel Ubeda would be disciplined, though exactly how had not been determined.

Two Democratic state senators Friday called on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to continue reporting the numbers of COVID-19 cases on a daily basis....

Justices turned down an appeal by Palm Beach County Tax Collector Anne Gannon, who went to the Supreme Court after a divided panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of Airbnb, Tripadvisor and HomeAway.