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Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office said late Tuesday that it thinks the Florida Supreme Court should reverse a decades-old position that a privacy clause in the state Constitution protects abortion rights. Lawyers in Moody’s office addressed the issue in a 44-page document arguing that the Supreme Court should reject an effort by abortion clinics and […]

A professor, a student and an organization at the University of South Florida have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new state law that restricts the way race-related concepts can be taught in classrooms — a law Gov. Ron DeSantis dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act.” The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in […]

Until this month, Medicaid paid for August Dekker’s testosterone treatments which allowed the transgender man from Florida’s Gulf Coast to feel like he was living in his own skin. But now he is scrambling to figure out how to pay for future treatments since Florida last month started restricting Medicaid insurance coverage for gender-affirming care […]

In this Gulfshore Business report, it may seem like everywhere you look new apartments are going up across southwest Florida, but what’s behind all the development? While it may seem like only a few years ago there were only a few apartment complexes, well those times have changed. Gary Tasman, the CEO of Cushman and […]

In this Gulfshore Business report, Farmer Mike’s U-Pick Farm is reopening after its summer closure and will be expanding. Farmer Mike says he will be greatly widening the array of pick-your-own options. Watch the full report above.

An endangered Florida panther has died after being struck by a vehicle. It’s the 20th panther death attributed to fatal collisions out of 22 total deaths this year, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The remains of the 6-month-old female panther were found Monday along a rural road in Collier County, wildlife […]

A shark attacked and killed a Royal Caribbean cruise ship passenger who was snorkeling in the Bahamas. The incident involved a 58-year-old woman from Pennsylvania and occurred Tuesday at a popular snorkeling spot near Green Cay in the northern Bahamas, police spokeswoman Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings told The Associated Press. “It’s unfortunate,” she said. Skippings […]

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is facing sharp criticism following her decision this week to grant a request by former President Donald Trump’s legal team for an independent arbiter to review documents obtained during an FBI search of his Florida property last month. Cannon on Monday authorized an outside legal expert to review the records […]

As a legislative panel prepares Friday to consider a plan to activate Florida National Guard members to help at short-staffed prisons, a recent report by state analysts shows that the number of inmates is expected to steadily climb in the coming years. The number of inmates plunged early in the COVID-19 pandemic, partly because court […]

A 56-year-old Fort Myers woman has died following an ATV crash in northern Minnesota on Monday afternoon. According to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, the ATV incident occurred on the Emily-Outing B Trail in Beulah Township, which is near rural Outing, Minnesota. Officials learned that a group of off-road vehicle riders was traveling on the […]