Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been working to fill more than two dozen judicial vacancies created by state lawmakers earlier ...

In the great of arc of litigation between this news service and court clerks over access to newsmaking complaints, a most remarkable metamorphosis has taken place in Florida where clerks and ...

Five months ago, the U.S. Supreme Court banned mandatory sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole for juveniles convicted of murder. But since the Miller v. Alabama decision, ...

Florida courts are about to get a major influx of new judges after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 2508 into law on Tuesday, approving a sweeping expansion aimed at addressing rising caseloads ...

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday said it did not find a need to consolidate judicial circuits, after prosecutors, public defenders, judges, sheriffs and other officials from across ...

MIAMI - Debate is underway throughout Florida about what the future of our courts will look like. It began four months ago when Florida House Speaker Paul Renner sent a letter to Florida's Supreme ...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s laws look a lot different than they did in January. That’s in large part because of court orders issued this year, which affected regulations from gun laws to book bans. Here’s ...

The Leon County, Florida, Circuit Courthouse is seen in this image from 2022. It is the site of a drunken-driving trial expected to resume Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (Brandon Meyer/WUFT News) A pickup ...

Florida Supreme Court ruling allows spouses to convert individual bank accounts into creditor-protected joint accounts easily ...

Florida’s attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of an initiative to legalize ...

Florida has set up a parallel legal system to tackle backlog of foreclosure cases with brutal efficiency. Florida Supreme Court’s goal is to close 256,000 foreclosure cases a year — that breaks down ...