Orlando Sentinel by Kate Santich April 21, 2021 A judge on Wednesday ordered the Florida Department of Health to release information on COVID-19 variant cases to the Orlando Sentinel and pay the newspaper’s legal fees, settling a lawsuit over the state’s withholding of critical public health data. The agreement calls for the department to release […]

ABA Journal by Debra Cassens Weiss April 21, 2021 Legal experts see First Amendment problems with Florida’s new anti-riot bill, signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday. DeSantis praised the law as “the strongest anti-rioting, pro-law enforcement piece of legislation in the country,” according to the Orlando Sentinel. But experts told the […]

Tampa Bay Times by Tony Marrero April 22, 2021 TAMPA — A Florida court ruling allowing officers to keep their names secret from the public is reverberating across state law enforcement agencies and sparking calls for the Legislature to act. The recent appellate court decision comes as a succession of deadly police encounters nationwide fuels […]