Dara Kam - News Service of Florida

The state issued licenses to Suwannee County's Terry Donnell Gwinn and Bascom-based Shedrick McGriff. They come nearly a decade after lawmakers laid out a blueprint for the industry and years of legal delays.

Lawyers for Smart & Safe Florida assailed arguments by Attorney General Ashley Moody aimed at keeping a constitutional amendment off the ballot.

The rules are related to providing transgender treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone-replacement therapy to children and adults, carrying out part of a new law championed by Gov. DeSantis.

Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a brief urging the Florida Supreme Court to reject a proposed amendment, arguing the ballot summary would be “misleading to voters in several key respects.”

A judge says a House panel “has shown a legitimate interest" in obtaining the state American Academy of Pediatrics' documents on the development of care standards for minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria.

While the preliminary injunction applies to only three of the children in the lawsuit, the judge indicated the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is unconstitutional. The state, however, says the law remains in effect except for those in the case.

The Health & Human Services Committee was directed to investigate the standards of care for gender dysphoria adopted by Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Florida Psychiatric Association.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is slated to review a bill that would give Black farmers an entry into Florida’s flourishing medical-marijuana industry.

The request for info from the American Academy of Pediatrics and Florida Psychiatric Society comes amid wrangling in a lawsuit challenging the state’s prohibition against Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care.

A lawsuit alleges that the state’s prohibition on Medicaid coverage for gender dysphoria is unconstitutional and violates federal laws prohibiting discrimination based on sex.