Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida
Jim Saunders is the Executive Editor of The News Service Of Florida.
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Floridians Protecting Freedom contends the House speaker and Senate president did not have the authority to direct a panel to revise the statement after a circuit judge rejected an earlier version.
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The dispute centers on the Health & Human Services panel's demand for internal info on standards of care for kids with gender dysphoria from the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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The three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal, however, raised the possibility that Floridians Protecting Freedom could launch a new legal challenge to a revised statement.
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A losing bidder has filed a lawsuit arguing that Florida health officials should be barred from moving forward with new Medicaid managed care contracts until its fight for a contract is resolved.
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Attorneys for the state filed a 36-page motion at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seeking a stay of a district judge ruling that blocked restrictions imposed last year.
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The dispute about the abortion impact statement come amid a fierce — and growing — political battle which seeks to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
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The 1st District Court of Appeal quickly denied a request filed by Floridians Protecting Freedom, a political committee sponsoring the proposed constitutional amendment.
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Amendment 4 supporters accused the members of the Financial Impact Estimating Conference of misleading voters by including that the measure could lead to Medicaid-funded abortions and costly lawsuits.
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The judge dismissed the state's lawsuit against two federal agencies and said the case should instead be an administrative challenge. Next stop is the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.
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A state panel continued debating the financial effects of the Amendment 4 ballot measure and often came up deadlocked when voting on proposed revised statements.