News Service of Florida

The cannabis company's latest $1.5 million contribution to Smart & Safe Florida provided the political committee a total of $152.27 million in cash and $959,000 in in-kind contributions.

As the campaign to get recreational marijuana in the state constitution goes into its final days, the cannabis company has funded more than $143 million of Smart & Safe Florida's war chest.

Keep Florida Clean raised about $7.75 million and Florida Freedom Fund picked up nearly $763,000 over a two-week period ending Saturday, according to reports filed with the state.

Floridians Protecting Freedom has raised nearly $109 million in cash since being formed with a goal of getting Amendment 4 on next week's ballot.

Trulieve has largely bankrolled the Smart & Safe Florida political committee, which is leading efforts to pass the proposal, according to the state Division of Elections website.

The hospital system's report to the SEC estimates the cost of damage at facilities due to hurricanes Helene and Milton in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina.

A decrease appeared to end this summer as enrollment was virtually unchanged in July and slightly increased in August. But new data showed that about 31,000 fewer people in September from August.

Incoming Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo alleged the Florida Department of Transportation improperly spent state money to oppose Amendment 3.

Keep Florida Clean raised $903,082 and the Florida Freedom Fund $196,170 from Sept. 28 through Oct. 4 in its battle against abortion and recreational marijuana measures.

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker, who held a hearing Monday, issued a 21-page decision denying the Upside Foods' request for a preliminary injunction. The ruling does not end the company's lawsuit.