Gov. Ron DeSantis

That stalemate comes after President Biden signed a “temporary fix” for ships carrying passengers between Washington state and Alaska. Federal attorneys say that act ratifies the CDC's sailing order.

The governor said the federal money had strings attached that made it unusable for the proposed emergency fund.

At Gov. Ron DeSantis' direction, AHCA files a friend-of-the-court brief siding with the federal government in a lawsuit filed by a pharmaceutical industry group.

In a court filing, the administration says it has no timeline on whether it will allow states to import drugs from Canada, an effort approved under President Donald Trump as a strategy to control costs.

Celebrity Cruises would be subject to a fine of $5,000 for each customer asked to show vaccination status under the state's "vaccine passport" ban. “We are going to enforce Florida law,” the governor says.

The law stems from people using authentic-looking websites to run scams that purportedly offer access to COVID-19 vaccines or personal protective equipment.

Mediators are typically summoned in the hopes of coaxing both sides into settling their differences outside the court.

The bill would enumerate rights of parents related to health care and education. But critics contend it could turn physicians into criminals if they provide care to children without first getting parental consent.

The new Florida law exempts 40 types of health care facilities, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, physician offices and ambulance providers.

The governor said Norwegian is not "one of the bigger" cruise lines and that other people are "itching to do business" in the state.