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This redistricting plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis eliminated the old Congressional District 5, a Black-majority district that stretched from Jacksonville to west of Tallahassee.
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10 big legal cases to watch in Florida in 2025

The legal issues include a contested redistricting plan in North Florida.…

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November 21, 2024

Florida will pay $725K in ‘Stop WOKE’ case

Florida has agreed to pay legal fees and costs for businesses that successfully challenged part of the “Stop WOKE Act.”…

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Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses the crowd before publicly signing HB7, dubbed the "Stop WOKE" bill, during a news conference at Mater Academy Charter Middle/High School in Hialeah Gardens on April 22, 2022. | Daaniel A. Varela, Miami Herald
July 29, 2024

Federal judge permanently blocks part of ‘Stop WOKE Act’

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker granted a permanent injunction against a part of the law that restricted workplace training.…

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March 5, 2024

Appeals court rejects Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE’ restrictions

The three-judge panel said restrictions on workplace training violate First Amendment rights.…

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Gov. Ron DeSantis has said Florida is a place where woke goes to die. In Jacksonville, some pastors and civil rights groups, consider anti-woke as a euphemism for anti-Black. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
October 31, 2023

When DeSantis says ‘woke,’ some in Jacksonville hear ‘Black’

As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis campaigns for president on a platform of “anti-wokeness,” pastors and civil rights activists in Jacksonville…

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August 15, 2023

PolitiFact FL: DeSantis says he removed critical race theory from schools. Districts say it wasn’t taught.

DeSantis’ claim contains an element of truth, but it ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate…