May 19, 2024

Thursday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 12/28/2023

› DeSantis dropped from immigration case
A federal judge has dismissed Gov. Ron DeSantis as a defendant in a challenge to part of a new Florida law that targets people who transport undocumented immigrants into the state. The Farmworker Association of Florida and individual plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in July in South Florida against DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody, Statewide Prosecutor Nicholas Cox and state attorneys from throughout Florida.

› Casino, poker room owners asks FL Supreme Court to end Seminole Tribe’s sports betting
In a quest to quash a pact between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the DeSantis administration that launched online sports betting, the owners of Bonita Springs Poker Room told Florida’s Supreme Court this week that it’s the job of voters to approve the multibillion-dollar endeavor, not Florida legislators.

› Computer device in Florida girl’s head keeps seizures at bay
Emma Coto and her family met with doctor after doctor looking for answers. They found them at Boston Children’s Hospital.

› Lennar buys Florida City townhomes dev site, Pulte purchases homesites in Palm Beach County
Lennar and PulteGroup bought separate sets of homesites in Miami-Dade County and Palm Beach County, marking continued homebuilder appetite in South Florida. The Projects would bring over 300 residential units to South Florida.

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