Local News in Leon County

Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon to pay $250 and do community service for staging sit-in at DeSantis’ office

Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon will pay a $250 fine and provide 15 hours of community service to settle her case with Leon County after she was charged with two misdemeanors for holding a sit-in at Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office in the Florida Capitol on May 15. The…

Florida attorney general rewrites property tax cut amendment language after lawsuit

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has submitted for judicial review a rewritten version of the title and ballot summary for Amendment 3. Circuit Judge David Frank in Leon County ordered the AG’s office to rewrite the far-reaching property tax amendment’s ballot language…

City lands $1.35 million from Tallahassee

Judge orders rewrite of property tax amendment ballot language

A Leon County judge has ruled Florida must rewrite the language before voters see it in November.

Judge orders Florida to rewrite ballot language for property tax amendment

A Leon County judge ruled that the ballot language on the property tax issue was not fair or neutral.

Florida judge refuses to boot Fishback from the ballot, won’t ‘decide the race’

A Leon County judge refused Monday to kick Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback off the ballot, agreeing that he hadn’t meant to establish residency in D.C. and pointing out that it’s not the court’s job to decide who becomes Florida’s next governor. “This Court will…

In fight to stay on Florida ballot, governor candidate admits to voting in D.C., threatens to imprison opponents

During a Leon County hearing to decide whether gubernatorial candidate James Fishback should be booted from the ballot, Fishback threatened to imprison the lieutenant governor’s senior adviser, one of his supporters challenged the staffer to a courthouse fight, and Fishback…

Jury Finds Lawmaker Fabian Basabe Liable in Sexual Harassment Trial

A Leon County jury has found state Rep. Fabián Basabe liable for sexual harassment and defamation, capping nearly three years of legal wrangling since two former legislative staffers sued the Miami Beach Republican.