TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Up against looming deadlines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, a coalition of civil rights and voting groups pleaded with a Florida judge Friday to block a new congressional ...

A Leon Circuit Court judge heard arguments Friday in a case challenging the new congressional districts passed by lawmakers last month, but made no immediate ruling. Voting rights groups and ...

Voting rights and civil rights groups have filed multiple lawsuits challenging a new map pushed into law by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis. A circuit court judge will hold a hearing Friday on whether to ...

Wildfires continue to burn in Florida, wreaking havoc in parts of the state. There are two fires: one called the Max Road Fire, which is burning in the Everglades west of U.S. 27 and Pines Boulevard ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida is now facing three lawsuits over its congressional redistricting map. On Tuesday, Common Cause, the League of Women Voters Florida and the League of United Latin American ...

TALLAHASSEE — A new congressional map signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, which eliminates a Hispanic majority seat and aims to help Republicans keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives, ...

A civil rights group filed suit Monday challenging Florida’s new congressional map, just hours after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed it into law. In a 71-page complaint filed in the Sunshine State’s ...

Florida's new Republican-led redistricting map aims to gain four U.S. House seats for the GOP. The plan could backfire by making as many as seven Republican-held seats more competitive. Eliminating or ...

YOU CAN ALSO FIND OUR PREVIOUS COVERAGE ONLINE ON WESH.COM. A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED AFTER GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SIGNED A NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAP INTO LAW TODAY. THE MAP COULD GIVE REPUBLICANS MORE ...

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new congressional map into law Monday that could flip as many as four additional U.S. House seats to red, escalating a redistricting fight in the ...

As promised by Democrats and others, lawsuits challenging Florida’s newly signed congressional map have been filed, kicking off what is expected to be a fast-moving legal fight over boundaries ...