An appeals court has ruled that the Florida Legislature didn’t violate the state constitution when it approved congressional maps pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis last year.

Florida Supreme Court Justice Alan Lawson will retire at the end of August.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday refused a request to waive a requirement that law school graduates pass the state bar exam to practice law, saying that such a move could result in harm to the public. The petition proposed that law school graduates who were scheduled to take the test this summer be admitted to The Florida Bar after six months of working under the supervision of a Florida attorney. In Thursdays decision, justices noted that the exam has been a Florida Bar requirement for more than five decades. Our failure to administer a secure and reliable bar exam in July and August is bitterly frustrating for the board, for the court, and for applicants. The court and the Florida Board of Bar Examiners took the excitement out of being a lawyer after graduating law school in the meanest way possible.

Man accused of breaking into St. Johns County self-storage facility, stealing firearmsPublished: February 2, 2020, 10:26 pmDeputies: Alan Lawson caught on camera breaking into units at Palm Valley Road facility on several different occasions in June