Higher-education leaders Friday backed a plan to form a new accrediting agency that Florida will help fund and oversee with university systems from five other Southern states.

A member of the iconic Backstreet Boys has filed a lawsuit against a Florida sheriff’s office alleging that the agency is not properly protecting the singer’s private beachfront property. According to News 13, Brian Littrell filed the lawsuit against the Walton County Sheriff‘s Office on June 19.

Conservation groups are to file a legal complaint against government agencies alleging the destructive effects of "Alligator Alcatraz."

The Center for Biological Diversity put federal and state agencies on notice for violating federal laws while constructing an immigrant detention center in the Everglades. Agencies have 60 days to comply or the group will file suit.

NBA free agent Malik Beasley, who is under a federal investigation regarding gambling allegations, is the defendant in a lawsuit filed by his former agency.

After a breakout season, Malik Beasley’s career faces collapse amid lawsuits, debt, and federal investigation.

The lawsuit alleges violation of the National Environmental ... that the National Environmental Policy Act places requirements on federal agencies, not states, and that Florida decided to establish the detention center. They also cited an “immigration ...

Federal funding for a detention center for "criminal illegal aliens" located inside Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida exposes the facility to federal environmental laws that so far have been ignored,