TALLAHASSEE – A committee tasked with exploring a Republican-backed idea to consolidate Florida’s judicial circuits is being swamped by opponents who warn it would undermine public confidence and ...

TAMPA — Judges, state attorneys, sheriffs and other elected officials from throughout Florida filled a Hillsborough County courtroom Friday to oppose a proposal to consolidate some of the state’s 20 ...

Several candidates for circuit court judge faced primary elections on Tuesday, Aug. 20. There are 20 judicial circuits in Florida, each representing a group of counties in the state. In Central ...

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday said it did not find a need to consolidate judicial circuits, after prosecutors, public defenders, judges, sheriffs and other officials from across ...

State attorneys, public defenders, lawyers, sheriffs, state representatives and judges spoke against consolidation. Justin Garcia is an investigative reporter. Reach him at [email protected]. The ...