What You Need to Know

• A federal district court judge suspended partial enforcement of the Individual Freedom Act in the employment setting.
• In a separate lawsuit pertaining to higher education, an attorney is seeking to enjoin enforcement of the act in a manner similar to the employment ruling.
• The governor credited his policies on Friday for the employment rate dropping to 2.7%, which has only been reached three times since Florida began recording unemployment data in 1976.

A law pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Individual Freedom Act, also known as the “Stop WOKE Act,” is being hit on all sides with legal action that could complicate the future of a signature law central to his administration’s agenda.

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker, who sits in the Northern District of Florida, ruled Thursday that parts of the law placing restrictions on corporate training are unconstitutional. That same day, a new lawsuit was filed challenging separate provisions targeting public schools and colleges.

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